Mindspring Design | South Jersey Website Design & Graphic Design Blog » Mindspring Design http://mindspringdesign.com/blog Wesite Design & Graphics Advice for South Jersey Small Businesses Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:19:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Custom VS Free Websites http://mindspringdesign.com/blog/custom-vs-free-websites/ http://mindspringdesign.com/blog/custom-vs-free-websites/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:31:34 +0000 admin http://mindspringdesign.com/blog/?p=470 I’ve thrown together a comparison of free vs. custom websites. Of course most website designers will steer you towards a custom website. But this may not be feasible for everyone. And I wouldn’t recommend it if it exceeds your budget. But it definitely has its advantages as you can see below. The things that make [...]
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I’ve thrown together a comparison of free vs. custom websites. Of course most website designers will steer you towards a custom website. But this may not be feasible for everyone. And I wouldn’t recommend it if it exceeds your budget. But it definitely has its advantages as you can see below. The things that make free websites so attractive also make a business look very unprofessional and can dampen sales. Have I missed any comparison line items?

FREE WEBSITE Mindspring Design CUSTOM WEBSITE
Cost Free Starting at $395
Time 1 day or more 3-5 days or more
Design Template (may be used on other sites) Original (you have control over branding and meeting customers’ needs)
Maintenance DIY 24-hour online ticketing, website changes made within 1 day
SEO Optimized for search engines
HTML/CSS validated Yes
3rd Party Advertisements Yes No (not unless you want ads on your site)
Hosting Yes Yes (at cost)
Domain Name Not unique Your own unique domain
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