Q> As an Ecommerce website I'm concerned about keeping my advertising cost down - What can WebsiteForge do for me?   A> Ecommerce website owners are all asking me this question. E-tailers are all trying to keep their cost down.   Number 1 - Exposure.. How are you driving traffic to your site?   I see a lot of Ecommerce websites out there paying for PPC (Pay-Per-Click) like Google Ad Words and spending hundreds if not thousands to generate traffic to their sites while not concentrating on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). I think this is a huge flaw in their thinking.   I think this flaw stems from lack of good information on why you need Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and what kind of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) your site really needs.   What kind of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?   Already I can hear some people saying "WHAT??? You mean there is more than one kind of  Search Engine Optimization (SEO)???"   The problem with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is, it all depends on the persons definition.   I get hundreds of people saying that they were told by another company their site will be submitted to the top 20 search engines every month for their Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This is a clear sign that a company does nothing for your site and they are FLUFFING you! That's not Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that's Search Engine Submission, and you only have to do that once. It's like going to Post Office and telling them you still live at the same address every month.   WebsiteForge actually works directly with Google, Yahoo, MSN and other Search Engines to develop and maintain code for your site that will help your keywords get ranked higher in the search engine listings along with providing you a consultation with a real SEO Expert with more than 10 years experience. This SEO Expert will show you everything you need to know to be successful in the Search Engines without the huge cost of PPC and Google Ad Words.   A great example of how Search Engine Optimization (SEO) vs PPC can change your Ecommerce Website experience is Michael Giordano with www.knowyournanny.com whom was spending up to $5,000-$6,000 a month on Pay-Per-Click Advertising using a sub-standard Ecommerce Website before WebsiteForge made his site.   Most times after spending all that money, Mike wouldn't even make back his advertising investment let alone the cost of the product he sold.  I spoke with Mike for years before he finally invested his last bit of savings with us.   After WebsiteForge launched his site, it took 1.5 weeks to be found in the Search Engines. In the first 30 minutes of being found he had already paid for the website using the FREE Search Engines. No Pay-Per-Click (PPC) was used.   In his first month with WebsiteForge Mike actually made over $6000 instead of spending it. Now just over 1 year later he's making $60,000-$70,000 per month with out advertising his site.   Now that's a success story!     Thanks, Douglas A. Marks Website Marketing Consultant E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208 Fax - (517) 338-5064  

One of the biggest complaints I get, is the fact that our company is much more expensive than a lot of website design companies in the market.   It's said best by a recent complaint via email that I will share with you...   -----------------------------------   Sorry I haven't been able to answer your calls. Regardless, please note that I am not interested in doing business with your company for your exuberant amount of:   $3,499 One-Time Setup $99/mo Managed Services Fee That is absolutely LUDICROUS...   I have found another company to do business with at a far lower price with everything you offer with great discounts and flash thrown in at no price to name one.. Thanks anyway. Kim Henriksen    ----------------------------------- This was my reply.... -----------------------------------   I take it this is your first website? Buying a website is like buying a new or used car, you can buy a low end used car cheaply.  It won't get you very far and it is going to be expensive to maintain.   Low end websites just like used cars need a lot updates and maintenance to keep them going and eventually a complete need engine.   Many think a car is just a car, like a website is just a website.  However,  the technology in the lower end web site products are 5-10 years old and are not easily found in the search engines.   A customer that finds you in search engines is the most important part of having a website! It's like the fuel for your car.  No search engine listings -- No customers. A new WebsiteForge site is like buying a brand new car that gets the latest and greatest features every week!   We add over $200,000 in new technology to your site every year in the form of  2-8 software upgrades weekly.   We provide unlimited service.  Remember your car needs oil and maintenance.  WebsiteForge provides these upgrades at no extra cost!    