subject: Seo Friendly Web Designs [print this page] Creating a web design that is SEO friendly isnt really that difficult, but it must be done, and it must be done methodically. Eventually an effective design for your website is a supporting factor to how effective your optimization strategy is and how easily it will be implemented.
If you are an amateur web designer, here some basic guidelines that will help you create a website or web page that is compatible with your clients SEO strategy.
1. For starters, do not use flash. Search engines typically do not recognize and index text on flash, so even if you of the belief that putting text on a flash presentation is going to draw the viewers attention to it, it is less likely to be effective because the user is unlikely to visit your website if he is unable to stumble upon if in the first place, since it will not show up on any search result.
2. It is strongly decided that you make use of flash in your web design only where absolutely necessary. Because in the long run, he hardly benefits your internet marketing and SEO plans.
3. The same goes for frames. Search engines typically find it difficult to crawl through websites that uses a lot of frames. In short, using too many frames as harmful for your website as it is to use a lot of flash.
4. Web design and web development also incorporate effective content management systems. Your content should be designed making use of relevant and effective keywords. If you have already implemented a content strategy that is not benefiting you, you need to rework and edit your data to make it more SEO friendly. You will be able to easily research the keywords you ought to be using by making use of available tools such as wordtracker and overture.
5. Web design Vancouver strongly recommends you make use of such tools purely to get a clear understanding what everyone in your industry is doing with respect to SEO and also gain insight into possible permutations and combinations of keywords you can use. For example, if you are an airline looking at starting your online booking division, there are lists of possible keywords your audiences may opt for such as cheap airfares, airline booking, cheap flight booking online etc.
6. Incorporate all the possible keywords in relevant locations across your website. Your web layout typically consists of elements such as headers, navigational tags, body, etc. anchor texts, headers etc., must consist of keywords for the benefit of your SEO strategy.
As a web designer you need to have a clear understanding of the design factors which benefit your SEO initiative and work your way around it to ensure that your client is able to optimize the website for their benefit.
