Archive | May, 2009

How To Choose A Website Layout

Posted on 26 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

The layout for a website is as important as the content that is chosen for the website itself. This is because the layout decides how easy a website is to navigate and how easy it is to find things on it.

You have probably noticed yourself that there are layouts which are fast and easy to use and ones that you spend more time looking for what you want than it takes to obtain the information once you have found it. Continue Reading

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Creating a Corporate Writing Style

Posted on 26 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

Developing a corporate writing style will unify your company’s communications and create a unique ‘voice’ that enhances corporate recognition and brand awareness. To ensure that your corporate writing style is applied consistently, you need a style-guide.

Writing style refers to the words and expressions – as well as to the spelling, grammar and punctuation – a person uses when writing letters and memos. Each of us has a personal style of writing which, like our speaking voice, is usually recognizable. Continue Reading

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3 Top Tips for Great Web Page Design

Posted on 12 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

Great web page design is very important to making sure that your customers see your company in the way that you want them to. Just as you put a great deal of effort, time and resources in ensuring that your bricks and mortar storefront is bright, clean, and attractive, your website needs the same kind of attention. This article will explain the top three ways to make your website work for you! Continue Reading

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Keyword and meta description tags

Posted on 09 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

Keyword and description meta tags optimization tutorial for better search engine rankings. Have you ever wondered why some web pages get higher search engine rankings than others? Of course you have, if you are a web developer. You may have read or heard of a hundred ways to improve your page ranking and tried them all. Only to see dismal results and wonder what the heck went wrong.

Been there and done that. So I thought I would let you in on the secrets I use to get my pages to rank high in the search engines. Once you read these tricks you might think that is so obvious I should have thought of it. Continue Reading

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Maximize Traffic With 10 SEO Power Tips

Posted on 09 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

How do you know what type of content is really going to attract the right searchers?

In this article I wanted to cover a few very basic tips that you can keep in mind when building high-performance strategies. Remember that good search engine marketing is not about trying to manipulate or “fool the search engines.” Good SEO skills are more about creating genuine relevancy for well-written content that deserves to be found because it is truly the most relevant and useful to your audience of readers. Continue Reading

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Do-It-Yourself SEO: A Beginner’s Checklist

Posted on 09 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

There have always been do-it-yourselfers succeeding at web promotion and search engine optimization. In fact, many of the established businesses offering web services today came from humble beginnings, perhaps nothing more than a college student with a laptop, an internet connection, and too much free time. The Web evolves as the result of the innovation and experimentation of individuals. The sharing of knowledge. The do-it-yourself attitude. Continue Reading

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Targeted Traffic and How To Get It

Posted on 07 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

If you have a website, you know that traffic is essential, especially if you have something to sell. Not just any old traffic, though – you need targeted traffic.

How is targeted traffic defined? It means website visitors who have a specific interest in the topic of the website. For example, someone who is planning to buy a wedding ring would be interested in jewelry websites. Continue Reading

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How to Create Compelling Site Titles and Descriptions

Posted on 04 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

There are many places in your HTML you can include keywords, but the Titles and descriptions are arguably the most important elements of your Web site.

These places are not the most important in terms of their ability to improve rankings in the search engines, or in terms of the search engines’s algorithm, but are most important in terms of their ability to compel someone to visit your Web site. That is, after all, the ultimate goal of search engine positioning, isn’t it? Not a lot of point in attaining a top ranking in a search engine if you are just going to call you site “Shop Here.” Continue Reading

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The Impact of SEO Web Design on Search Engines

Posted on 04 May 2009 by Steven Lloyd

SEO web design is a concept which emphasizes great architectural design principles based on how the search engines determine relevance and site information. The design should be able to give out the information that the user is seeking and at the same time be easily navigable. This is part of search engine optimization because the SEO web design should also be able to satisfy robotic crawlers and spiders in their quest for information regarding the website and other data. Continue Reading

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