Simplify the Web

Now that we have our first experiment running full steam ahead, let's step up and take on a bigger challenge. Search Engine Optimization seems to be what we are talking about and which Tony makes a great discussion point about in our first ongoing experiment. Our point is very simple; with all of the companies out there offering Search Engine Optimization as a service to clients, there are many websites that just very simply don't need SEO, yet. If companies would spend some simple time e...
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There still seems to be a popular opinion that websites need to have Javascript enabled drop down menu trees in order to be successful. That's not the case. Mega Menus is what the term is used here in this article on Webmaster World. Seems Google can tell when you're stuffing your site with links, don't do it. It's like we've said before, keep it simple and chances are you'll get it right. Keep your menus easy to understand with the most popular in your menus. Have a sitemap for the more ...
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Most people don't know how to design websites. There are millions of people who know how to make a website, but very few who know how to design one. Because that's true, two new industries exist: the pay-per-click advertising industry the search engine optimization industry In the early days of the web, before the search engine became the primary mode of transportation for surfers, big businesses noticed something odd. They weren't listed at the top of the search results, despite being ...
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After some recent efforts working with a company on improving its SEO visibility and overall performance it has come to my attention just how important it is to make sure EVERYONE in the business has some cursory knowledge and understanding of Search Engines and how they search. Knowing the basics will help the business to keep its mind aware of what some decisions can do to impact the standings of their site on the web. Even down to the developers, yes, that's right peoples even the developers...
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SEOMoz put together quite a decent article about SEO and how it fits into the development life cycle. Very simply put, if you don't think about it as you develop, you will wind up making a ton of changes later. Take the time when you start a project, when you start a website and figure out what you would like to say and how you would like to say it. Great article, great illustration, take a moment to read it! http://www.seomoz.org/blog/building-seo-into-development-process ...
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