As you shop for a company to help you establish or enhance your presence on the web, keep in mind that your web site may be no more successful than the people who put it up for you.

Here are the top ten reasons your web designer may not be available.

1. His mother tells you he's not home from school yet.
   
   
2. His wife tells you he's not home from his regular job yet.
   
   
3. His only modem is out for repair.
   
   
4. Who knows? - All you can get is his answering machine.
   
   
5. He's not back home from his real estate classes yet.
   
   
6. He's waiting on upgrade parts for his 286.
   
   
7. You reach him but he's amazed you found his page - you're the first one!
   
   
8. You reach him but you immediately get lost in monotone streams of endless techno-babble.
   
   
9. You saw his ad in a magazine or newspaper and ask to see his own web pages. He says he doesn't have any yet.
   
   
10. He developed his site using the CompuServe personal home page developer.