Washington was named after the first President of the United States and is the only state to be named after an American president. Computer software development makes up an important part of the state's economy and there are numerous professional web design firms eager to get your business. The goal of the Xemion Web Company Directory is to make it easy for you to find the right one. The largest city in Washington is the port city of Seattle, which in 2006 was ranked among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the nation for climates favorable to business expansion by Expansion Magazine. The state capital of Olympia is a center for fine arts with regular theater productions, orchestral concerts and film festivals.

The headquarters of the Microsoft Corporation are situated in Redmond, the E-commerce company Amazon.com has its base in Seattle and the aircraft company Boeing has large manufacturing plants in Everett and Renton. Tourism is also important to the economy with volcanic mountains and lakes, forests, national parks and Indian reservations such as the Spokane Indian Reservation waiting to be explored. A website can help your business to grow but before you hire a company for your website design you should have some idea of what you're looking for. Look through the online portfolios of the company's listed in the Xemion Web Designer Directory and make notes on what you like and don't like about the sites they have designed. Once you've established exactly what you want, ask for quotations from a few web designers before making your final decision.