Archive for June, 2009
Keyword Tracking For SEO
Keyword tracking for SEO helps regulate which keywords should be used to gain traffic for your website. By thinking about what potential clients would search to find your products and services, small business website owners can direct more traffic to their website. Keyword tracking tools can aid in the research necessary to drive more traffic to a website.
Do a Google search on some keywords you might use to find your website. Have a look at what business come up and take a look at what keywords they use. Make a list of 10 or 20 keywords that fit your business niche the best and keep those in mind for tags when you write blog posts and for keywords on website pages.
Some Keyword Tracking Tools for SEO Include:
Read more about Search Engine Optimization, view these Keyword Research Resources and have a look at some more posts on SEO.
Custom CMS Website Conversion of CodeRepair
The conversion of CodeRepair has been completed from static pages to a custom CMS content management system design. Since I offer custom CMS webdesign to my clients, it made sense to convert my website to the same system that I sell.
The new look is designed with a 1600 pixel width background with all content centered so it will look great on any monitor size. In addition, the redesign includes a revised template with css so the blog matches the look of the main site.
Success online depends on a website that grows. The benefit of having a custom CMS website design is you can add content to your website without paying your designer for each revision. This allows you to upgrade your site constantly by investing your time instead of your money.
High quality similar to the revised design is what you can expect from CodeRepair. Email us from any page with any questions about a new custom website or redesign for your small business.
Have a look at other posts regarding website launches.
10 Ways to Come Up With Blog Post Ideas
I’ve compiled this list of “10 ways to come up with blog post ideas” in order to make it easier for writers to get the creative juices flowing.
Hope these blog tips help!
1. Solve a Problem
Answer a question for your readers, and try to solve a problem you may have come across yourself. A great way to attract readers is to be helpful in your posts.
2. Pick a Topic and Research it Online
By thinking of a topic to write about and doing a little research, you can get the rolling start for writing in your own blog. Researching keywords can help as well.
3. Brainstorm and Write Some Headlines
Pick some headlines you feel like writing about today, and keep a list. Pick out the ones that you feel you have some great ideas about, and carry a notepad with you.
4. Ask Readers
Find out what your readers want you to write about next, or pay attention to the types of questions that come up in social media, Twitter for example.
5. Create a Post With Older Post Links
Refer to other posts you’ve written in the past as reference for your readers.
6. Research
Read books, newspapers, watch the news, and write about current news in your niche.
7. Write When Inspiration Hits You
The best time to write is when you’re inspired to. Don’t lose a thought because it was forgotten, so carry a notepad or voice recorder with you for when good ideas hit you.
8. Take Breaks
When the stream of ideas starts to fade, take a break and refresh yourself. We all need food, drink and rest to function properly, so don’t forget the bare necessities.
9. Read Other Blog Posts
Subscribing and reading what others are writing about is a great inspirational tool to get the creative juices flowing.
10. Write About What You’ve Learned
If you’ve learned something and find it useful, don’t hesitate to share. Nothing brings your readers back faster than when you’ve taught them something they can really use.
Have a look at these other blog related posts that give tips and advice on writing blog posts, filtering spam, writing to increase traffic, WordPress advantages over Blogger and more.
The Benefits and Importance of Code Validation
Realizing the importance of code validation for website pages is very important for web designers. By realizing the reasons behind having perfect code, small business website owners can take advantage of the rewards of having perfect code in the HTML and CSS of their web pages.
Validation checks your documents for code errors from standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium, or W3C. Browsers auto-correct website code, but each one does it in a different way, so web designers need to keep this in mind to avoid broken layouts in certain browsers. Pages render faster for websites with valid code, therefore the website pages tend to load faster, and websites with valid code are more accessible to all types of browsers, screen readers and platforms. Google tends index pages with valid HTML and CSS, so valid code is a good way to be higher in search engine rankings. Finally, having valid code today helps insure that your website will work with technologies that haven’t even been invented yet.
Realizing the importance of code validation in webdesign can help small business website owners’ websites load faster, be more accessible, get indexed more often, and work on devices invented in the future. Web design with proper code validation may help your website reap the rewards that could bring the traffic you need to succeed.
Validate HTML and CSS with these websites:
CSS Validator
HTML Validator
W3 HTML Validator
For more on this subject see “The Benefits of Perfect XHTML Code”
Visitors Into Customers-A Call To Action
The idea of driving traffic to a website is not only to get them there. What do you want them to do once they are there? The plan should be to give your potential customer a “Call to Action” and answer the question: “What can this company do for me?”
Your website has to be there to help solve a problem for your potential customer. They have to think that your product or service can undoubtedly make their life easier. Lay out the benefits of your company, and the disadvantages of being without your product or service. Make plans in your writing and marketing strategies to draw your traffic in and make them interested in what you are all about.
Stickiness and natural methods of SEO should be used to drive traffic to your website, and turn them into return customers. By giving your website visitors benefits of your product or service, the chance of having more return customers could be greater.
Have a look at some related posts I’ve written such as Key Fundamentals of Website Content, Small Business Website Home Page Advice, Obtaining a Winning Website, The Importance of Market Branding and The Best 7 Website Optimization Techniques.