Why do we need a web site?
A web site is an additional form of communiation between yourelf, your existing clients and possible new clients. Its like having a 24hr telephone line combined with a company sales brochure that can be updated quickly. Its also surprisingly cost effective. Regardless of the size of your company, you can be assured that having a web site will benefit your business as the internet is a very powerful tool, and you an be assured that your competitors have web sites, can you afford to miss out?

What is a domain name?
Your domain name is your identity on the Internet.
A domain name is a name that is registered with ICANN, the controlling body for name registration. The more common international registrations end with .com or .net. Additionally most countries have their own local domain extensions. The Irish one is .ie.

Should I register a .com or an .ie name?
Ideally both. If the .com name is available you should register it to protect it. It is more difficult to register a .ie name. You have to prove entitlement to a particular .ie name and it is virtually impossible to register without doing so. However this is likely to change in the near future.

What is hosting?
At its simplest, hosting is the hire of space on the Internet. It is where your site is stored and is accessible 365 days of the year.

My friend says he can build me a web site, Why shouldn't I just use him?
That may be the case but will he/she put a great deal of thought into its design? Work regularly to ensure your site will be found? Will the site load quickly? Will they resolve problems when you need them to?

Why should a web site achieve for my business?
All sites should establish a new line of communication with customers, new sales leads should be generated, e-commerce sites should generate new online revenues and allow you to provide a better and more cost effective service to existing customers. All sites enable you to build an email list. The important thing is that there is a call to action about the site.

How does Lynxtech deal with search engines?
All pages are optimised for search engines. We automatically manually register each site with a number of the major engines, and we will re-register your site at fixed intervals for a fixed annual fee.