SEO Your Website First, Design Later
I’ve been doing SEO for years and I can’t get past the fact that optimization continues to be the “after thought” of website development. This was all well and good […]
Establishing Credibility for Your Business, Part X
Stanford’s Guidelines to Web Credibility: Avoid errors of all types, no matter how small they seem. Typographical errors and broken links hurt a site’s credibility more than most people imagine. […]
Establishing Credibility for Your Business, Part IX
Stanford’s Guidelines to Web Credibility: Use restraint with any promotional content (e.g., ads, offers). If possible, avoid having ads on your site. If you must have ads, clearly distinguish the […]
Establishing Credibility for Your Business, Part VIII
Stanford’s Guidelines to Web Credibility: Update your site’s content often (at least show it’s been reviewed recently). People assign more credibility to sites that show they have been recently updated […]
Establishing Credibility for Your Business, Part VII
Stanford’s Guidelines to Web Credibility: Make your site easy to use — and useful. We’re squeezing two guidelines into one here. Our research shows that sites win credibility points by […]
Establishing Credibility for Your Business, Part VI
Stanford’s Guidelines to Web Credibility: Design your site so it looks professional (or is appropriate for your purpose). We find that people quickly evaluate a site by visual design alone. […]
I have an Unhealthy Hatred of PayPal
Is it just me, or is PayPal really not all that easy to use. Sure, for simple transactions, but I’m trying to use some of their more advanced features. Maybe […]
Writing for the Web
One thing I like about Google is the personalized home page. On mine, I have the “Quote of the Day”, “Reuters Oddly Enough” movie show times, the weather both in […]
Alternate JavaScript Navigation
Using JavaScript can allow you to implement some pretty cool site navigation features. Unfortunately, using JavaScript for site navigation can create a site that does not allow the search engine […]
Double Check Your Dynamic Website
Search engines don’t have the trouble indexing dynamic sites that they once had, but dynamic sites still can present a myriad of issues. If you need to implement a dynamic […]
Don't Put Important Text Within Images
Website designers often like to utilize images when laying out a website. A good designer knows when to use an image and when not to, but some fall into the […]
Avoid Designing All-Flash Websites
Flash sites are a lot like splash pages, the only people who seem to like them are the developers and site owners that use them. Flash can be a great […]
Don't use Frames
Framed sites are basically composed of multiple pages all assembled into a single browser screen. Usually there is a top header, side navigation and main body content, and sometimes a […]
Trash the Splash Pages
Splash pages are 100% useless to your site visitors with the noted exception of adding extra eye candy to your site. But eye candy, with no real additional purpose, can […]
Trash the Splash Pages
Splash pages are 100% useless to your site visitors with the noted exception of adding extra eye candy to your site. But eye candy, with no real additional purpose, can […]