Make sure your site is accessible when Googlebot visits
For all of the attention paid to “On-Page Relevance” and “[tag]Link Popularity[/tag]“, SEO begins with accessiblity. Are your websites [tag]search engine friendly[/tag]? Follow our checklist below to...
View ArticleOnline shoppers wait four seconds for your page to load
According to a recent study, Shoppers will wait four seconds for a page to load. The study was commisioned by a company that provides high bandwidth services, but seems about right. Recent blog...
View ArticleReducing page load times
With the ever increasing impatience of internet visitors, it is important that pages load as fast as possible. Here are some quick tips we implement when developing websites to keep the page size to a...
View ArticleWhat are Google’s supplemental results and what’s the problem?
Google defines supplemental results as follows: “A supplemental result is just like a regular web result, except that it’s pulled from our supplemental index. We’re able to place fewer restraints on...
View ArticleHow to get indexed in Google: Be friendly, predictable for the googlebot
This post is for server geeks. Everyone else should flee. Here we are talking about the underlying codes that every server sends along with html of a web site design when a page is requested from your...
View Article5 More Web Design Usability Techniques For Forms
Forms can be quite annoying to users. We have all had to fill out “The Form From Hell” at one point or another. Often they are created with no regard to usability whatsoever. The form is sometimes a...
View ArticleWeb designers must factor in the growing impatience of web surfers
Website visitors have never been more impatient, and I’m the worst. Just today, I was looking up the lyrics to a song. I clicked on the site in #1 position(Like 90% of the rest of the world), but it...
View Article7 Web design techniques that are thankfully being retired
1. Frames Frames were rarely done in a search-friendly manner. In the age of cellphone browsers and section 508 compliance, frames must go. 2. IE 5 Mac hacks Internet Explorer was a miserable little...
View Article9 ways Google is discovering the invisible web
There are many parts of the web that Googlebot has not been able to access, but Google has been working to shrink that. Google wants to find content, and while many webmasters do not make it easy,...
View Article13 Reasons Why Google Loves Blogs
Google loves blogs. What is it about blogs that Google loves so very much? We’ve pinpointed 13 reasons why Google may give – or appear to give – sites with blogs a little extra boost in rankings. Of...
View ArticleGoogle: All about that mobile
Having a good mobile experience is increasingly important for websites. Advances in technology have made it possible for many more sites to be viewed on mobile devices, but the experience is usually...
View ArticleConversion is King [Summary of Search]
Content is helpful, but conversion is everything. The point of content – and usability in general – is to meet business objectives. Any business objective can be a conversion of sorts: bookmarking,...
View ArticleSpeed is Everything [Summary of Search]
Page loading speed has great importance with Google these days. From mobile visitors to Googlebots, every visitor will appreciate a speedy experience. Here are some ideas to keep in mind: 1. Rise of...
View Article4 Reasons Why Organic Traffic Can Stay the Same – Even When Rankings Go Up...
The amount of organic traffic coming to a website is an important measurement of SEO success, but several factors can mean fluctuations – or even decreases – while rankings are stable. Four Ads at the...
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