Web Development and Design Article
Designing your first website as an amateur may seem very
hard however they may seem there are software out there that will allow even
the novice to build a website without no knowledge of web design are coding.
From my personal experience every web designer should have some knowledge about
the basics of hand coding a website this gives them the opportunity to correct
errors if and when the need arises. Two of the most important factors to
consider when designing are Repetition and Clarity.
A web user should never have to figure out how to use the navigation on a well
design website, navigation should look and feel the same on every web pages
this gives the visitor the idea that they are still on the same site. By
repetition I meant keeping certain visual elements in the same place Logos -
recent survey shows that about 90% of logos are placed on the top left hand
corner of all website if this is where your logo is on the main page keep it
that way throughout the entire site having site navigation links and certain
visual images in the same place on your site in the same order maintain the
similar look and feel throughout. One very cheap and easy way to promote your
website and is increase link popularity is by linking to other website with
high traffic volume. Do some research surf the web find some sites with the
same are similar contents as yours and request a link exchange. One popular
site is link Metro this site offers you to put
a members' link on your page then request they do the same.
However for good search engine ranking the relevancy of you link exchange must
be of relevance that means linking with site of similar contents as yours so
remember that providing information for your visitor is of more important that
just a good page ranking Add quality contents to your web site, a page with
good contents attracts search engines and encourages visitors to stay create
pages for feedback let them review your site give their ratings ask a friend to
review your site content before publishing look at the site from a customer
point of view and remember that when you publish your site it goes globally.
Find a topic that you are good at and write an article about that topic publish
it to other members website with a link back to your site this will encourage
visitors to your website at this point your may be able to convince them to
stay, make your paragraph short and straight forward try avoid too many lengthy
paragraphs chose the color and font size of your text carefully make sure that
they blend in.
If you try these methods and nothing works try altering the layout of your
website Just Remember if you try 99 times and fail tell yourself I have
not failed i just find another way not to do it
Research Keyword Phrase Search for keyword phrase to optimize for by
using some tools such as Keyword
Discovery or you can use Word tracker Google
adwords or yahoo search marketing
Link Popularity Link popularity works best when the two sites exchanging
links has some thing in common e.g. site A - lawmacs Web Design linking with
Gary web design Studio this would work best because both web sites are
promoting web design services therefore web design is the common factor in this
case
Recommended Books

- Bullet Proof Web Design
- Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS,

- The CSS Anthology
- The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips,Tricks & Hacks
More Books
- The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks
- The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks
- Css Mastery
- CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions



