It's the Content, Stupid!
By Professor Biz On 28 February 2009
Website design and development has come a long way since the early days of the Mozaic browser. There are various points of view on what works the best but the truth is it still boils down to content. Whether its the beautiful layout and graphics, all the java bells and whistles, or text rich information; all those things make up the content. Graphics, scripts, and text must work together to present your ideas, products, or information.
Before you even think about designing your site you should already know what it is you are going to sell, promote, recommend, or say on your webpage. If its an informational site then mostly text, possibly some video and smart use of graphic is all you need. For the estore more graphics is quite appropriate but you still need text for the spiders to crawl.
This article is not about SEO or how to create content but more about how to get all that content out to the masses as quickly as possible and with the least amount of work. There are basically three options for creating your web presence all of which have pros and cons:
Custom Web Design - The ...
If you are thinking about setting up an online presence, getting the right website design is one of the most important decisions you will make. If your website's main purpose is to either generate leads to be followed up or to generated revenue directly "off the page", it is important that it looks as professional as possible and one of the quickest ways to achieve this is by having a custom web design created.
Of course Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click advertising and other website marketing techniques are important additional considerations, but your first step must be to ensure your website looks professional giving your visitors the feeling they can trust your company with their personal and credit card details, if selling off the page.
The Business Owners Conflict ...
While search engine optimization (SEO) focuses on text quality and density, web design focuses on appearance and aesthetics. Designers loathe text-cluttered web pages. They like images stand out on their own.
SEO professionals have little time for images, on the other hand. Images, of course, can be optimized for search engines by adding relevant alt or title attributes, but this is not enough for a site to be optimized correctly. Web page text is still the most important factor for SEO.
You are caught in the middle of this conflict as a business owner. For your website to turn potential visitors into click-through participants (who,hopefully, will make a purchase, right?), there is no middle ground: you need to get design and optimization both right.
Myths of Web Design Worth ...
If you've had a website for a while now, the odds are that some web designers somewhere with too much time on their hands have contacted you about this or that element of your website, telling you how they can repair it for you. In fact, if you've been contacted by enough of them, and depending on your site, you may have discovered that a number of different points of view have begun to crop up regarding the proper changes that your site "requires". This article will help to discover the myths and the realities of what these "Website Design Police" have to say. Often, they're pushing myth more than anything else.
Some Excellent Website ...
Web Design is an area which can be extremely important to the success of a website. It's fair to say that most people who design their first website don't do a good job. They may think that there design is good enough to upload to the web but in actual fact the only reason they think that is because they were the ones who designed it. This is a common issue which most amateur designers experience but it's very important to keep practicing and keep telling yourself I can do better than this. It may sound cliche but practice does make perfect and the more times you redesign your website layouts, the better you will get.
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