8 Ways to Build a Really Bad Web Site for Search Engines Some web sites receive hundreds or thousands of unique visitors a day, whilst others only get a handful or none. The reason is often because the web designers or Webmaster has built the site in one 'really bad way' or other. This can end up hindering the ... Dear Bill Gates, You Clever Fox Dear Bill Gates, You Clever Fox By David Leonhardt Dear Bill Gates. You did it. You casually left a live grenade at the Grand Charity Gala and walked out of the room to see if anybody, especially Google, will notice. Once again, you have created an ... Do-It-Yourself or Hire a Professional Designer Remember your vision for your company and the brand or statement you want to make when any of your current or potential customers come in contact with you. You have to impress them in all the ways you connect with them.DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ›› Knowledge is ...
How to Choose a Web Designer?
Hiring a web designer is the next big step upon entering a web design business or anything in relation to it. Moreover, we have to make a good choice because our business depends on it.
To give you a clearcut idea on how you are going to choose your web designer, here are some of the things that you must consider:
1. Be aware to beware. First, you have to have the basic knowledge of web design techniques. It is a well-settled fact that before you enter a business, you yourself must have a good grasp of its totality. When you are knowledgeable, you know when a design is excellent or when mediocre. Another, you also know when to criticize or appreciate the work of your web designer.
If you are not aware of the surrounding circumstances of your business, chances are you will easily be deceived or your business will sooner or later go down the drain. You do not like that to happen, do you?
So, keep those thinking caps and explore your business world. Spend some time reading about web design and everything about websites. Go to your local bookstore and invest on books and other facilities.
2. Talk with basis. Get in contact with the experts in web designing. From them you can learn the ins and outs of web design services.
Another, talk to some of the designer's former clients and ask them about the services of other designers. Learn from their mistakes as well as their achievements.
Don't just peruse a number of great sites, be sure to know the reason why they are best. From it you can glean the gist of what you should be focusing.
3. Bear in mind that graphic design is not the be-all and end-all. Graphic design is not the only basis in choosing a web designer. Though it is an important factor to consider, still that only forms part of what makes a feasible and lucrative website.
Other factor to consider is the designer's quest for equilibrium between form and function. If form is what matters the most for him, then that could be pretty dangerous. Next, is his organizational skill. Is he good in organizing the page layouts? Better be sure about it. Good navigation is also another factor. This is because viewers get bored easily. They can change their minds to your drawback with just a flick of a finger. Therefore, you must have a good navigation to keep them from getting bored. Good navigation must also be coupled with user-friendliness so as to be used easily and hassle-free by the visitors. The most important factor to consider is the 'call for action'. The designer must be adept in the purpose of mounting a website. Is it to make the visitors buy a product or subscribe a business?
The website is there to serve a goal. Be sure the web designer caters to that goal!
4. The lowest bidder may not be that good. It is not just about getting the website done. It is about getting it done right! Quality may sometimes have a crucial link with price because of the maxim - You get what you pay. Moreover, web designers who have the lowest rate are usually inexperienced and hard to work with. Do not sacrifice the quality over a meager sum. It will surely spoil your business!
Create site maps and check your HTML with new utility (Drobe.co.uk) Published: 6th Jan 2009, 22:26:07. SiteMap 1.03 by Paul Vigay can automatically create an index of your website, known as a site map, by scanning your HTML files and also tries to carry out simple checks on your coding and links.
Palm announces webOS, the Palm Pre's multi-tasking operating system (Mobile Burn) Following the announcement of a new multi-touch smartphone, the Palm Pre, Palm announced details of its new webOS operating system. By utilizing HTML, JavaScript, and CSS for the system's operation, Palm's new OS is built with developers in mind.
Palm announces webOS platform (Engadget) digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Palm_announces_Web_OS_platform'; Palm just got official with its new webOS platform, running on the new Palm Pre. According to the company, anyone who knows CSS, HTML and XML will be able to develop for the OS without having to learn any new languages -- sounds kind of like it's a jacked up browser with memory management, like Google Chrome. The ...
Today's events (Jan. 8) (Palo Alto Weekly) [http://www.stanford.edu/group/morrinst/c.html Lecture: "The 2008 Survey of Migration and Health in China"] Dr. William Mason of UCLA presents "The 2008 Survey of Migration and Health in China: Design, Early Results, Analytic Issues" today (Jan. 8) at 4:15 p.m. at Herrin T-175, Stanford. [http://www.recycleworks.org/index.html Lecture: Deconstruction: From Waste to Wealth] Deconstruction, ...
Tomorrow's events (Jan. 9) (Palo Alto Weekly) [http://preznet.fhda.edu/fas.html On Stage: "Not A Genuine Black Man"] After a run on Broadway, Brian Copeland brings his one-man show, "Not A Genuine Black Man," to Foothill College tomorrow (Jan. 9) at 7 p.m. at Smithwick Theatre, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. [http://www.historysmc.org Children's event: "My Life with the Wave"] The San Mateo County History Museum will present a ...
AnchorBank celebrates 90th anniversary (Wisconsin State Journal) AnchorBank, founded in 1919 in an office at 1 E. Main St. on the Capitol Square, celebrated its 90th anniversary this week. The bank became a publicly traded company in 1992 and now has 76 locations in Wisconsin. The bank has an online anniversary exhibit at www.anchorbank.com/anniversary/anniversary.html. ...
Children In Face Of Global Economic Woes (Scoop.co.nz) A United Nations Children’s Fund ("http://www.unicef.org/media/media_47027.html">UNICEF) meeting in Singapore drew over 150 academics, policy advisors, finance ministers and other senior officials to discuss how to best protect children in the face of tightening budgets due to the global economic slowdown.
