>Hello All;
>
>I have a client with a small business and a small web site. This is
>his first year, and business has (so far) been slow, so he's
>thinking that he'll shut down the web site in September when his
>season ends, and start it up again in March or April.
>
>I saw this one coming. I'm careful with all my clients, telling them
>that a small web site most certainly won't bring the world to their
>door. I also take some pains to promote the site for them,
>registering them with directories and many search engines. I also
>find some reciprocal links for them, and tell them ways in which
>they can help improve their rankings.
>
>But this guy is disappointed. He wants to cut costs, and I
>understand that. But won't taking down a web site mean that we're
>starting over again in March at square one? Or, maybe--even
>worse--will his web site be penalized or blacklisted for
>disappearing for six months?
>
>Thoughts or comments are welcome. My web hosting company is a little
>expensive ($25 a month, CDN), so I can probably find a different
>company and save him some money. But I'd appreciate any advice you
>might offer.
>
>Cheers,
>Richard

Hi Richard, you're certainly right in trying to convince him to not
take down his Web site. Search engines will drop their listing of his
site if they visit it and find it unavailable, and certainly the
small cost of keeping it going (especially if you move to a less
expensive host) will be much less than the lost business he'll
experience if he takes it down.

I don't know what he sells, but the combined lost business from
current customers and potential customers, along with losing any
momentum that exists, certainly calls for keeping the site up and
running.

Good luck with it.
--

Brian White
President - Web Hosting Solutions
Web Hosting Managed Servers E-Commerce
1-888-522-3738
http:////www.webhostingsolutions.com

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