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Web Site Design Considerations

There are many considerations to web page and web site design.  I have found it is really a lesson in compromise.  Let me explain. 

If a business is not worried about placement in the search engines, meaning their potential customers already know what they want, (such as information about a particular PRS guitar from PRS Guitars here in Stevensville), then the layout/ design should have top priority, without regard for placement in the top 10.  A person looking for information on PRS Guitars will type in PRS or Paul Reed Smith guitars, if you get my point, and their site will be in the top ten, most likely number one. 

 However, if someone is considering buying a PRS Guitar, then a dealer or seller of PRS Guitars had better think long and hard about search engine friendly web site design.  Which I did.  I have a PRS guitar for sale, a CE 24 model in Scarlet Red.  I did a search on Google December 18, 2009 and a search for "scarlet red prs ce 24 " and "prs ce-24 scarlet red" both came up #1 of more than 3,00 possible pages.  PRS Guitars were #2.   I consider that an accomplishment.  There's much more on searches and results a little further down below.  (The guitar sold January 2010).

Most businesses depend on new prospects/ customers from advertising.  That is of the utmost importance when designing a web presence for most types of businesses.  It MUST be search engine friendly.  And as far as web pages go, content is king.  Title and other meta tags, as well as actual placement of text in the content must be very carefully considered in the design. 

It is obvious to me that many companies try to do it themselves using  templates for their company web site.  Most templates look professional and very well done as far as layout and color scheme, but they lack the most important thing.  Content and it's placement.  It is my opinion that many sites may not place well with the top search engines for a company searching for their type of company, services or product.  I can help with that if you choose to use a template.

On the other hand, I have designed  web sites starting from from scratch that have placed  very well with search engines, especially Google.  Please keep reading...

Actual Results

February 4, 2010
I was contracted to design a single page website on January 26.  The completed site was uploaded to the server the next day.  It was submitted to the top search engines.  On Feb 4 I searched for "marsh sills" , "marsh sill creation", "marsh sill creation caroline county md", marsh sill kent county"',  "marsh sill planting ", "marsh sill construction dorchester county",  "marsh sill repairs", "marsh sill construction talbot county md" and more. 

All search results were NUMBER 1 on Google. 

December 18, 2009

Real Results -   Google Was Used For All Searches
No Pay Per Click!  No  Banners! -  All 100%  "Organic" - (No Fees To Be Listed)

On a search on Dec 18, 2009 for:

  •  "lot loan in maryland" -  web sites I have designed are in position 1, 2, 4 and 5 out of 4,240,000 pages.   Yes out of more than four million pages I have four in the top ten!  How's that for results? 
  • A search for a "low rate broker" lists sites by me in positions 1, 2 and 3 of 1,230,000. Over a million pages and I am 1, 2 and 3!
  • UPDATED  Jan. 21 - A search for  "rip rap repair in maryland" lists  one of my designed sites, AtlanticShoreLine.net  Number 1 of 20,400.   For  "riprap repair in maryland", again number 1 of 629700.  "erosion control in maryland" lists the same site designed by me Number 3 of 467,600.  But check this out... the AtlanticShoreLine.net site was a $99 one page  web site!   Is it ugly?  Yes, but it works.  So I will not "fix it".  On January  27, 2010 I finished and uploaded a new one page web site.  Be sure to check out MarshSills.com - The Natural Approach To Shore Line Erosion Control.
  • A "Duval Street Crawl" search returns a web site I have (that is under development and for sale) at number 1 of 8,780.  The Duval Street Crawl is WORLD FAMOUS!  Advertise with me on that site.  Or start your own Duval Street Crawl tour business with the DuvalStreetCrawl.com web site!  The traffic is there.  Call me.
  • A search for a "construction loan in maryland"  lists these results:  web sites I designed  have positions 2, 3 and 7 of 600,000 pages.
  • There is a little pub in Key West that I like, called Irish Kevin's.  Just for the heck of it I designed a little fan site and a sub section of another site to see if I could get the site/ pages into the Top Ten.  I did.  On Dec 18, 2009 A search for "irish kevins key west, fl " lists my sites number 3 and 7 of 103,000.  "Irish Kevins Duval Street": number 2, 3 and 5 of 16,600.  A search for "irish kevins" lists my sites at 4 and 9 of more than 12 million pages.
  • Searching for "low rate mortgages",  web sites I have designed are number 5 and 12 out of more than 22 MILLION pages.  Yes one of the web sites designed by me is in the TOP TEN of 22,200,000 results. That is a long number, twenty two million two hundred thousand More Results
As you can see, I have helped many businesses get into the Top Ten on Google.  However, to avoid any conflict of interest, we will discuss on day one why I usually deal with only one type of business per geographical area when I am contracted to get a business into  the Top Ten on Google. 

If you have a business and are not yet on the internet, you owe it to yourself and your business to get in touch with me.  I can get you online quickly, and maybe even into the top 10 for your type of business just like I did for Doug Jordan at Atlantic Shore Line.  More Results

You may also want to contact me if you already have a web site and are not satisfied with it's search engine placement. 