Best of all -- we provide unlimited gas (search engine features) driving customers to your website to purchase your products and services!   And if there is a chance you doubt what we are saying -- we will guarantee the success of your business or we'll give you your money back. What everyone needs to know is -- There are no successful websites based on the "used car analogy".  Successful web sites spend 10x's more money to try to compete with a WebsiteForge web site! I talk to 600-1000 people a month, most are people who never had a website before.  Typically basing their buying decision on price.   Those who have actually had experience with at least one web site in their past realize the huge benefit of WebsiteForge and our methods.   The combined services and upgrades we provide typically start making money to moment they are found in the search engines! Not long after we set their site up the correct way.   Facts are stubborn things: - Our retention rate is 98.5% - Our cancellation rate is less than .05% which is the best in the industry. - Most web design companies have less than a 50% retention rate and a 25% cancellation rate.    This means, we know what we are doing!  Helping businesses just like you succeed online. Before choosing any business please check Ripoffreport.com and the BBB.org.  Ask for a copy of the company's "terms of use" or "contract".   One large web site company in Utah actually has a clause that states they have the right to sue you if you say anything bad about them.  They can sue you for $2500 per occurrence.   That type of policy conicides with a  "bait and switch tactic". Once you have purchased  you can't get your money back... and you signed a one year contract with them that says you can't voice your outrage. At WebsiteForge, we take the risk out of purchasing a website by giving you an unconditional 12 month money back guarantee for any reason and no contracts! Hopefully you'll find this e-mail useful like many others have over the years. If you do choose another company and learn the hard-way, please contact me so we can get you on the right path to online success. I do wish you the best.   ----------------------------------- This was the response back... -----------------------------------   WOW. You are so right. I did not do any research on this company and I am completely shocked at the reports against them. I have had websites before. I have never had 1 made for me. I have always done my own. Your price is just to far out of my reach. Thanks for the help. Kim Henriksen     ----------------------------------- Summary... -----------------------------------   Other website companies have much lower prices for a reason! They offer a low-end product that will not be found in the search engines, it will cost you a lot to update and maintain, plainly put... you just will not be happy with it because you won't make any money unless you are paying money in advertising to send them to your site.   It's kind of like being nickeled and dimed for everything you have.   Remember... You Get What You Pay For!   Don't be fooled in letting these companies tell you that they can offer you everything that we do but for less... if they did... they would cost the same or even more, because people would be willing to pay the price... instead they just pay the price!   If you can not afford to purchase a website from WebsiteForge, just let me know what your budget is and I will try to offer you a solution with a company that can meet your budget so you won't be Ripped-Off by what I call... the used car (website) salesperson.   I wish you nothing but the best in your online endeavor.   Thanks, Douglas A. Marks Website Marketing Consultant E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208 Fax - (517) 338-5064 Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time  

Search Engine Optimization & WebsiteForge: What is included in my package?     One of the most important factors about a web site is its presence and positioning in the search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN's Bing.   The industry's term for this is called Search Engine Optimization which is the method used in getting you higher placement in the search engines free listing. It makes no sense to have the best designed web site in the world if it does not have a good position in the search engine listings and have no one find you in a natural search for the keywords and key phrases you need to be found for. What's the difference from being on page 1 to being found on page 1,000,000? Could be $1,000,000 or more in sales revenue! Good search engine ranking and placement is extremely important because typically it's the number one way potential customers will find you on the internet. Search Engines are a free and effective advertising tool, but only if your web site is setup correctly for this to happen. At WebsiteForge we know how to develop your web site to get you at the top of search engines by making your site search engine optimized from the bottom up, the way the search engines want to see your site built. This is the most effective way to insure top rankings for your web site. Most web site design companies won't