This is a key question in the early planning stages of any website. Depending on who you ask will provide you with very different answers. A web designer will argue in the majority of cases that the design should always come first. In defence of all web designers if a website is not pleasing to the eye and does not capture the visitor’s attention then they are likely to almost instantly bounce off the website without browsing deeper into the content. However an important question to answer at this point is how did the visitor reach the website in the first place?
Creating your first social media presence can sometimes be a daunting but deceptively simple process. However before you sign up to your first social media site it is important to first understand the official and unofficial rules to ensure you stay safe online. Here are some tips to help guide you through your first steps in the social media arena:
Biz Stone, Twitter’s co-founder has announced this week that the microblogging service will begin charging companies for using the platform in the new year.
Businesses will be under no obligation to sign up to a paid Twitter account. However businesses who do sign up will be rewarded with an elevated level of access, including feedback and statistics. Many big brands have embraced Twitter as a method of communicating directly with consumers and engaging with customers. Businesses which sign up to a paid account will be presented with a layer of features, which will aim to allow them to become more effective at utilising the platform through the analysis of inbuilt analytics. Stone confirmed personal twitter accounts would remain free.
There are many factors which can affect the search engine rank of a website. One of these determining factors is the domain name. There are several factors occurring behind the scenes with the domain name which can have a significant effect on a websites ability to rank well with the search engines.
For example let’s assume your website has been live for a period of 6 months or more and you assume for whatever reason that you can get a higher search engine ranking if you were using a particular keyword in your domain name instead of your current domain name. As a result you rush out and purchase keyword1.co.uk, keyword2.co.uk and keyword3.co.uk. read more