So you’ve just paid big bucks for your newly designed web site but don’t know if you received everything you paid for. What you assumed would be included may not be present. This could affect the long term performance of your site.
Read through this 16 point checklist to evaluate your new or current design. (more…)
Redesigning of a website can be a good idea if your site had the same look since years and needs some changes to attract new customers and sustain the older ones. In the process of re-design, entire website set-up is changed, menu is re-arranged and designing part is also changed. But be cautious in making such makeover, if done in wrong manner it can de-motivate the audience and they might feel unhappy. Keep the URL simple without any broken links.
Many successfully running websites can also go for redesigning, this time they can select latest technology and programs. It is also done to give a newer look to a site and create interest in the new and existing users. Sometimes sites go for entire makeover or just few sections only. The reasons for redesigning may be many like sites becoming more larger and informative which they want to share with the customers. Many times visitors might also urge the website owners to change or modify certain areas of their website. (more…)
Small business owners satisfied with the look of their commercial website may be in for a surprise, soon. Some designers have ignored advice from the Worldwide Web Consortium, W3C, the international authority establishing standards for code to create web sites. There are new reasons to reconsider the W3C recommendations.
Browser companies choose what they will support within the W3C standards, and most try to fully comply. Your pages may continue looking okay for years to come because most browsers will support your code no matter what W3C recommends. The impact on search engines may be the real issue, however, and could be more serious in 2 years, or less. (more…)
Q: I need to build a personal blog, so can you recommend some open source that friendly to Google and SEO?
A: I recommend wordpress. Wordpress is friendly to SEO settings and most of the popular blogs are built based on Wordpress. To download wordress, click http://www.wordpress.com
Q: Should I register a new domain name for my site or buy an old domain name? Which one is more friendly for SEO?
A: Actually it depends. If your new business is similar to the old business of the old domain, you can consider the old domain, because the old domain has some PR value. If your business is totally different from the old business, buy a new one is a better choice.
Note: please don’t choose the old domain that had been published by Google. (more…)
Start-ups focus on many things to make their business a success. They don’t want to miss any important factor that may eventually become a hurdle in their growth. They want to ensure that all the processes are smooth and they can move on without any problems at all. However, one important business aspect that a lot of new businesses ignore is that they don’t care about building their brand image. This is one important factor that can actually destroy a business completely. If you don’t give your business something through which it can be recognized, then how can you expect your business to become memorable?
When it comes to creating your brand image, you need a first-class logo design to make your business look professional. Every new business should take logos seriously. As you work hard to create and streamline your business processes, you need to also work hard to create your business image in a highly effective way to win the trust of your market. In fact, you should focus more on your logo, because your processes won’t be useful for you if people won’t come to you. You need to first win their trust and you can easily do it with your logo. (more…)
