Web-Overs
by Robin Snow, CharlesWorks
What's a web-over? Here at CharlesWorks, that's our own term for
websites that come to us in need of a do-over or a make-over.
There are a variety of reasons for a
web-over:
- You felt creative at some point
and started your own website, but business got in the way and you
never finished it.
- Your sister in law's cousin's
nephew's next door neighbor's son just built a FaceBook page and
said he'd create your site for nuthin'!
- You have a beautiful site, but the
information is outdated, therefore not taken seriously and not
effective.
- You love your site, but need to
update pictures and graphics, but you can't locate your webmaster.
- Your webmaster is a really nice
guy, but seems to be really, really busy and hasn't returned your
call for several months.
- You understand your site, but it
seems like no one else does.
- Your website is not being found by
search engines.
OK, hopefully you found the humor in
some of these. However, these are just a few of the real reasons
why sites need web-overs.
When we do a web-over, we take many
things into account:
- Budget:
As with building a site from scratch, we will work hard to help you
stay within your budget.
- Branding: Do you want to
keep the same general mood and appearance of the site (keep your
branding)?
- Perspective: We look at
your site objectively. We are not necessarily experts at what
you do, so if we don't know what your site is trying to say,
probably few other people do either.
- Navigation: We test
navigation. Having someone outside of your business test your
site and its navigation is important. We have the same perspective
as most of your site's visitors.
- Pricing: We charge by
the minute. If all you need is a few pictures updated or dates
changed, and it takes us 12 minutes to do that, then we charge you
for 12 minutes (as opposed to a minimum hour).
Some recent projects:
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Scam Alert
Phishing Scams
Phishing uses deception to attempt to
gain personal information such as usernames, passwords, account
numbers, credit card information etc. The perpetrators of
these crimes create a website or email that resembles the
official site of a reputable company we "think" is requesting this
personal information.
Examples of Phishing:
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The IRS offering
information about your refund. To our knowledge,
the IRS does NOT email people regarding refunds. |
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Banks,
claiming to be "verifying" your personal information
such as PINs and login IDs. You should call your
bank for questions regarding these issues. |
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Credit
card companies notifying you of a recent charge and
asking you to verify your account information
(again, call them). |
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How to avoid taking the
bait: |
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Be wary
of responding to emails that ask for personal
information. |
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Go to the site yourself
in a new browser window, rather than clicking on the
link that is provided in the email. |
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Check the
URL of the site that is requesting the information and verify that
the domain name is correct in spelling. Your
newer web browsers will display the actual domain name
of the site in the browser's address field. For example:
http://charlesworks.info/index.asp |
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Look for https at the
beginning of the URL when navigating on pages you
believe should be secure. |
| 5. |
Be wary of fabulous
offers. If it is too good to be true, it probably
is. |
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