So you have had your site for a time and you have been happy with the performance of the site. Yet, in recent years, you have seen some of the information on the site become out of date. Perhaps you are in a different location from the one listed on the site. Or, some of the statistics you used in the building of the website have been updated or there is new research that is even more compelling that you would like to have featured on the site.

Another circumstance that creates a need for web updates, edits, or site maintenance is that businesses are always releasing a new product or service. While the product could also be an improved version of an existing offer, the business usually wants to 'freshen up' the look and feel of the site to create some excitement for the new product or service being marketed. This creates a need for a new area on the site or 'landing pages' to be created for use in an advertising campaign. In these cases, the site needs to be edited, or adjusted in the sense that a new pages or group of pages need to be added to the existing website.

Even if you have the perfect site built and your products are successful and no information ever becomes outdated there is still a need for editing a website. Technology and web standards are always progressing and this compels small businesses to update their websites. The use of mobile devices to access the Internet has changed the way websites are constructed and even how the visitor interacts with the website. This is only one example of how the technology industry fuels the need for updates to existing websites.