CHOOSING A WEB DESIGNER
Are you a business owner trying to establish an online presence? Have you considered using a so called free website service only to end up frustrated and unsatisfied with the results? Creating a professional website is no small task. Choosing the right person for this process is going to take a little bit of your time and effort but the end result will be a website that best represents your business and brand.
Questions to ask yourself about what kind of website you want and need.
Who is your targeted audience?
Are you going to be selling a product or service?
What style of web design are you looking for?
Do you have any preconceived ides of what your website should look like?
What is your time frame before the website has to go live?
Budget
What budget do you have for your website? Prices can vary depending on requirements. One thing to keep in mind is that there is no set price for websites. They can start at $500 and go up to $80,000+. Prices will vary from place to place. Keep in mind that just because someone charges more then someone else doesn’t necessarily mean your getting a better website.
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Posted on : November 7th, 2011
LOCAL SEARCH - HELPING YOUR COMPANY COMPETE
One of the most important aspects of your business success is ensuring that your business website is ranked well in searches for your local area. People aren’t just searching online by simply typing a service or product. They are entering the location of where there at also. For example, if your a San Antonio web design company, potential clients and customers most of the time look for a company that is located in the same city there in. Making sure that your business shows up on local listing is vital! Here are 5 tips for local ranking to get your business off to a strong start.
Claim your local business listing – Go to Google Places, Bing Local and Yahoo Local and completely fill out the steps and verify that this is your business. Be sure to include your address.
Be sure to associate your business with the proper categories – If your a web designer be sure to be listed for that field. It makes no sense to be placed under Automotive.
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Posted on : September 1st, 2011
FLASH WEBSITES & SEARCH ENGINGE OPTIMIZATION
Flash websites get an undeserved bad rap from some web designers/developers because they claim that Flash isn’t search engine friendly. Back in the day Flash was just embedded on a page and Google spiders had no way of crawling any content. But with the invention of SWFObject, Google now has a way of reading and crawling the content.
What is SWFObject?
SWFObject is a Javascript library that has been around severals years and allows you to provide alternative HTML content for Search Engine Optimization purposes. It also allows Google spiders to craw the HTML content, resulting in better page rank for your Flash website.
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Posted on : August 13th, 2011
A WEB DESIGNERS TAKE ON FLASH VS HTML
What is HTML5? Why should i care? Which is the best option to use when creating a website? These are the questions that clients have been asking or should be asking when there website is being developed. In this short article, I briefly try to explain the difference between HTML5 and Flash to help guide you in the right direction and to better inform you as to what is the best option to take.
What is Flash?
Flash is an established platform that reaches 99% of desktops and laptops browsers with solid performance. It’s been estimated that over 80% of sites visited use Flash. Around 75% of video that is viewed online is created and published using flash. Is there any drawback when using flash? Yes, some mobile browsers , mainly iOS Safari(Apple Iphone, Ipad etc..) do not currently support flash. But one thing to keep in mind about Apple’s lack of support is, sure they have sold over 100 million Iphones, which is alot, but that only accounts for 1% of total browser market.
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Posted on : August 9th, 2011
SEO MYTHS
As web designers in San Antonio we often come across a clients who have gotten bad SEO advice. Usually its often the same advice given to them either threw email or friends that might have good intentions but have no clue when it comes to SEO. SEO is never a one time service, its an ongoing process that takes time and patience. I will list some myths about SEO to better inform you.
SEO isn’t worth the time or effort anymore. It’s much better to use ad’s on tv or billboards.
While ad’s on tv and billboard are great tools they are often way more expensive. Another thing about ad’s on tv is that not everyone will get to see your product or services. Sure you can have an ad here and there and yes you can reach an audience. But for the small business with a tight budget this simply isn’t doable. The great thing about SEO is that you can have a targeted audience. Let say you have a small business in San Antonio that sells custom made suits.
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Posted on : August 3rd, 2011
THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SEO RANKING
It’s been made clear by Google that having an active social media presence is an important part of SEO. If you have haven’t given much attention to social media as part of SEO, then now is the time to get things rolling.
The two main ones right now are Facebook and Twitter. Facebook should be treated the same way you would treat your own website. Content you post on there should have titles and content that is SEO friendly. Another thing to keep in mind is the number of fans, likes and shares you have, the more you have the better. Twitter work in similar manner. The more your account gets mentioned the better it is. A big factor for Twitter is making sure to that you place your keywords close to your links. In other words, try and surround your links with good keywords when Tweeting.
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Posted on : July 27th, 2011
BOERNE COMPUTER REPAIR AND WEB DESIGN
Tech 1 Computer is a computer repair and web design service provider located in Boerne, Texas. We where asked by Tech 1 Computers to help get there business online. Our first goal was to create a website that is clean and user friendly with a modern feel. We also wanted to make sure that the placement of content was of utmost importance. We didn’t want to create a website where everything seemed crammed together. Along with content placement was the usage of images. Images play a vital role in any and all designs. You can have a gooddesign but if your images aren’t up to par with the quality of your design then the look of your website can suffer.
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Posted on : July 26th, 2011
LB DESIGNS NEW WEBSITE
LB Designs is glad to announce the release of our new website. LB Designs is a San Antonio web design company committed to creating pixel perfect web designs.
Our new website will feature some of our selected works along with upcoming projects. Our blog section will allow us to keep you up to date and current with whats going on at LB Designs. We will also feature some tips and advice for web designers and clients. Be sure to check back!
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Posted on : July 26th, 2011
