101 Free SEO Tips for making your internet marketing efforts more effective.

10 Tips for Better Web Design that Impact Search Engine Optimization

1. Let users know where they are on your site using methods such as breadcrumbs. Breadcrumbs are A schematic on every screen that lets you know, a la Hansel and Gretel, where you are and where you've been. Any of the "steps" can be clicked on and you'll be taken back to that particular location, rather than having to back up page by page. Breadcrumbs Definition

 

2. Tell users where they want to go. Seth Godin says users are like a Monkey with a big red fez on looking for a “banana” to click on. While it doesn’t sound so nice it is not so far off base considering most sites consider keeping a user around for two minutes to be a success. Don’t make users guess what you want them to do. www.bigredfez.com

 

3. Lay your pages out in CSS Just borrow a little code: http://glish.com/css/ This page is based on one of their layouts. Thanks guys!

 

4. Get creative with CSS. It offers a multitude of flexibility that HTML alone does not. www.csszengarden.com

 

5. Get some stock photography to increase your site’s visual appeal. www.Istockphoto.com has quality stock photography as cheap as possible without being free! Try the stock photo exchange too! If you download more than a few pictures a week, try a subscription to Hemmera Royalty-Free People Photos: Quality stock photography, fast search and immediate download.

 

6. Use lists, short paragraphs, and choppy sentences! Your english teacher will hate you, but admit it….you’re only reading this article because it’s concise, easy to read, and informational?

 

7. Keep line-length narrow (horizontal width of paragraphs). It is easier to read and keeps people from getting lost when going to the next line.

 

8. Progressive Enhancement. This is essentially the opposite of “graceful degredation”. Fancy words saying build your website starting with the lowest common denominator browsers in mind. More on the subject:
Graceful Degredation

 

9. Use Flash sparingly. It looks really cool, but you can embed it in a regular XHTML page and enjoy the best of both worlds. http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/

 

10. Use dynamic “fluid” CSS layouts when possible. Three column fluid layouts: http://glish.com/css/2.asp

SEO Tips and Tricks

Keyword Research Organizing Your Website for Optimal Search Engine Perfomance

Information Architecture
Organizing Your Website for Optimal Search Engine Perfomance

Better Web Design
Designing your site to be effective in the SE's

Creating Optimized Code
Streamlining website code so it is lean and mean

On Page Factors
Factors that are within your control for achieving good rankings

Search Engine Submission
Getting a site indexed by the Search Engines

Link Development
Developing link relationships for higher link popularity.

Log File Mining
There's gold in them there logs! Finding Information in your Access_Logs

Usability Tips
Making a site more usable is important for both visitors of silicon and carbon based intelligence.

Faster Webpages
Make you website load fast for your users.

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