tell you that they really don't have a clue about how search engine optimization really works. If they did tell you the truth, you would not buy a website from them because your website would never be found in the search engines for the keywords and key phrases you want to be found for. Most companies tell you they will submit your website monthly to the search engines, then don't, not that it matters anyway because unfortunately, that's not how you gain ranking in a search engine anymore. It has not been that way in over 10 years and any Search Engine Optimization Expert will tell you that. Today search engines use robots and spiders to search your website when someone request keywords in a natural search selection. If you do not have any of those words on your site, then you do not appear in the search listing. It's that simple. Here at WebsiteForge our websites are designed and hard coded with Search Engine Optimization software that makes every web page and word show up in the search engines unlike 95% of the websites being built using Microsoft FrontPage, Dreamweaver and a lot of other website building software. To say every website design company is the same is almost true, except WebsiteForge. We take it to the Next Level when it comes to getting your website found in the Search Engines. It not only took WebsiteForge over $150,000 and over 5 years of development to get where we are today, but it takes over $45,000 in updates & upgrades to our core software to ensure you get the latest in Search Engine Optimization Technology which will help keep your web site high in the search engine rankings. When you purchase a web site package from WebsiteForge we also provide you with a FREE Consultation with a Search Engine Optimization company called www.thenetcorp.com with an Expert "Kevin Gannon", who will consult with you, set-up and submit your site included in the price of our website package. No other company offers you that!   If you have any additional questions, please contact me. Thanks,   Douglas A. Marks Website Marketing Consultant Website - www.websiteforge.com Business - (888) 558.2446  Ext. 208 Fax - (517) 338-5064   Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time   [ NOTE: Before you select a company, ask them what you can expect them to do for you to Optimize your site for the Search Engines. If they are not Hard Coding your website with an internal site mapping system that links every page and automatically creates a site value instead of a page value, chances are you will not get found in the Search Engines! Meta Tagging your Home page or any page will not ensure you will be found at the top of the search engine either, only that you will be found somewhere, most likely at the bottom.]

Managed Services, Support & Hosting   NOTE: Remote Hands: Anything you need edited just give it to us and we will do it for you. Remote Hands includes ROLLOVER MINUTES so you can accumulate the time and never lose it and includes CASH-IN VALUE towards other services like a new design, flash, graphics. etc. (It's like saving 33.33% on hourly rates!)   Why Do You Need WebsiteForge to Host Your Web Site!   Managed Services - NOW INCLUDES a Cloud Service Hosting Platform!     What is a Cloud Service? Simply put, a cloud service is a set of pooled computing resources delivered over the Internet. The cloud delivers a hosting environment that doesn't limit an application to a specific set of resources. Depending on the platform, an application can scale dynamically and increase its share of resources on-the-fly.   Why you need to use a Cloud Service? The cloud can quickly scale to all of WebsiteForge's servers to make resources available as they're needed. WebsiteForge's Cloud hosting customers never need to worry about meeting increasing traffic demands or huge traffic spikes.     Fourteen Clustered Redundant Servers - You don't have to worry about a server failure. Fourteen Clustered Redundant servers mean that even if one fails the other servers will pick up the slack and make sure your site continues to run.   Instant Automatic Backups on all 14 servers along with a copy of the Backup stored at the primary and secondary location for extra security and peace of mind you'll never lose your data. How much is a days work worth to you? $300? $400? 1000? Even a small mistake could cost you and your company money, more than WebsiteForge's Managed Services. No other company offers this valuable feature.   Security - Locked Down Code Hacker Prevention System w/5 Levels of Security. With over 30,000 Hacker attempts per month no Hacker has ever made it past Level 1. When you invest $500 - $5000 in having your site created isn't it a good idea to protect it from being taken down and deleted by a Hacker? Lower level services charge up to $49/mo for this feature alone. Once again, no other hosting company on the market offers this level of protection for you site.   Five Tier-1 OC-12 Backbone Connections with Unlimited Bandwidth - It's like recruiting the "Fantastic Five" of internet connectivity. Think of five HUGE pipelines provided by SBC, Time Warner, UUNet, Quest, and Sprint. These are the companies that will connect your customers to your web site 24/7/365.    