| Manchester is the capital of the county of Lancashire | | | | yourself in the future? Once you have answered |
| and is the largest city in the North West England. It is | | | | these questions you can then go about finding a |
| located 200 miles northwest of London and 30 miles | | | | good company that offer all of these services. |
| from Liverpool. It has three premier league football | | | | Finding a competent company that has a portfolio of |
| teams, Manchester United and Manchester City and | | | | work is very helpful. You can look through their |
| Bolton Wanderers. One of its major sports stadiums | | | | portfolio and see some of the websites they have |
| the Old Trafford is home to Manchester United which | | | | designed for previous customers. The eCommerce |
| is the most famous football club in the world. The | | | | design is very important to the success of any web |
| other major sports stadium is home to Lancashire | | | | site. You want to be sure that your website is |
| County Cricket Club. The 2002 Commonwealth | | | | designed right. One of the first things you notice |
| Games, were hosted in Manchester which boosted | | | | about a website is whether it is pleasant to the eye. |
| tourism and visitors | | | | Bright flashing coloured text is very off putting as is |
| Greater Manchester boasts over 50 museums and | | | | a flash intro. A very important key is to make sure |
| galleries and has the largest concentration of theatres | | | | your site loads quickly. You will loose a great deal of |
| in the UK outside London. It contains the UK's largest | | | | customers if your pages take over 5 seconds to |
| university which has over 30,000 students. The | | | | load. |
| attraction to Manchester for students began in the | | | | It is a lot easier if you can find a company that can |
| 80's when many bands from Manchester were | | | | do everything for you. A company that can sell you |
| making headlines. Bands such as The Happy Mondays, | | | | the domain name as well as the hosting. Some |
| Inspiral Carpets, The Smiths and Oasis all made their | | | | hosting companies also offer web design which would |
| mark on Manchester around this time and this gave | | | | make the whole experience a lot easier. Dealing with |
| Manchester University the highest population of | | | | the same people for your domain name, hosting, |
| Students in the UK. | | | | email, web design makes the who process a lot |
| If you live in the Manchester area and have a | | | | easier. For one you only need one contact telephone |
| business and are thinking having a website designed | | | | number. A company with good customer support is a |
| for your company then you need think about a few | | | | must. Not all companies offer this and this and it can |
| important factors. Do you have a domain name? Do | | | | be very frustrating. You want to know that if you |
| you need hosting? What is your budget? Do you | | | | have any trouble you can just call for customer |
| need an ecommerce website with a shopping trolley | | | | support or technical support. |
| to sell products? Will you need to update your site | | | | |