Advantage And Disadvantage Of The Internet

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Most businesses without a website in this day and age of the prevalence of the Internet are either new businesses or small businesses or both. It 's hard to think of a large or even medium sized business that hasn 't had a company website for a while now. Entrepreneurs should not discount the importance of having a website even if they are small or just starting out. There are definite advantages to having a website for your business and critical disadvantages when you don 't.

Advantages of a Website

Visibility - Even when looking for a local service or product, a lot of people, especially young people, check their smart phone to find it. A company that at least has an Internet yellow pages or other similar local Internet business listing …show more content…

- People under 40 especially use the Internet even to find a local business. It may be easy for a business to sit on its laurels and be content with the customer base they already have. However, people move, die, you name it. Life is about change. The life blood of any business is a continuing stream of new customers coming in. Catching people when they 're young can make them customers for life. Young folks are the ones, though, who are more likely than anyone to search for even a local business on the Internet through their phone, tablet or laptop.

Having a Website Is Easy and Inexpensive - You lose a practically free way, given the low cost of website hosting, to provide potential customers with more information about your company. Even if advertising your website online might cost money, you probably have a business card or other simple types of advertising anyway. Being able to put a website on that card is free additional advertising beyond the card itself. In addition to the low cost, some people in business may not realize how incredibly easy it is to create a website today. You just type the search phrase “free online website builder” into Google and pages of options come up for online services that provide step-by-step website creation tools. It hasn 't been necessary to know HTML or other programming to create a website for a while

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