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Website maintenance for trucking companies: a monthly checklist

A monthly website maintenance checklist for carriers covering quote forms, business details, updates, backups and support responsibilities.

By Trucker Digital 2 minute read

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Test the ways customers contact you

A trucking website can look fine while a quote form quietly sends messages to an old address. Once a month, submit a test inquiry and check the receiving inbox. Confirm that the customer sees a useful message after sending it and that your team knows how to respond.

Try phone and email links on a mobile device. Check driver application links separately from freight inquiries. If a form connects to another service, follow the handoff far enough to confirm that visitors reach the intended page rather than an error or expired account.

Review the information that changes

Check equipment lists, operating areas, contact names and recruiting messages against your current operation. Remove services you no longer offer and update any changes to pickup arrangements. Outdated information can generate unsuitable inquiries and create extra work for the people answering calls.

Keep a simple change list with the page address and replacement wording. Send related updates together so your website team can work efficiently. Prioritize anything that affects a customer's ability to contact you, understand your capabilities or provide the details needed for a quote.

Check updates and backup recovery

Know who maintains your website software, hosting and backups. Before significant updates, your provider should consider how the change affects the existing site. Afterward, key pages and forms need checking. A completed update is not enough if the inquiry process stops working.

Ask how frequently backups run, how long they are retained and how a restore is requested. Periodically confirm that recovery works. Keep domain renewal and account access details organized too, so an expired registration or missing login does not interrupt an otherwise well-maintained website.

Match the support plan to your workload

Count the changes you normally request each month. A carrier adding services or recruiting regularly may need more editing time than an owner-operator with a stable website. Agree what is included, who responds to problems and how larger changes are quoted.

Our Website Care plans include managed hosting, routine maintenance, backups and content editing time. Website Care includes 30 minutes of minor edits monthly; Care Plus includes 90. Share the business changes with us, and we handle the website work that keeps customers informed.

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