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Small Business Guilty of Website Neglect

From Darrell Zahorsky, About.com GuideApril 13, 2008

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Has it been over a year since you updated your website? Do you rarely look at your website statistics? Are you unfamiliar with local search or blogging? If you answered yes to any of these questions you may be guilty of website neglected. A recent survey by Netflare revealed over 23% of websites haven't been updated since launch and 38% have no budget.

Website neglect is a problem in the small business sector in many countries, even though consumers have fully embraced the Internet. Broken links, out-dated contact information and old web design are all factors that leave an unfavorable impression on your potential customers. Your website is more than a calling card. It's like your virtual salesperson. Would your business send out the best and most professional sales rep or a second rate slob to represent your company? Treat your web presence with the same level of professionalism as the rest of your company and you'll see greater return on sales and reputation.

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May 14, 2008 at 2:12 am
(1) Imran khan :

Yes this is the problem with small business. Here in India also there is lot of websites created by small business men but they do not give enough respect to web sites as they should. People still not thinking Websites as there main source of business. they still looking for conventional methods
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