About Dakota Web Creations

Providing Professional Website Designs For 30 Years

Dakota Web Creations was started in 1997 by Tony Nickles.  I started in the printing and mailing industry in about 1977, and after college I took some classes to learn more about programming (COBOL and other printing related proprietary languages).  When the internet first emerged, it was very easy to look at the original HTML coding of early web pages and "teach" myself via trial and error how to start developing websites.

Eventually I bought HTML, Java, Javascript and later CSS programming books, and self taught myself how to utilize these too.  It was then that people started asking me if I could build them a site for this or that, and so I started DWC.  A few years later, I started learning to use Corel, and eventually migrated to Photoshop and Illustrator.

It was great to be building websites for people, but then the internet kept migrating and evolving.  Once the "search engine" was developed, the needs of the website owner changed-they needed to be found in relevant searches.  The '90's and 2000's were chaotic to accomplish this, as there were literally hundreds of new search engines that were being used, all with different algorithms and standards.

Soon, as search engines came and went, or got bought out or merged, there emerged a beast known as Google, which set the standard for any other search engines then and now.  Bing! is now the other major search engine, but by no means on as large a scale as Google is.  For example, how many times have you heard a child state to someone "just Google it!"?

I took it upon myself to learn about search algorithms, keywords, avoiding spam, and other key parts of achieving high search engine results.  Am I the expert?  By no means, but I have been very successful in helping clients achieve not only first page but a lot of times number one rankings too!

DWC is not the biggest or most advanced web development company, but what we do is this-provide professionally designed websites with relevant, rich content for search engines, at fair prices.  Dakota Web Creations may be a small business, but we possess the ability, resources, and drive to provide you, the customer, with the internet presence and marketing pieces you desire. Please contact us today for a free analysis of your needs!