FAQ
Who
will be rating whether our church site is hot or not?
Will submitting my church website for public voting increase
traffic to our church website?
Will I be placed on a spam list if I proceed with this
process?
What information should I hope to gain by submitting my
church website for public voting?
What rating should indicate that I really need to seriously
re-evaluate the look, feel and content of our church website?
Does it cost anything if I choose to have a professional
evaluation of our church website through the hot or not website?
What is considered the average annual cost churches are
spending to have professional websites developed in today’s economy?
How long will it take before I get an answer after submitting
for evaluation?
Question: Who will be rating whether our church site is hot or not?
Answer:
Anyone who visits HOTorNOTChurchSites.com will be able to rate your
site. Sites are randomly presented to visitors for rating. A "Rate
My Site!" link is also provided that you can place on your web
site so visitors to your site can also rate your site explicitly.
Question: Will submitting my church website for
public voting increase traffic to our church website?
Answer:
Absolutely! Visitors to HOTorNOTChurchSites will be visiting your church
site in order to evaluate it. That means more visitors to your site!
Also, adding the "Rate My Site!" link to your existing site
should improve your rating with search engines.
Question: Will I be placed on a spam list if I proceed
with this process?
Answer:
No way! Although we will periodically provide you a newsletter titled
"Innovative Ways to Grow Your Church Using the Web". Please
let us know if you do not wish to receive the newsletter.
Question: What information should I hope to gain
by submitting my church website for public voting?
Answer:
You will receive anonymous feedback on the quality of your website with
regard to appeal, content, and interactivity. You will also be able
to see the ratings of other web sites and learn from them to improve
your site.
Question: What rating should indicate that I really
need to seriously re-evaluate the look, feel and content of our church
website?
Answer:
This will vary. Although we strongly encourage you to take advantage
of all the tools available to improve your site. An area that most church
web sites overlook is interactivity. There are several tools (both free
and low cost) that are available to you to dramatically improve your
interactivity. Take a look at higher rated sites and see what you can
learn from them.
Question: Does it cost anything if I choose to have
a professional evaluation of our church website through the hot or not
website?
Answer:
No. The professional evaluation is free. Our panel of professionals
consist of pastors, graphic artists, and internet professionals with
years of experience successfully using the internet to improve their
ministry.
Question: What is considered the average annual
cost churches are spending to have professional websites developed in
today’s economy?
Answer:
This will vary. While some churches have spent several thousand dollars
to create a very professionsal web presence, others have taken advantage
of services that allow you to have a very professional customized site
for a minimal monthly fee. We feel that our sponsors MyFlock.com and
eXtremeYouth.com provide a very professional service at a very reasonable
rate.
Question: How long will it take before I get an
answer after submitting for evaluation?
Answer: You should receive an email reply within 48 hours (usually less).Once approved, your site will be added and you will receive an email with login instructions to be able to view your ratings as well as a link that you can put on your site so that visitors to your site can rate your site. Let us know if you don't receive the email reply within 48 hours.