Importance of Web Maintenance
Imagine your self going to an important meeting in a tattered suit, messed out hair and incorrect information, what sort of image would you have. Do you think you would be successful? To answer the question ———— absolutely no way, you would not even be considered.

Your website is your representative on the Internet; it is the reflection of your image. A tattered, messy website with broken links, incorrect content, missing metadata is also not worth considering.

The sole reason for a web site is to advertise to the world in large about yourself or your company. Imagine what sort of advertisement such a messy and un-maintained site would do. Even the best developed website needs constant maintenance and up gradation to remain at the top of the search engines and keep users coming back.

Website Maintenance is composed of six areas.

• Publishing - to keep content up-to-date.
• Quality Assurance - to spot errors on a site.
• Feedback Monitoring - communication with website visitors.
• Performance Monitoring - to measure activity on a site.
• Infrastructure Monitoring - to ensure a sound technical footing for a site.
• Change Control - to manage ongoing technical or other changes in co-ordination.

Maintenance & Up gradation
Website Maintenance encompasses various actions needed to guarantee the operational integrity of a site.

This means regularly checking off

• Broken links.
• Missing content, e.g. images.
• Missing page titles.
• Spelling and grammar of content.
• Missing metadata.
• File sizes of pages to ensure they are not too large.
• Browser compatibility.
• Applications are functioning correctly, e.g. online forms.
• Server Side Scripting or other languages function correctly.
• legal and regulatory guidelines are being adhered to.
• Pages conform to your organization’s Web-Accessibility standard.

You should also update your site when

• When your company has a value addition- like gotten a new accreditation, licensing or some sort of recognition.
• New products or services- launch of a new product or a new service should be included at once for sales generations.
• Completed a successful project. If you’ve just finished a project, include it on your website. Create an online portfolio, add a case study advertise it.
• Added to your client list- get a testimonial from each of your successful client projects. Updating your testimonials regularly will also show clients who have visited your site your strengths.
• Add an article-Writing article is a great way to keep your website Information current and to put more content on your site. Search engines choose content-rich sites, and visitors will keep coming back for new information.
• Press releases- post all press releases and other information you publish about your company to your website.
• Changes in your business- Any change in the company status quo should be added to you website.

Conclusion:
Just as you do not compromise with you’re the maintenance of your business, you should not compromise with your web sites maintenance. A well maintained site brings in the ultimate big bucks.

About Author:
Vishal Verma is a Web Designer at BlueApple, aweb development company with a well connected development infrastructure in India having a strong portfolio of global clients offering superior web site maintenance India and solutions at competitive costs.

Outsourcing: pros and cons
Outsourcing of jobs has quickly become a controversial issue, with some people hailing it as a next major step in business and some calling it the second depression and recession for workers. Most economists are sure that this animosity is just temporary and will die as conditions develop and people start taking a mature look towards outsourcing.

Companies should adopt a planned approach towards outsourcing and take into consideration the interests of employees, customers and vendors and come up with a reasonable plan.

Outsourcing has many advantages but at the same time if not conducted properly can have major disadvantages that cannot be disregarded.

Advantages of Outsourcing

• Concentrate on core competencies
• Gain access to foreign markets
• Stimulates trade and actually creates a stronger economy
• Achieve cost reductions - companies can save up on operational costs and can cut their operating costs to half by outsourcing
• Obtain expertise - from outside the organization; companies can get access to better technologies at a lesser cost
• Reduced labor cost - companies can access cheaper and more efficient labor and cut up on labor training cost
• All round quality - Improve the quality of services, efficiency and productivity
• Vendor expertise - the outsourcing vendor has years of experience in providing this type of service to the industry and can help you get started quickly and offer experienced ideas.
• No staffing concerns - you don’t need to staff up the vendor bears the overhead of maintaining a trained staff to run the business.
• No new equipment - no additional computers or office equipment of any kind. The outsourcing vendor should provide the technology needed.

Disadvantages of Outsourcing

• Companies can get into serious difficulty if the vendor refuses to finish work due to bankruptcy, lack of funds, labor etc.
• The company may loose control over its process as outsourcing requires the control of the process being transferred to the vendor.
• Outsourcing won’t overcome bad management.
• A threat to staff morale, current employees in the company may feel threat due to outsourcing and may not work properly.
• The attitude of people in the developed countries against companies that outsource is generally negative.
• Companies that are dealing with trademarks, or classified information outsourcing may put their work and privacy in peril.

About Author:
Sahil Kumar, is a development expert working with web development india.Currently consults and working on offshore IT staffing services.

