Frequently Asked Questions:

• What do you mean by IT solutions?
• What can a custom website do for me?
• What is Search Engine Optimization?
• What is website hosting?

What do you mean by IT solutions?

"IT,” or "information technology," refers to the process by which information is shared over your computer. For most of us, that means logging-on to the internet and searching for information using a search engine or directory such as "Google" or "Yahoo!." IT can also refer to the sharing of information between computers on the same network, such as in a doctor's office or other place of business. In the most basic sense, IT can mean entering your personal data in your PC and being able to pull it out for later use.

When we use the phrase “IT Solutions,” we are referring to the specific computer functions an individual or individual business requires in order to meet its information-sharing needs. If you wish to share information about your business with the world by means of the internet, an IT solution might be to design and launch a website specific to your business. If you wish to share secure information between several computers in one office, a possible solution might be to set up a computer network linking all the computers together using a main server which only you have access to.

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What can a custom website do for me?

A lot, or very little, depending on the goals of your business and the quality of your website. If your goal is to increase sales of your products or services, a custom website is a great way to market your product by reaching countless people around the world, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year! However, if your website goes largely unseen due to low ranking with the search engines and lack of optimized content, it is likely that you will not see the increase in sales that you desire.

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What is Search Engine Optimization?

“Search Engine Optimization” describes the many techniques that can be used when building a website to make it stand out in the crowd so that it gets noticed by the search engines. Search engine spiders are constantly scanning the World Wide Web, cataloguing the websites and their content. When internet users type words or phrases into a search engine or directory, such as "Google" or "Yahoo!," they receive a list of sites which most closely match the search criteria they have typed in. By using search engine optimization techniques on your website, or constructing your website in such a way that you make it easy for the search engines to find and catalogue its contents, you can increase the likelihood that your site will be ranked higher by the search engines. That means more people will see your site.

Port 80 Inc. will help you identify the optimization techniques that can be used to pull more traffic to your website, such as running a statistical analysis of your current web traffic and identifying the weaker components in your current website design. Whether it is ease of navigation or better use of keywords and phrases, making a few small modifications can often lead to huge results. If you are designing your website from scratch, Port 80 Inc. can help you build a fully optimized website that will get you the results you are looking for at an affordable price.

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What is website hosting?

Port 80 Inc. will help you design and build the website of your dreams, but then what? That is where website hosting comes in. Port 80 Inc. offers low-cost, affordable hosting services so that once you have launched your website, you won't have to be on your own.

We offer secure FreeBSD web servers to all of our customers. Triple backups every night ensure your information will never be lost. Our servers have over 99% uptime, and run on high speed internet connections to ensure that your site can be accessed on demand. In addition to these features, we include a free statistics package that displays all aspects of the traffic to your site.

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