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6 Ways Your Website Usability is Discouraging Conversions
Usability and Conversions
Six ways to increase usability and conversions. There are many ways that you can increase conversions. Here is a list of usability items to fix that will help increase conversions. Visitors can't find what they want. Provide an easy navigation as well as a search function for your site. Then make... continue reading "6 Ways Your Website Usability is Discouraging Conversions"»
The Power of the Title Tag in Rankings
Great Title Tags
Give every page a unique title that is focused on that specific page's keywords. One of the main things that unknowing webmasters do is create pages that have all the same title. This happens because they do one of the following: tagThey use a template for their html and don't take the time to change... continue reading "The Power of the Title Tag in Rankings"»
Don't Make These Mistakes in Your Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Mistakes
Too many companies fail in these incorrect assumptions about SEO when dealing with search engine optimization to get first page results. Rand Fishkin mentioned these two ways companies often incorrectly approach SEO. The biggest mistakes I see around SEO is that they consider it two ways, both of which... continue reading "Don't Make These Mistakes in Your Search Engine Optimization"»
Want a Simple Way to Save Time and Money?
Frequently Asked Questions
Save money and time by adding a Frequently Asked Questions page to your website. I absolutely love how Rachel McApline describes how having a website can save you money and provide more efficient communication.Time saved is money saved is money gained. A well-organized, clearly written website can... continue reading "Want a Simple Way to Save Time and Money?"»
IE 7 Embraces RSS With Great Functionality
Internet Explorer 7 RSS Feed
The new RSS feed reader in Internet Explored 7 (IE 7) has a number of really good features to facilitate better RSS feed reading. While there are many people worried about how quickly IE 7 will roll out (especially after all of the bugs people have been reporting lately). However, I would like to commend... continue reading "IE 7 Embraces RSS With Great Functionality"»
Business Week Article Shows SEO Increases Revenue
SEO Increases Revenues
Just another example of how realign/redesigning your website with SEO can increase revenue. While us in the SEO industry already know this little tidbit, it was nice to see an article written in Business Week about how SEO and a properly designed website can increase revenues. The redesign and search... continue reading "Business Week Article Shows SEO Increases Revenue"»
Combine Good Functionailty, Organization, and Persuasive Copy
Information and Persuasion Architecture
Information Architecture
Good information architecture helps customers find what they want and keeps them coming back. Your site's architecture is supposed to help visitors find what they are looking for. Categories and links should make sense to your customer so that they are able to find information on your website, whether... continue reading "Information and Persuasion Architecture"»
2011 Website Browser Statistics
Browser Stats 2011
Firefox loses ground while Chrome and mobile gain percentage points. IE remains constant. Browser statistics for the beginning of 2011 show that IE has remained at a consistent 61% market share. Firefox fell the most in 2011 losing 5.86% over 2010. Chrome surges again with a 2.65% increase over 2010.... continue reading "2011 Website Browser Statistics"»
How to Build Effective Websites 101
Effective Websites 101
Many small companies are making a wise choice and investing in professionally designed websites that raise the company's level of professionalism, exposure, and sales. I have had people come to my saddle shop and they were surprised to see that we are just a a small shop because the website made us... continue reading "How to Build Effective Websites 101"»
You are Nothing without High-Quality Content
High Quality Content
Your webpages need high-quality content.  Remember the dread of writing that 20 page research paper in high school? Although you don't need 20 single spaced, typed pages to get a good grade (or ranking) on the web, you do need two things:High-quality ContentAn Understanding of How People Read on... continue reading "You are Nothing without High-Quality Content"»
A Goal for Every Page
Individual Web Page Goals
Get specific. And stick to it. I know we have spoken a lot about strategy and goals lately, but I can't stress how important it is to have a focus for your website. While reading "Web Word Wizardry" by Rachel McAlpine, she made a very good point. In a broad sense, every commercial web site... continue reading "A Goal for Every Page"»
Fresh Content Will Bring Spiders and People Back For More
Fresh Content for Rankings
Fresh content will bring spiders (and people) back to your site more often. How often you update your website is extremely critical to your success on the web. First and foremost, search engines loves fresh content. Let's take two sites that cover the same topic. Site A who updates their site every... continue reading "Fresh Content Will Bring Spiders and People Back For More"»
Invite Customers Further with Good Home Page Text
Discover the Importance of Home Page Text
Relevant Words on the Home Page
