Return on Investment: Considerations when building a business website

Designing for the internet requires an acceptance of compromise. First, you must accept that you cannot be everything to everyone.  Some techniques of creating a flashy and graphic heavy a website can do more harm than good.  Some coding techniques are quick to design with, but very slow and expensive to make changes to later.  Web Standards compliant coding techniques can be slower to design with, but later changes, especially global site changes, are a breeze. Also, clean and compliant code will allow your page to be indexed more easily by search engines.  A website with crucial information in flash or graphics will be close to invisible to Google. I recommend that business examine what gives them the best bang for buck, the best return on investment, for their specific needs.

Question: So, how much more does a Web Standards compliant site cost?

Depends upon the complexity of the design.  It may or may not be more money to construct, but it will save you money when you want to make design changes to the website.  When you consider having a website built, you need to make sure that you know the differences.

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