Photo by: Sektordua Remember High School? Do you remember the Homecoming Dance, Class President, and Prom? Who won those events? If your school was like mine, it was the most popular boy and girl wearing the crowns/winning the office. In many ways, the web is like High School! Similar rules apply. The ok at how. This realization came to me while I was working with a local company to assist them in their Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts. In their industry, there are thousands of … [Read more...]
posted on July 26, 2007 by
The design of your website doesn’t matter!?
In a previous article, I asked, does your website look good? And if it (your website looking good) actually mattered? Pop Quiz - did anyone go out an try to find a "pretty" website? Just curious. If I had asked you to think of an ugly site, you could have probably come up with several examples easily. You might not be able to explain why they were ugly, but you could come up with them. People find it easier to remember bad things than good things. Your site's design shouldn't be … [Read more...]
posted on July 23, 2007 by
Does your website look good? Does it Matter?
I read a recent article asking if anyone really cares about the design of a website. The basic premise was that the design should not get in the way of the site. This is correct, but I'll take it a step further. Consider the last site that you found yourself amazed at how good it looked. Go ahead - think hard about the site...what you can't? No pretty sites coming to mind? Don't worry - you're perfectly normal. Designers, especially those fresh from college, will try to tell you how … [Read more...]