Third Party Performance Monitoring - We pay professional monitoring companies to have your web site monitored every 5 minutes to make sure things are always running smoothly. Monitoring is done from several locations across the globe.   On Site Technicians - Our hardware is maintained by on-site technicians that are there 24/7/365 to make sure any hardware repairs are done immediately. Of course you won't notice because our triple redundant servers will keep your site running.   High Security Data Center - Our data center is locked down with key code and hand scanner security access. Your data is completely safe!   Hardened Linux Operating Systems -  It's simply a fact of life that Windows systems are a constant target for hackers, nasty worms and viruses. We rely on hardened Linux based servers to provide you the very best reliability available   Customer Support M-F 9AM-7PM EST - Online & Phone Support provided to any any questions you may have.   Technical Support 24/7/365 - With WebsiteForge, you don't have to worry about technical details.We manage the hosting for you without costly hourly or per-incident charges.   Unlimited Software Updates & Upgrades - Over 300 Updates & Upgrades every year as WebsiteForge invest over $200,000 back into the system on such improvements as; hand-held devices, browser & system compatibility issues, additional functionality, content management tool updates and features, new tools and software, etc.   Unlimited Bandwidth & Data Transfer - Never have to worry about having your servers crash due to traffic limits. Every other hosting company on the market charges you a Bandwidth Overage if your limits are exceeded. Some of those fees can be not only in the hundreds of dollars, but thousands of dollars for high traffic sites. All of our customers have access to 4 Terabytes of Bandwidth & Data Transfer without the fear of paying overage charges.   Unlimited Disc Space Storage - Store unlimited amounts of data on your site, including, pages, text, video, audio, products, etc.   Much More!   E-Mail Solution    50 POP 3 E-Mail Accounts with 30M of storage each. Spam Control Virus Scanning Online Webmail Access Grey Listing   EV 256 Bit SSL Security Certificate   Renewal Included in the Monthly Managed Services Fee. Extended Validation SSL with 256 Bit Encryption. This service exceed New Standards places by all the Credit Card Companys this year.   Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Hard Coded   WebsiteForge is the only website design company that has this unique feature. Your site will have META TAGS on every page and product on your website. Your site will also be Search Engine Friendly (SEF), that allows the Search Engines to find every single word, product and service on your site. But the KEY FEATURE is our Hard Coded SEO Software on your site that is set up like the Search Engines want to see it. The same Coding sites like E-Bay and Amazon have, the kind of programming that would cost $10,000-$60,000 for you to do if you hired an SEO Expert to do it. This software also includes an admin area where you can manage your own SEO campaign with out the expensive cost of SEO or a PPC campaign like Google Adwords.   Unlimited Support   Training Webinars Online Documentation & Support Help File Video Tutorials Customer Support M-F 9AM-7PM EST - Online & Phone Support provided to any any questions you may have. Technical Support 24/7/365 - With WebsiteForge, you don't have to worry about technical details.We manage the hosting for you without costly hourly or per-incident charges. Remote Hands - 1/hr/mo x 12/hr/yr of anything you need done to the site, rolled over if you don't use the time and you can cash unused time towards a new design, additional graphics, flash, etc. (Valued at $600/yr)   Site Coming Soon Page   Display a Site Coming Soon Page until site is ready to launch.   Content Management Tool    You have the ability to create unlimited content pages upon completion of our online & phone training webinar, or view our online video library at your own pace.   Domain Name   FREE Domain Name Web URL Address; yourbusinessname.com   Website Hit Statistic Tool   Professional 20 page report detailing who found your site, where they came from and where did they go.   Create Unlimited Forms   Create custom forms Information can be stored onsite and downloaded into an Excel Spreadsheet for database management   Newsletter Sign-Up & Creation Tool   Collect vital information Create custom Newsletters Create a huge database of potential customers   Mass E-Mail Marketing Tool   Collect E-Mail addresses and information Market to new and potential customers   Pop-Up Marketing Tool   Create your own Pop-Up messages on your site. Great for promoting a sales campaign or gathering e-mails.    Add Unlimited Links   Create as many outbound links to your site using our Content Management Tool. Great for building your own SEO campaign, referral page, advertising and more.   E-Bay Publishing   Publish your products directly to E-Bay through this easy to use Listing Tool. (ecommerce only)   Copy Protection Feature   Make sure competitors can not copy your site or steal your images.   Google Analytics   Generates detailed statistics about the visitors to your website.     Pricing:   Informational Websites - $29/month or ($49/month which includes 1/2 Hour of Remote Hands) eCommerce Websites -  $49/month or ($99/month which includes 1 Hour of Remote Hands) Classified/Directory Websites $149/month (Includes 2 Hours of Remote Hands)