Your customers are looking for specific and relevant keywords on every page including your homepage. There are many different features about your customers that can affect what they are looking for on a website and how they act. In order to increase conversions from your website, it is important to... continue reading "Discover the Importance of Home Page Text"»
Achieving better web usability and quicker navigation
Website Usability
  Eliminating questions allows you to achieve better web usability and quicker navigation making your site much more effective. Today you can do almost anything in a minute or less, more specifically when it comes to the web, it is important to create web sites so that they can be quickly navigated.... continue reading "Achieving better web usability and quicker navigation"»
Pulling Customers in, Not Pushing Them Away
Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers
Online Writing Advice
The content on your website should always help pull in your visitors, not push them away. So, you've optimized your website for search engines, but have you optimized it for visitors as well? When a user arrives at your website from a search engine, they have typed in specific words that they are hoping... continue reading "Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers"»
Accurate Backlink Counter for Google and Yahoo
Counting Backlinks
Easy way to get accurate backlink counts from Google and Yahoo. If you are a regular Google user and website owner, you know that the link: modifier doesn't give accurate results for the number of backlinks pointing at a site. In the good old days we'd go to alltheweb.com and do a search with link:www.ahfx.net... continue reading "Accurate Backlink Counter for Google and Yahoo"»
Review of Don't Make Me Think
Don't Make Me Think
Don't make me think by Steve Krug is a refreshing "back to the basics" type of book. He brings out a number of basic usability issues:We don't figure out how things work. We muddle throughBenefits of using tabsSearch optionsWe don't figure things out, we just muddle throughThis usability tip... continue reading "Review of Don't Make Me Think"»
You Need a Better Strategy
A Better Strategy
You need a better strategy on the web.Although we have stressed this time and time again, people must be reminded that being on the web requires a very specific focus and strategy. Rachel McApline puts it this way:Hear my cry: FOCUS!When running a business on the web, you are forced to establish priorities.... continue reading "You Need a Better Strategy"»
Does Your Web Developer Have These Essential Traits?
Web Developer Traits
Here are some essential traits that all web developers should have. I recently read an article at seomoz that discussed the traits that most good web developers have (although I've modified the order a bit to fit my tastes).Are as accurate as possible. As we mentioned before, good programmers... continue reading "Does Your Web Developer Have These Essential Traits?"»
Put Yourself in your customers Shoes
Boosting the Confidence of Your Customers
Trust, Credibility, and Persuasion
Credibility plays an important role in convincing your customers to purchase from you. Many doctors specialize in a particular field; people trust them because they are experts in the field they choose. What can you do to make your company look like an expert with your website? You have to be able to... continue reading "Boosting the Confidence of Your Customers"»
The Secret to Communicating Your Business Effectively
Blind Spots
Avoid these common website mistakes that keeps your website from communicating effectively. Too many people have the "reading the label from inside the bottle" mentality when they think about their business. A great article by Todd Follansbee still holds true for all businesses online. Here are some... continue reading "The Secret to Communicating Your Business Effectively"»
If Content is King, Linking is Queen
Linking is Queen - Content is King
If Content is King then surely Linking is Queen. And we all know who really rules the kingdom. I came across a great article that built on the well known saying that content is king by saying that "Content is King, but Linking is Queen." Content and Linking go hand in hand if the site is going... continue reading "If Content is King, Linking is Queen"»
Do You Know These Tips to Quickly Improve Landing Page Conversion Rates
Landing Page Conversions
Increase landing page conversions with these simple tips. Increasing conversions is a big topic lately. Here are some more great ideas from ioninteractive for increasing conversions on your landing pages for this year. Keep your Organic and PPC landing pages separate. Targeted traffic from PPC have... continue reading "Do You Know These Tips to Quickly Improve Landing Page Conversion Rates"»
Who Else Wants to Build Links and Rank High in Google
Link Baiting
Who Else Wants to Build Links and Rank Higher in Google Link Baiting has become common place to increase organic inbound links and rank higher in Google. There was a great article by Andy Hagan but he broke his site to pieces, so I had to do some digging to find it again. Here are some of the best from... continue reading "Who Else Wants to Build Links and Rank High in Google"»
2010 Website Browser Statistics
Browser Stats 2010
Browser statistics for 2010 show that IE loses 6% of its market share. Firefox stays constant with a slight increase at 24.87%. Chrome increases 3% and Safari increase 2.75%. Internet Explorer (IE) users have been shifting toward the newer versions of IE 8. We have seen a decrease of 8% in IE 6 users... continue reading "2010 Website Browser Statistics"»


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