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Five things that you should know about Google and Search Engine Optimisation

admin1 — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:04:54 +0000

Everyone wants to be listed on Google’s first result page so they will get a high number of targeted visitors and the success that this brings.

Unfortunately, many people have not got a clear understanding of how search engine optimization works and what they can expect. So below are 5 key points about google and SEO that should help everyone J

1. Patience – “SEO takes time”

You cannot optimise your website today and expect results tomorrow or next week. Search engine optimization takes time. Search engines have to find your new optimized pages, they have to find the new links to your website, they have to update the index, etc.

2. Maintianance- You must change your web pages

Google loves fresh new content so update your site regular. This can done via a blog or just simple updates like specials or promotional updates.

3. Friends- You need links and you need the right links

Google thinks that if other sites are linking to you then these backlinks are treated as almost recommendations by google. How highly they regard these links depends on the number and quality of the links. The links should be from sites with similar content or on similar topics as you would expect if a link is to be considered as a recommendation then you would expect them to be within the same field. Automatically created backlinks usually won’t help your rankings and they even might get you banned from Google’s index.

Back links should also have your keywords in the link text.

The more attractive your website is, the easier it will be to get good links.

4. Research Research Research-It’s vital you choose the right keywords

Research before your website is created so that the site can be built with the target keywords in mind right from the beginning. You can change and tweak them later on but it is putting the cart before the horse if you have a website created and then begin to think about what keywords your targeting.

5. Be realistic

Getting on the first result page for a highly competitive keyword is possible but your competitors will be old and established websites with a lot of backlinks who will be difficult to outrank because of these factors.

A better option would be to target less competitive keywords and work your way up to the highly competitive ones. Search engines must trust your website before they give you high rankings for very competitive keywords.

List of well designed websites

admin1 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:35:11 +0000

Below are a few simple but well designed sites and Why!!

Mozilla.com
Iconbuffet.com
Boldchat.com
Enhancedlabs.com
Protolize.org
Sumagency.com
www.teamviget.com

Mozilla.com

Clear, open, fresh, simple. When you arrive at this site, you’re under no doubt what the site does, or where to start looking for what you want. The design is positive and happy.

Iconbuffet.com

The site sells icons, so it lets the icons rule, showing its wares from the first page.

The colours and typography are solid & strong, projecting a trustworthy brand while not getting in the way of the proposition.

Boldchat.com

Boldchat provide a great live chat service for web sites, which is a very wide market to address.

So the site design is clean, smart, and shiny, using clean copy and smart imagery to communicate the core messages in a compact space.

EnhancedLabs.com

Another icon maker, doing bigger, richer icons, so the the site showcases them bigger & richer.

Bold, flattish colour creates a strong first impression and still lets the product stand out.

Protolize.org

Tony Yoo’s collection of recommended web resources is a great example of strong graphic elements balancing to make a site that’s bold and easy to use.

Big text, simple nav, high usability, all wrapped in strong colour and finished off with nice graphical touches.

Sumagency.com

Acres of balanced white space, easy-read text and cute content graphics combining to tell a simple story.

www.teamviget.com

I just love the concept with the wall metahpor that this website uses. I also think that the way this site works with all the interaction and movement being done with CSS is very cleaver.

What Do you think?
When you go to a website that you like do you know why you like it?
Do you even think about why you like it

Jaymies Web Essentials

admin1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:27:11 +0000

This is a list of links our wonderful x student Jaymie Jones from Triverse Designs . Have a look at some or all of them and leave a comment to let everyone know what you think of them or if you feel there are other sites that should be on “best of bookmark list”.