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How often do you think about website maintenance? If the answer is “not very often,” here are a few ideas about the things that you should be doing on a regular basis to keep your website fresh, up to date and most importantly fast. In this blog post, we will discuss 5 things you should be doing to make sure that your website is up-to-date for customers and easy to manage by yourself.

Updating your content regularly helps Google to see that your website is active. But that’s not all, keeping your website up to date means that your customers will never have the wrong information about your business.

If you have an e-commerce website, you should regularly update your product information – this is crucial to the customer experience. Customers expect a seamless experience when on your website. The customer should be able to easily find what they are looking for, just as they would if they visit a store.

With a Web Guys website, this is something that you are empowered to do yourself. No waiting around for a developer to make the relevant changes for you. But if you need a little help with this, Jon is on hand to offer you 1-2-1 support whenever you need it.

Keeping your blog active is important for many reasons.

• You can give out excellent tips and advice to your customers.
• It helps to keep your Google rankings high.
• It’s informative.
• Helps you to improve your SEO

If you are having trouble uploading your blogs, Jon can talk you through the process.

Speed is important to website users. You can find out how quickly your website loads by visiting Google’s free speed checker. By using this tool you can find out how quickly your website loads and utilise the suggestions to help improve your website’s speed.

Should you need more support with this, simply book some time with Jon.

If you have made any significant changes to the pages on your website then you will need to be sure that you do not have any broken links. Whilst search engines don’t punish you too much for a 404 link, your users might. You can find any broken links by using Google Analytics. Regularly checking is important to ensure your website runs smoothly for your customers at all times.

When you log in to the back of your website, you might see notifications telling you it’s time to update your website. These should not be ignored. However, if you are worried about updating your website for any reason, you can book a 1-2-1 session and we will help you with this. As with most technology, updates are an essential part of keeping your website working well.

These are just a few ways that you can keep your website in tip-top condition – meaning your customers have the best possible experience. If you are unsure about ANYTHING to do with your website, simply book a 1-2-1 support session with Jon by CLICKING HERE. Jon is on hand to answer any questions or queries that you have and since he’s our web guy, his knowledge of your website is second to none.