Below, we have tried to answer the most common questions visitors to our web site may have. If you find that your question is not answered on this page, please email us.

We can fit your site to your budget, depending on how many pages are needed, forms, images, logo design, and size? Our site design start at $ 695.00. A web site design can costs between $ 695.00 - over $ 10,000 depending on the size and features of the site, size of the business, content, graphics, and technology involved. A basic site would be a template and formatting that template to your text and information. If you require just a single home page with a contact link, that can be done at a budgeted price for you.

Depending on the size and content in a web site, the range is between 2 weeks and up to several months months for complex projects.

The process of taking an original photo, image, etc and transforming it in some way out of its original state; example would be to take a normal photo and optimizing, changing the contrast, brightness, clarity, etc. We also do cartoonizing and other types of fun photos for gifts or gags. Optimizing your photo for a web page is another example of a transition and is very important for the web preparation. Photo restoration is becoming very popular with older or damaged photographs.

Here at Creative Edges we can maintain your site through our preferred server, which is the largest in Michigan. You can also choose to maintain the site through another organization. One year of maintenance is actually included in a tier two or three site with the purchase of your domain name through our server. Maintenance is not the same as upgrades or changes. Maintenance is simply a thorough monthly upkeep and check list of your site.

If you already purchased a web design that you need changes to we can work with your existing site or re-design the site to your specifications. Unfortunately, we cannot recoup that cost for you if you are not happy with site or if the design is not working for you, though we do recommend that you try to work with the designer to resolve any issues before you simply give up on it. Sometimes the issues are easily resolved and may be included in your design packages. Our goal is to keep a good reputatation by having and keeping clients satisfied, today, tomorrow and beyond.

If you do not already own a domain name for your business it is a very good investment, Name recognition and the ".com" has become an important aspect to any business. You do not need to buy a domain name if you already have one with a server, it can be transferred to another server or design company to maintain.

Depending on which hosting company you chose they can run between $ 10.00 a month and up to $ 50.00 per month depending on the amount of server space you need.

The domain name is sometimes included in packages that we offer, though if you already have a domain name, we can revise our package to accommodate you. The domain name is a yearly costs that will be due each year to renew the ownership through the hosting company you chose. Each site is specially designed and we would like to go over detailed pricing with you in person and give you the time that you deserve to get an accurate proposal.

Yes we offer hosting services through an affiliate company. The company we use is the largest in the U.S. and has 24/7 support including weekends, The down time for our server has never been an issue in the years we have been using them.

What does search engine marketing involve?

It involves research key phrases that your audience is really looking for, and suggest where to put which phrases in order to optimize your pages. We do this in a way that the pages appeal to both spiders and your human visitors. It is important not to use optimization methods that might not agree with the search engines criteria.

Why can't I just put a variety of meta tags in the HTML code?

Years ago search engine optimization it was about the meta tags, and especially the keywords. Just dump all the keywords you thought people were looking for in here, with some well searched words like "cars" or "autos", as well as the names of your main competitors, and you would be at the top of the lists. Today this "keyword stuffing" doesn't work anymore. Keywords have decreased in value dramatically. Because of all the abuse.

Can't I just fake out the search engines?

Several people have tried, and keep on trying. It doesn't work for the long haul.

Things that are now considered a NO NO by the search engines:

Nearly invisible text
(tiny text, or text with a similar text color as the background of the page);
Keyword stuffing
(meta keywords="smiles,smiles,smiles,smile,smiles,smiles,smiles,smiles")

One-pixel images: invisible to the eye, but containing key phrase-rich text in the explanatory text attached to it (ALT tags).

Feeding highly optimized pages to search engines, but redirect visitors to different pages.

Basically any trick that only serves search engines, and not your target audience, should be considered span.

Which search engines do you submit to?

We usually optimize and submit only to the major search engines and directories, which account for about 80% of all Internet traffic. Based on your specific needs we might target specialized industry directories, or foreign language search engines and directories.
We currently mainly submit to:

Alta vista
MSN
Google
Glycols
All The Web
Ask Jeeves
Yahoo

What does search engine marketing involve?

Why can't I just put a variety of meta tags in the HTML code?

Can't I just fake out the search engines?

Which search engines do you submit to?

What are search engine spiders?