  Dear Potential Client,   Please review the following information and let me know if you have any questions...   First, I would like to say that WebsiteForge is the oldest and most respected website development company in the world. We have been in business since 1991.   Second, we have a 97.8% retention rate with our 4000 existing clients unlike the industry average of 50%. WebsiteForge feels when you invest money with us we should do everything in our power to help you make money.    WebsiteForge uses the most advanced software platform to build and maintain your website and adds over $250,000 in new technology upgrades/upgrades every year to make sure you have the best advantage to secure new business online and have the latest and greatest website features with out having to pay for them.   WebsiteForge also offers Unlimited Customer and Technical Support and Training, we act as your IT team and make sure you have the best  Content Management Tool available to edit and maintain your site, Cloud Hosting Solution, Unlimited Bandwidth so you can have Millions of customers on your site without charging you extra, Security in the form of a Hacker Prevention System with 5 Levels of Security on the site and server level, SSL Security Certificate, PCI Compliance, 5 Minute Monitoring, Immediate Backup Service, On & Off site Backup protection, Email Service, Website Hit Statistic Tool, Email & Newsletter Tool, Copy Protection and Much more!   We offer inexpensive professional design services with unlimited designs and revisions until approved. Here is our pricing structure...     Pricing Structure: Design   1. Template Site: No Charge plus $50 per page (You provide the text and images you want on the page.)    2. Design - Simple Custom Site: $500 (2 Designs and 2 Revisions) plus $50 per page (You provide the text and images you want on the page.)   3. Design - Custom Graphic Designed Site: $1000 (Unlimited Designs and Revisions until approved) plus $100 per page (We will provide graphics for your page plus you will provide the text and images you want on the page.   Optional: Slide Deck: $500 (Unlimited Designs and Revisions) i.e. check out http://www.eicom-usa.com   Optional: Logo Design $250-$500   Optional: Shopping Cart: If you are selling products online in an Ecommerce Shopping Cart format depending on the set-up we need to do your cost can run an extra $500-$2000. (Call me for pricing and options)    [NOTE: We do offer free templates that can help keep your cost down as well. Pricing structure can change depending on the nature and scope of the project. It is always best to discuss your project with me so I can give you a definite price.]   Just so you know, we can create any style of webdesign for you. If you have seen a website online that you like with any company let me know and I can tell you how much it would cost to replicate that site or as I mention above, we charge $1000 for Unlimited Designs and Revisions so you will always get what you want.   --------------------------   I offer 7 huge benefits compared to most companies...     #1 Professional Design   We have created over 6000 designs in the last 20 years and we guarantee your approval with unlimited revisions until you are satisfied.     Please feel free to browse our Portfolio for a few existing websites we have created as well: http://www.websiteforge.com/89.html.   For a look into our back end and the features we offer, please check out our online videos at http://videos.websiteforge.com/.    Here are a few Informational Websites sites:    http://www.eicom-usa.com - $1500 http://www.spc.net - $1500 http://www.consultingphysicians.com - $500 http://www.signatureconsultingsolutions.com/ - $1000 http://www.usi-inc.net/ - $1000 http://www.baeticamoz.com - $500 http://www.cornerstone-advisors.com/ - $1000 http://www.longislandmentalhealth.com/ - $1000 http://www.fsiindustries.com/ - $1000 http://www.erplanners.com/ $1000 http://www.quantumtech.biz/ - $1500 http://www.ethancompany.com - $1000   Here are a few Ecommerce Websites with Shopping cart sites:   http://www.boatersmarinesupply.com/ - $3500 http://www.betterblindstore.com/ - $3500 http://www.guitarkitsusa.com - $3500 http://www.gandlclothing.com/ - $4500 http://www.bedsnstuffonline.com/ - $2500 http://www.shopnoahsark.com/ - $3500 http://www.picforever.com  - $2500 http://www.continentalkid.com/ - $2500 http://www.naturebeads.com/ - $2500   Typically design time takes 2-6 weeks depending on the project.        #2 Search Engine Optimization   Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is KEY to any successful website. We know how to get you to the top of the search engines...   