Q - What is Web Hosting?

A - Websites are made up of files. These files need to be held securely on a computer that has 24/7 high-availability access to the Internet. Hosting companies provide this service, usually with additional database and backup services so that the information stored on their computers is secure and always available.

CS Web Solutions uses one of the UK's premier hosting services.

Q - What is a Content Management System?

A - A content management system allows people with no web design knowledge to add web formatted content to websites. Although these systems are intuitive and easy to use, it is beneficial for the users to have a basic understanding of design and layout best-practices.

Q - What is a CRM system?

A - CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management and allows the capture, analysis, updating and communication with a company's clients.

Q - What is "Search Engine Optimisation"?

A - Search engine optimisation (abbreviated to SEO) is the process of optimising the design and content of a website so that search engines can easy scan the website to extract the relevant data so that it is ranked correctly in search results.

Understanding the quirks of the different search engines such as Google and Yahoo allows SEO professionals to rewrite web content, select the appropriate keywords and put in place the appropriate internal and external link strategies to ensure the website appears at or near the top of search results for the associated common search terms.

In addition to this, SEO professionals can drive traffic to the site using AdWords campaigns, and flow traffic to associated websites using Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns.

Q - What is a blog?

A - A blog (contraction of the term "weblog") is an online journal, published regularly providing commentary or news on one or more subjects.

Blogs can often be subscribed to via an RSS ("Really Simple Syndication") feed and viewed using an RSS reader application or website.

Q - What is a PDF?

A - A PDF ("Portable Document Format") document is an open standard electronic document that can be read independent of hardware, application and operating system. This is a better format to publish online documents as some electronic file formats would need conversion depending on the application, operating system and hardware being used.

A PDF Document Reader can be downloaded for free from Adobe by clicking here.