50 Freelance Web Developers (1-25)
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If you’re trying to build an online presence for yourself or for your business, you almost certainly have asked this question: “Who will make the website?” Often one of the most difficult parts about building a website is quite simply finding someone to build it. There are definitely a lot of web developers on the Internet. So many of them in fact it’s actually quite difficult to figure out whom to hire. As a freelance web developer myself, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and learn about some of the best. Here are 25 of them. Take a look at these developers’ portfolios and see if you like their style.
I hope that this list helps you find your own web developer. Be sure to leave a comment and let us know of other highly-skilled developers who should be on the follow-on list.
1. Richard McCoy
Areas of Expertise: Design
Sample Work: Live for the Outdoors, All Saints, Hello Cruise
2. Contemporary Multimedia
Areas of Expertise: Design, Development, 3D Animation, Flash Design, SEO, PPC
Sample Work: The Complete Retreat, CM Unity
3. Hamza Kahn-Cheema
Areas of Expertise: Agile Web Development, Ruby on Rails
Sample Work: China Dialogue, White Jewel
4. Bali Web Design
Areas of Expertise: Design, Database-driven App Development (ASP, PHP, Ajax, MySQL), Flash Animation, Flash ActionScript, Maintenance, SEO
Sample Work: AB Telecom Solutions
5. Adrienne Palmiere
Areas of Expertise: PHP, MySQL
Sample Work: Brokerbuzz.com, RoomSaver.com
6. Robert Geake
Areas of Expertise: CGI, Perl, PHP, MySQL, E-Commerce, HTML/XHTML, SEO
Sample Work: Brogdale Online
7. Jenski
Areas of Expertise: Design, Database-driven Apps, Java, HTML/XHTML, ASP, PHP, CSS, SQL, MySQL, JavaScript, C/C++, DirectX
Sample Work: Blue Stream Design
8. Andrea Gambedotti
Areas of Expertise: Flash, HTML, Graphic Design
Sample Work: Check out his personal page.
9. Olexiy Merenkov
Areas of Expertise: PHP, Perl, MySQL
Sample Work: Premiere Litho, ElBuenHabano.com
10. Stanislav Pavlov
Areas of Expertise: Design/Redesign, Development (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS), Logo Design
Sample Work: KubanPC
11. Jim Callender
Areas of Expertise: Development (SEO, CSS, W3C)
Sample Work: See his portfolio.
12. Ben Robertson
Areas of Expertise: Design/Development, Maintenance, Copywriting, CMS, E-Commerce, Internet Game Design (Flash)
Sample Work: Athena 3D, Biowaste2energy
13. Jules Gravinese
Areas of Expertise: Ajax + SEO, Web 2.0, ColdFusion, CMS, Extranets, E-Commerce
Sample Work: Museum of Western Colorado, Emergent Success
14. Colin Miller
Areas of Expertise: Design, App Development, Maintenance, Database Integration, CMS, E-Commerce, Flash, SEO, Graphics
Sample Work: Open College of the Arts, Royal Society’s 350th Anniversary Campaign
15. Henry Hughes
Areas of Expertise: CLI, Apache, SVN, OOP, MVC, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, XHTML/CSS, ActionScript
Sample Work: World Gold Council, Idea Creative Consultants
16. Chris Wheeler
Areas of Expertise: PHP, XHTML, CSS, JSP, ASP
Sample Work: Beeleaf Consulting, Gridline Engineering Limited
17. David McDonald
Areas of Expertise: XHTML, CSS, User Interface Design, Usability, Accessibility, SEO, W3C Standards Compliance
Sample Work: BHP Billiton, Victorian Detective Services
18. Lucía Otero
Areas of Expertise: Design/Development (CSS, Graphics, XHTML), WordPress, Ad Banners & Wallpapers
Sample Work: Wallpapers2003, El oasis de los postres
19. Paul Silver
Areas of Expertise: ColdFusion, PHP, SEO, Google Search Appliance and Mini Integration, XHTML/CSS
Sample Work: Simply Cleaning
20. Panurgo Design
Areas of Expertise: PHP, MySQL, Flash
Sample Work: Germat, Wilkok
21. Josh Huckabee
Areas of Expertise: Design, Ruby on Rails, Drupal
Sample Work: Drupal OpenID URL, MIT Simile Web Widgets
22. Özgün Koyun
Areas of Expertise: Ruby on Rails
Sample Work: VizURL, Halkina Vukati
23. James Sadler
Areas of Expertise: PHP, MySQL
Sample Work: AxelMusic, Fido
24. iBuildSite
Areas of Expertise: Flash, E-Commerce
Sample Work: articlezilla, SellYourWeddingDress.com
25. Steven Lucy
Areas of Expertise: Design, Various Programming Languages, Web-based Databases, E-Commerce
Sample Work: Gravityspot, Chicago Archive of Indigenous Literatures of Latin America
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Tags: Development Outsourcing, Software Outsourcing, Web Design, Web Development, Web Programming
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March 11th, 2009 at 4:37 pm Vote:
Hey there! Can I be one of the last 25?
Best, Brad
March 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm Vote:
If you made the blog service providers list, then you must be worthy of inclusion.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:08 am Vote:
Hi Chris, thanks for the mention.
Number 13 is unlucky – says who?!
Can you make my second example:
“University of Minnesota’s GoNorth!” : http://www.PolarHusky.com/
Thanks again,
Jules
March 19th, 2009 at 8:12 pm Vote:
Hi Sethi,
I’m flattered. Thanks for including me in your list.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:29 pm Vote:
A bit off topic, but do you know of any freelance php developers in Norwich?
July 31st, 2009 at 9:02 am Vote:
Hi Sethi,
Good resource for web designers you have there
Is there any chacnce I could be included in your list?
Regards
Karl
August 14th, 2009 at 9:22 pm Vote:
Hi Sethi, thanks for including me in this list.
Now I’m just redesigning my website, so what you see now is different from when you published your article. Just to point out.
Regards,
Andrea