The number one concern most businesses have is getting their site found at the top of the search engine results with the keywords & phrases that will drive traffic to your site. The more traffic, the more money your company will make. WebsiteForge is the only company that offers professional SEO set-up included in the cost of site and not just submitting the site to the search engines or placing meta-tags on the site. The difference is getting top page results for our clients!   We do this using an XML FILE MAPPING SYSTEM. You would normally have to pay $15,000-$50,000 for an SEO expert to write the code and install it in your system. We include it automatically in the price. This will give you a huge advantage because it solicits Google and Bing to crawl your site every day or you can manually submit as many times as you want during the day. Everyone else has to wait to have the search engines to crawl their sites which can take months.     #3 Managed Services   We are a Managed Services company, so hosting on our servers is required because our software is proprietary and has so many features other companies don't offer.   Our Managed Services & Hosting includes; SEO (Search Engine Optimization for higher ranking), True Content Management Tool, Training, Support, Hosting, Tech Support, 300+ upgrades per year valued at over $250,000, Hacker Prevention System, SSL, Blog, 4 Hour Backups, 5 Minute Monitoring Service, On & Off site Backup protection, Email Service, Website Hit Statistic Tool, Email & Newsletter Tool, Copy Protection and Much more!   Informational Sites: $29/mo Ecommerce Sites: $49/mo     #4 True Content Management Tool   This allows you to edit your site and do everything we can do. You can add/delete pages/products. So if you want to make a change on your site at 2am in the morning, then all you do is log in and make the change hit publish and your done. You'll save hundreds even thousands from not having to pay someone to update your site.     #5 Product Marketing Software - (Ecommerce Only!)   A great way to optimize your product listings directly feeding your product information to over 60 sites. This automated data-feed submits and drives more qualified targeted traffic to your website.     #6 Mobile Website   According to the latest statistics, 56% of online browsing is done using a mobile phone or tablet device. No longer is the PC the norm.   If you want customers to use your website correctly in 2012, you must have a mobile ready website. Converting your business website to display and operate correctly on Smartphones needs to be a top priority in 2012.   If you choose WebsiteForge to build your Website we will create a Mobile Ready Site for you at no cost and optimize your site for the search engines while giving you the ability through a Content Management Tool to edit your own site if you wish to keep future cost down.     #7 Social Networking   Link your Blog or Products directly to Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus and have access to over 300 Million daily users looking for products or services you offer.     Summary:   WebsiteForge just doesn't build great websites, they build websites that get found in the Search Engines and make you money!    I am looking forward to working with you to build a great looking and functioning website. If you have any questions, feel free to call at (888) 558-2446 x 208 or reply to this e-mail. My direct line is (207) 739-2341.   Thanks,   Douglas A. Marks Website Marketing Consultant Website - www.websiteforge.com Business - (888) 558.2446  Ext. 208 Fax - (517) 338-5064   Website Forge Box 358 Fowlerville, MI 48836 (USA)      

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT WebsiteForge, LLC P.O. Box 2199 Byron Road Howell, Michigan 48844 1-888-558-2446 support@websiteforge.com http://www.websiteforge.com WebsiteForge Helps Launch DiveProDiveGear.com to Healthy Profits When Kevin O'Brien was looking to launch a website for his diving gear company, he needed a company that was experienced with e-commerce solutions designed for business without a brick and mortar operation. WebsiteForge built DiverProDiveGear.com a website and helped them on their way to making profits. Howell, Michigan, January 6, 2009 – Launching an online business is never easy, especially when you are starting from scratch and do not have the benefit of a brick and mortar operation to serve as a foundation. Kevin O'Brien was looking for a website design and e-commerce solutions company that could help build his business website from scratch and start moving product over the Internet. WebsiteForge stepped in and today DiverProDiveGear.com is a going concern making $30,000 in sales. WebsiteForge is the oldest website design company with the most experienced staff and a dedication to keeping current with software and technology updates. They help businesses like DiverProDiveGear.com get off the ground by offering a wide range of design, hosting and e-commerce solutions that are specifically tailored to needs of the business. O'Brien credits WebsiteForge's excellent customer