Offshore Staffing
Offshore staffing is an offshoot of outsourcing. In offshore outsourcing some part of the work from the client company is sent overseas to be done. The client and the supplier enter into a contractual agreement that defines the transferred services.

The contract for such an agreement is usually on an hourly basis i.e. if you worked x number of hours you were paid x number of dollars. This was a rather expensive procedure and lacked dedicated workers.

Dedicated Offshore Staffing
Dedicated Offshore staffing further streamlines the offshore outsourcing contract. In this contract the client hires a dedicated team that works for him exclusively 8 Hrs a day, 6 days a week. This team becomes your remotely located staff, working full-time for you, from an Offshore Development Center any where in the world.

The team is provided to you for a fixed monthly fee and is supervised by your offshore partner or contractor on your behalf to ensure optimal output and productivity.

The offshore partner provides facilities like……

• Hiring / Firing / Retaining
• Provide infrastructure and security.
• Arrange interviews and selections.
• Maintain the programmers on payroll.
• Attest programmer experience and credibility.
• Ensure programmers presence and output.
• Maintain auxiliary programmers to ensure backup and continuity.
• Enforce defined coding standards and styles.
• Provide daily/weekly progress reports.

Offshore staffing can be hired for a number of IT & IT related services like… 
Web Design and Development
Website Redesign
Ecommerce Development
Web Maintenance & Support
Search Engine Marketing
Captive Offshore Services
Web Development Process

Advantages of Offshore Staffing

• Fixed monthly cost, with no overhead or hidden fees
• A team dedicated to your needs only
• Significant cost savings compared to on-site teams
• Highly competent resources
• Complete control over resources and processes
• Option to adjust team’s schedule to your time zone
• Operations can be rapidly scaled up, when required
• Easy communication
• Project management and regular status report

Conclusion 
Offshore Staffing’, is a Remote Staffing Solution to maximize your business expansion, profitability and productivity.

About Author:
Sahil Kumar, is a development expert working with web development india.Currently consults and working on offshore IT staffing services.

Introduction to Induction
Induction is a process of familiarizing the new recruits to the organization functioning so that they become productive in the least possible time; they are a means of honing the workforce to greater efficiency, precision, and perfection.

Every business, large or small, needs a well-planned induction process. The induction process has to provide all the information that new employees and others need, and are able to assimilate, without being overwhelming or diverting them from the essential process of integration into a team.

The Process
The term “induction” is generally used to describe the whole process whereby employees blend in or acclimatize to their new jobs. The aim of the induction process is to help new employees make a smooth, positive adjustment to the workplace. Induction training is all about the basics as well like: shift timings; holiday routine; casual/sick leave policy; location of the cafeteria; dress code; Health and Safety, Terminology, jargon, glossary, definitions of local terms, Organization overview and structure etc. etc.

Induction enables the new employee to gain familiarity with the work environment and to acquire a sense of belonging that will build a commitment to the organization.

A successful induction process has three objectives;

• Helps new employees settle in
• Helps new employees comprehend their responsibilities and what is expected of them
• Ensures the employer receives the benefit of the new employee as quickly as possible

An induction process should also be;

• Flexible and interesting
• Employee centered
• Meets equal opportunities requirements

The Need for Induction
Recruitment is an expensive business as it takes time, money and effort to find the right people to join your company. Efficiently organized and delivered induction training will be your new employees’ first proper impression of you and your enterprise; this makes it an ideal occasion to reinforce their decision to come and work for you.

The purpose of induction is to ensure the effective integration of staff into the organization for the benefit of both parties. Research has shown that a well planned induction program increase staff retention. A well conducted induction ensures new hires are retained, and then settled in speedily and comfortably in a constructive role.

New employees also need to understand the organization’s goals, values and philosophy; personnel practices, ethics, integrity, corporate social responsibility and the job they’re required to do. An effective induction process shortens the time it takes to get the new employee to settle down.

An induction process is not simply for new employees. The same benefits can be received by staff who have been promoted or transferred or those who have returned from a long period of absence.

Induction Software’s
Just as every process of the business is getting automated, so is the induction process. Induction software’s automates the entire induction training process; from orientation to shift timings; holiday routine; casual/sick leave policy; organization’s goals, values and philosophy; personnel practices, and job requirement.

These Inductions are often given online and add to the comfort of the new employee, by providing information on demand and as often as required.

By necessity induction training involves rather dry subjects, but with online delivery it can be made more enjoyable, since the matter can be presented creatively in various forms using web based delivery modes such as; flash, animation, power point etc.

With this software in place, induction training can be conducted for individuals or groups on demand and online; eliminating the need for managers to disrupt their daily routine and conduct induction personally

About Author:
Sahil Kumar is a web development expert working with web development india also developinginduction software.