I want a new website - what are the key considerations?

I want a new website - what are the key considerations? In practical terms we advise all our clients to think of their website as a continuous WIP.

FAQ · Planning a New Website

The key considerations for a new website are treating it as a continuous work-in-progress rather than a one-off project, ensuring it is quick and easy to update yourself, building it to be findable through search engine optimisation, and tracking its performance with analytics so it keeps adapting to your business and market.

Why 'launch and forget' fails

A business changes constantly — services, staff, offers, market conditions — and a website that stays static quickly falls behind. Planning for ongoing updates from the start, rather than treating the launch as the finish line, is what keeps a website useful over its lifetime.

The four things to plan for before you start

Content management: a system that lets you, your staff, or Fresh Mango update text, images and video quickly, without a full development cycle for every change.
Findability: search engine optimisation (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), so the website is actually discovered by the people searching for what you offer.
Performance measurement: regular analysis of visitors, demographics and behaviour through a tool such as Google Analytics, used to adjust the site rather than just observed.
Ongoing maintenance: a plan for who updates the site, how often, and what support is available when a change goes beyond routine editing.

Frequently asked questions

How much should I budget for ongoing website work after launch?

Plan for regular, modest updates rather than one large upfront spend followed by nothing — a website that is actively maintained performs better in search results and better reflects your current business.

Do I need SEO from day one?

Yes, ideally built in from the start rather than added afterwards — site structure, page content and technical setup all affect how well a website ranks, and retrofitting SEO onto a poorly structured site is harder than building it in from the outset.

What should I actually be tracking with analytics?

At minimum, visitor volume and sources, which pages are visited and for how long, and which pages lead to an enquiry or contact — this tells you what is working and what needs to change.

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I want a new website - what are the key considerations? Well, in practical terms we advise all our clients to think of their website as a continuous work-in-progress. As long as you’re building and adapting your business to the needs of the market, so you need to adapt your website. It means you need a website that’s quick and easy to update – either yourself, or by staff, or by us. Please ensure you talk to us about your website content management. It means you need a website that people will find. This means Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine Management (SEM). Again, please talk to us. It means you need to know how well your website is performing. This means regularly analysing your website visitors, demographics and behaviour, and amending your website accordingly. Talk to us about Google Analytics! Find out more here.