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Check a website with complete set of tools

Checking a website to make sure it is at peak performance is an essential component of web design and running an online business. However, if you go to check a website you’ll discover you need to use a range of tools and services from a cross-section of different suppliers; so

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Google to penalise ad-heavy websites – is your website at risk?

Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s web spam team, announced at the PubCon conference that ad heavy websites might be penalized in the near future. What exactly are ad heavy websites and is your own website at risk? What did Matt Cutts say at the conference? Matt Cutts said that

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Flash pages still won’t get high rankings on Google

Some webmasters prefer to have a pure Flash website because they can look very impressive. Although Google can index Flash content to some extend, it is very unlikely that a Flash page will get high rankings on Google. What’s the problem with Flash pages? Flash content cannot be indexed by

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Google says that valid HTML code is a quality signal

Webmasters are not sure about the importance of valid HTML code. Some think that it is very important while other say that it doesn’t matter. Last week, Googlesaid that valid HTML code is a quality signal: “Why does validation matter? There are different perspectives on validation—at Google there are different approaches

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How to Stop Visitors From Leaving Your Website in Three Seconds

By Marcus J Miller When you approach a company offering web design packages, one of the first things you should consider is how you are going to prevent people from leaving your website straight away once they have arrived. You can do all the marketing and promotion that you want

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Web design psychology – you need to know your vistors first

Lady Gaga has made history and helped us understand a bit more about web design psychology; she has become the first celebrity to have more than 10m followers on Twitter. Whoopee! Of course that means that over 96% of the Twitter world ignore her. And as for the rest of

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How Google segments the contents of a web page

Last week, Google was granted a patent that describes how Google might segment the content of a web page. Depending on the location of the content, a web page will get higher or lower rankings. Why is it important to segment a web page into different parts? The average web

Seven Must Have WordPress Plugins You Need to be Using

Author: Wendy Moore WordPress has become one of the most preferred website and blog platforms for business owners, publishers and authors when it comes to building their own slice of cyberspace. One of the main reasons WordPress is so popular, is the ease with which you can build and update

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Your website should look just like every other website

Sally Bercow likes to stand out. The wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons often gets herself in the headlines. Now, she appears wrapped only in a towel on the front cover of the London Evening Standard talking about the sexiness of the Speaker’s world. This is not

Mobile Web Design – The New Era for Design

By Tom Crowle Since the mobile phone has stopped being just a mobile phone, and more or less become a portable pocket computer, it has changed how we all interact and function on a daily basis. The term “mobile phone” refers to the whole portable package that allows you to

Top Three Things to Avoid in Your Website

By Torri Myler The Internet may be growing more and more professional as service and content providers vie for visitors’ attention, trying to secure a chunk of the expanding market for themselves, but there is still quite a lot of very bad practice in terms of online design. Admittedly, nothing

How To Choose The Right Web Design Company For You

By Duncan Knowles Taking the step of employing a web design company to design your new website can sometimes be a daunting one, especially with hundreds of web design firms in any one area or radius to choose from. Therefore, it is vital that you do your research and make

What Is Sustainable Web Design?

By Marie Coles In this day and age, you’ve probably come across the term ‘sustainable design’. But what does it actually mean in terms of web design…. Sustainable design is a concept whereby something is built or created accordingly to sustainability principles that include economic, social and ecological sustainability. The

5 Easy Tips For Improving Your Business Website

By Colette Mason If customers don’t stick around on your website long because they find it confusing, frustrating or boring, ultimately, your business will struggle to make any sales online. The great news for you is there are tons of quick and easy – usually free ways – to make

A Brilliant Approach in Web Design

By: Stephen Grisham, Sr. The design of the majority of websites focuses on functionality and/or design, but in order for a website to be a success, other aspects must be taken into consideration.These factors include: Usability: Is your audience able to locate what they are looking for? Functionality: How efficient