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Web Design Issues And SEO

Wednesday, August 4th, 2004

To enjoy maximum exposure on the World Wide Web, search engine optimization plays an important role. Many new comers fail to understand the techniques of SEO and stumble amongst the competition. There are several who step into online businesses, but face disappointment. It is very important to let your website appear on the first page of every search engine. You will find people creating fanciful and well designed websites, but do not find any takers, as they fail to in their ranking. If your site fails to be optimized, you would not have any readers.

Many people create their websites using flash. However, they fail to realize that not all search engines are friendly with the flash software. Thus, your website may look astonishing, but if it does not get downloaded, you will certainly lose out on potential customers. The search engine finds it difficult to locate content in the flash software. Thus, it is best to make your website browser friendly and check that all the web pages are easily opened. Remember, on an average a human being waits for not more than 7 seconds for the website to be downloaded.

If you use HTML, the search engines will easily locate the websites. There are several sites that offer content in HTML and thus enjoy more visibility. However, it does not mean that you cannot use flash at all. What you need to do is to use in a small amount. To make your site look attractive, you can use flash in your title or header. It is best to let your website be downloaded in both flash and HTML as in a regular method, so that every possible visitor can view your website.

Peter Brittain
Slinky Internet Marketing

Web Design Issues And SEO Part 2

Monday, August 2nd, 2004

If you want all your web pages and home pages to earn a high ranking on the search engine, you need to use proper anchor text. Depending on which pages you wish to optimize, you need to use anchor text accurately. When you design website, do not over burden it with too many pictures and graphics. Understand that search engines fail to locate pictures and well-created graphics. The site will have a problem for downloading and thus you need to make use of images and graphics, only where it is required.

Use of proper keywords is important, if you wish to earn high ranking and generate huge traffic. Many content writers fail to use proper keywords and hence fail to get exposure on the World Wide Web. If you browse the Internet, you will find a list of popular and rare keywords. The popular keywords will generate huge competition, where as rare words will have only potential customers log into your website.

When you use keywords, you need to understand that it is important to place them rightly. To earn high rankings and make your website SEO friendly, use keywords in the Title tag, Description Tag, and gradually in the content. Make sure that the keyword appears in the last paragraph of the article to make it easy for the search engine spiders to locate your site. It would be beneficial, if you place your keywords in the H1 size as search engines find it easy to locate words written in H1 size.

You need to have a balanced ratio of content and design to make your website SEO friendly. Create your website by keeping the average browser in mind. Use of complicated software should be restricted, so that search engine can easily detect it and help you get a high ranking. Always remember to optimize your website to be able to reach out to large number of audiences.

Peter Brittain



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