service and understanding of the whole design and e-commerce process as well as a creating website that is easy to use and maintain. WebsiteForge had the vision to realize small and medium sized companies had the desire to control the content on their websites, and also have the capabilities to manage their websites without an expensive webmaster or IT department. They provide all the services a small business like DiverProDiveGear.com needs to get their business off the ground from day one, to attract customers to the website through organic search engine optimization and by offering e-commerce solutions designed to ease transactions and maximize profits. While being one of the oldest website design companies in the country, WebsiteForge continues to remain at the forefront of the latest technology, and offers their clients the most up-to-date software technology and unparalleled hosting services. When DiverProDiveGear.com needed to launch its website, they relied on WebsiteForge for a professional custom design, reliable hosting services, organic search engine optimization and content management tools that allow companies to have a robust, professional website that is tailored to their needs. For additional information, visit http://www.websiteforge.com  or call 1-888-558-2446. About WebsiteForge LLC – WebsiteForge LLC provides small and medium sized business with website design, hosting, e-commerce development and search engine optimization designed to allow a company's website to shoot right to the top of search engines and realize profits from the day they start. They are the leaders in website design with the most dedicated and experienced staff.

  I got a lot of people writing back to me saying, "How can you say WebsiteForge is the only company that offers Search Engine Optimization?"   So.. here is the paragraph I wrote and included in a bunch of emails I sent out last week...   "WebsiteForge is the only company that offers our Proprietary Search Engine Optimization SEO that will get your site listed higher in the Search Engines than what any other company will do for you at no extra cost. We provide the Set-up, Submission and a Consultation with an SEO Expert with more than 10 years experience in getting websites ranked in the top pages."     Let me clarify...   FACT 1: WebsiteForge is the only company that offers our Proprietary Search Engine Optimization SEO Software. It's code built into the site. It normally cost thousands to have a site set-up the way we do for the search engines.   In the summer of 2004 Google sent a notice to Website Development Companies stating they were changing the way their Search Engine Robot & Spiders were going to Index sites using what was called their NEW & IMPROVED Googlebot. The Googlebot was like a super bot or spider which would read your entire site better than the previous Robot & Spiders. If your site is correctly coded for this new Googlebot, it could dramatically increase the positioning of your website over other sites that are not.   WebsiteForge immediately started working on this new way of coding the backend code of the website to allow the Googlebot to thoroughly index the site the way Google wanted it done. We made the decision to spend the money and convert website building software to conform to the way Google wanted it done and we contacted Yahoo and MSN as well to make sure we built the code to conform to their standards as well.   WebsiteForge has invested over $100K into the software so far and runs us about $35K to maintain every year. This is not just a Meta Tag that has been slapped on your Homepage as other companies do. We worked directly with Google, Yahoo and MSN for 3 years developing an underlying code that could be managed by WebsiteForge without hand coding the site and spending thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars to correctly code each site.   In August 2007, WebsiteForge Beta Tested the new Search Engine Optimization code as instructed by Google and developed by Kevin Gannon from TheNetCorp.com (SEO Expert for over 10 years).   This is one of the examples of success we experienced.   Client: ShopBakersNook.com Orders from January 2007 to the end of July 2007: 2500+ Order from August 2007 during the Beta Test: 2600+   In just 30 days, ShopBakersNook.com was able to out perform their entire year to date orders. The went from the 6th page of Google to the 3rd page of Google in just days for major Keywords & Phrases. Now ShopBakersNook boast of doing more than 18,000 orders a month and says they lost track of how many times they are found on the 1st page for Keywords & Phrases they want to be found for. They also claim their competition spends thousands of dollars to an SEO Expert per month while they don't have to.   FACT 2: Your site will get listed higher in the Search Engines than what any other company will do for you at no extra cost. Meaning other companies can not do what we do for FREE. They can tell you they do, but they do not. We have not found a company yet that does. If you think you have found a company that does let me know so I can call them. All companies so far that we have spoken to have back tracked on the quote "Search Engine Optimization" they offer compared to us and have retracted those statements once we ask for proof in the coding of the site.   