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1. Who Should Design Your Website?
   

   When designing a website for a business, should one get a website designer or a graphic artist?

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   Asked by ginasimpson from Greenville, SC
   Answered 16 years ago.

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   Website design is a science not an art. There are many skills used to design and develop a viable web presence.
   
   A graphic designer knows how to use photoshop and make flyers and things look cool, a web designer knows how to design a website for the end user but its a web developer that actually knows how to properly program the website into a functional, SEO friendly, platform.
   
   Also a website needs to be marketed and optimized and updated to be in compliance with the ever changing search engine standards.
   
   "If you think its expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur"
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   Answered by Orlando Web Design & SEO by MyWebsiteSpot.com 13016 Falcon Ridge Dr, Orlando, FL, 32828, 407-499-4008 (Novice with 10 pts.)

   Answered 16 years ago.

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   You should always hire a web design professional to build your website. A good web design professional may have the skills of a graphic artist or more likely employ a good graphic artist, but there is a great deal more to web site design than the graphics. In fact, too strong a focus on the graphics can reduce the effectiveness of a your web site.
   A good Web Designer will not only build you a site that "looks" good, they will build you a site that does what you need it to do (gather leads, distribute information, make sales, etc.) and help make sure that your site is easily found by your potential customers.
   The graphics are part of the total picture, get a web designer to build you a complete business website.
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   Answered by Warp Drive Enterprises Inc. 13440 W Colonial Dr #31, Winter Garden, FL, 34787, 407-877-2828 (Novice with 15 pts.)

   Answered 16 years ago.

3. 
   I'd like to suggest hiring a graphic artist first ... But let me explain.
   
   Web coders are good at what they do - publishing information to the internet in a website that links and sends data and provides some interactivity, purchases etc.
   
   Graphic Designers are good at what they do too - Presenting information and visuals (graphics) in a way that is intriguing to the visitor, and easy to navigate. They also know how to condense information into something that your visitors will in-fact "Read".
   
   That being said, most Graphic Designers can do some web design, and most Web Coders can do some graphic design. So you have to decide whether your site is more "Graphic/Visual oriented" or if it is more "Technical/Tools oriented".
   
   What I'd do is find some sites you really like, out there on the internet. Show them as samples to both the Web Coder and the Graphic Designer. Explain exactly what you like best about the site. See if they can do both the visual design and the coding that makes the site(s) work. If they can not do all of it, hire both of them. Engage them to work together too!
   
   I hope this helps. Please feel free to "friend" us in Merchant Circle. Or contact us at any time via www.creativebearings.com. We offer graphic design, web design, flash animation, logo design as well as all kinds of print and web marketing.
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   Answered by Creative Bearings, Inc. 3154 Gemini Peak Lane, Grand Junction, CO, 81504, 970-870-8008 (Novice with 30 pts.)

   Answered 16 years ago.

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   Someone who knows what they are doing
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   Answered by Placement Edge 5549 Rutledge Dr, Dallas, TX, 75223, 972-808-7923 (Mentor with 872 pts.)

   Answered 15 years ago.

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   Here is a good resource for web designs at low cost:
   Links: www.computertshooter.com
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   Answered by mySATexasHomes Al Cannistra, Realtor, San Antonio, TX, 78260, 210-757-0211 (Mentor with 392 pts.)

   Answered 15 years ago.

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   If you have to choose one or the other, choose a web designer with a decent portfolio.
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   Answered by websitesovereasy (Novice with 41 pts.)

   Answered 16 years ago.