FACT 3: We provide the Set-up, Submission and a Consultation with an SEO Expert with more than 10 years experience in getting websites ranked in the top pages. (Kevin Gannon with TheNetCorp.com)     I know other companies tell you they do the same thing as we do, but they don't. The only way for other companies to do what we have done is for them to have an SEO Expert redo the work they do and code the site correctly by hand and spend 50-650 hours depending on the type of website you have to do it. Most companies charge $100-$150 for software programming, so do the math. It's expensive to hand code websites and there is no software program on the market today that does, except our software that we don't resell.   Some companies are building sites in Search Engine Friendly software and calling it Search Engine Optimized because they have a Meta Tag on the Home Page or on every page of the site. It does not mean they have the same Search Engine Optimization Code we use and spent $100K to develop and maintain.   Here is a good example:   Let's say WebsiteForge builds cars, and you are shopping for a car, and Company XYZ's sales person says, "We use the same metal WebsiteForge uses for their cars." Does that mean Company XYZ's cars are built the same way WebsiteForge's cars are? Absolutely Not! Company XYZ may be selling you a HUGO and WebsiteForge is selling you a Formula 500 Racing Car built specifically for the Super Internet Highway not the junk yard.   So don't let those other companies make you think you're getting the same thing that WebsiteForge is offering you. WebsiteForge is the only company that offers our Proprietary Search Engine Optimization SEO Software and RESULTS that come from using it!   Thanks, Douglas A. Marks Website Marketing Consultant Website - www.websiteforge.com Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208 Fax - (517) 338-5064 Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time      

Scott Neil,   Your websites look professional and well made; however, I may choose to go with a local firm to support our local businesses, which are hurting right now due to the recession. Why should I choose WebsiteForge over a local business to design my website?   --------------------------------------------------   Great Question! I am asked this all the time...   I know how you feel. I asked the same question to WebsiteForge before I had a website built over 7 years ago... 2 years prior to ending up working for WebsiteForge after my last decision to never work with a local web designer based only on the idea that I was keeping someone else employed.   It is a noble idea to keep local businesses in business, but it is an even better idea to keep you in business, right? Please hear me out on this...   I know you think a website is just a website and regardless of who builds that website you are going to have the same results, right? I used to have that same idea in my head too.   That is until I found WebsiteForge...   I have had over twenty websites in my life. None of those sites ever produced a dime without me spending money to direct traffic to my site. It did not matter if I spent $100 or $40,000; the results were always the same until I found WebsiteForge.     WebsiteForge was the only company that ever drove traffic to my site without costing me money!   Why? Because, WebsiteForge was the only company that had Search Engine Technology that allowed the Search Engines to index my site the way that it should of been done in the first place.   Most of these small local design shops do not have a clue about Search Engine Optimization and how to drive the traffic to your site so you make money instead of spending money on advertising to drive traffic to your site.   What I found was, "WebsiteForge delivers results in the Search Engines while others can only make promises" and only then did I make money from my website." Moreover, the technology WebsiteForge provided for me and the Customer Support far out-weighed what I always had received from the local person who never called me back once he had my money and took 4-6 months to build a site and everything else that went along with that.   I found WebsiteForge to be one of the most professional companies ever to work with, so I started referring my clients to WebsiteForge. I referred so much business to WebsiteForge that they made me an offer to handle all their sales for the company... and I have been here for over 5 years now spreading the Website Gospel on why you should choose WebsiteForge over everyone else.   And that is why I feel you should choose WebsiteForge over the local person to design your website, because after all, it's more than just designing your website, it's your business. Thanks, Douglas A. Marks Website Marketing Consultant E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208 Fax - (517) 338-5064 Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time