Some other web site design considerations -  the layout, color scheme, navigation links, background, page size, outside links, graphics, etc. 

To scroll or not to scroll? Under most circumstances, I have found scrolling to view web sites is no big deal for most people surfing the net, and web pages are able to benefit from that fact.  How?  It allows more content to be strategically placed with obtaining specific results in mind.

Want to do some of your own checking for references?

  • Phil Lambert - 410-924-4461  PhilLambertArt.com
  • TJ Parmele - 703-435-4222  NovaArmament.com
  • Linda Bigham - 410-827-9286  EasternBayTrading.com
  • Nancy Koval - 410-643-3935   KovalHomeImprovements.com
  • Billy Williams - 410-827-4500  BackyardBillys.com
  • George Bold - 410-490-3586  FancyPantsBand.com
  • Steve Jewell - 410-827-7685  ArchitecturalModelsOfAmerica.com 
I will be happy to supply more names and contact information on request.  Send an email to me.

Bottom line:  Through my many years of web site design experience I have found what works best is this: The old concept of  K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid).  It really does work when it comes to web site design and search engine placement.


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Web Site Template Help

Need Web Site Template Help?   A major accomplishment  was a “rush job” (had to be completed within 3 weeks) designing 34 web sites from 34 different templates, all with slightly different content (text and photos), all 9 pages each.  That is 306 web pages!  It was a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) project for an Artist.  I was a sub contractor (the contractor  found my web site design business by doing a search on Google).  That was my introduction to Dreamweaver MX.  In addition to tweaking each template's CSS (cascading style sheet) and the HTML/ XHTML, I had to edit/ resize/ crop just about all the artwork/ graphics to fit into each template.  It was a lot of work!  I was able to accomplish what I consider  "The Herculean Feat".  Please note:  I was not involved with the meta tags (such as keywords or descriptions), just the design of the site.  I mention this because some of the sites I designed lack those meta tags, which my contractor was going to do personally, that was not part of my job.   They are not hosted nor maintained by me. 

Here is a link to the before and after template of Glory Days Art.  Before and  After.

The sites below may or may not be online... I am hopeful you can still view my hard work! 

A few examples of the 34 web sites I was subcontracted to design:

 XRealArt.com  -  RelxArt.com   -  BigDreamArt.com    -  GloryDaysArt.com
 ArtMerlin.com  -  60sClassx.com   -  ArtDonut.com   - DreamsOfArt.com  -  MindXArt.com

If you need help with a web site template...
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Click To See My Marble SectionI was contracted by Backyard Billy's to add a new section to an existing web site.  It was for Vietnamese Marble Statuary which includes Fountains, Animals, Urns and Flower Pots, Religious, Lanterns, Tables (yes marble tables!), Modern Art, and more.  The job entailed more than 100 pictures, which I optimized for brightness and contrast, and resized each one twice.  It ended up being 90+ web pages!  That section is pretty much complete until new stock arrives. 

I also updated four web pages to include special sale offers, and created a special 50% off sale page for Jensen - Jarrah  hardwood patio furniture; a $500 Wood Stove; Pellet Stove with 2 Tons FREE Pellets; and a lot more sale web pages. 

Next on the list: Expand the wood stove, gas stove/ fireplace, insert, pellet stove, etc. sections.  I am using Macromedia Dream Weaver MX and other software for this project.  Need a reference?  Call 410-827-4500 and ask for Billy.


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Kent Island Defense LeagueI have been the Web Master for the Kent Island Defense League (K.I.D.L.) since the first day they went online in 2001.  I designed the web site from scratch, it started with a single blank page.  It has grown to several hundred pages.  The K.I.D.L. is a grassroots organization that was formed to supply information about development and other issues on Kent Island and in Queen Anne's County.

From their web site:  " Our mission is to defend and preserve the environment and  quality of life in Queen Anne's County through responsible growth, to find ways to maintain growth at a  sustainable level, to educate citizens to the process, and to make sure our elected officials and public servants hear the voices of their constituents and are held accountable for problems related to unchecked growth." 

The first project concerned an age restricted "Over 55" 1,350 unit development on Kent Island called Four Seasons, on a designated "Critical Area" along the Chester River, to be built by the mega developer K. Hovnanian.  The Chester River is a tidal river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.  The original land use allowed 1 unit per 20 acres.  The Good Old Boy's (and Gal) County Commissioners and the developer tried to put it on a Fast Track.  The land use was changed from 1 unit per 20 acres to 6 units per acre.  That's right, 120 units on the same land that used to allow only 1 unit.  Plus the set backs would have been only 100 feet from the Chester River.  On a Critical Area! Bottom line, the 3 Commissioners were not re-elected, but the Lame Ducks still voted to push the project along a week after they were all defeated in the Primary Election.   Fast forward to May 2007. Governor O'Malley and Comptroller Franchot sitting on the Board of Public Works voted 2- to- 1  to deny the wet lands license, the last hurdle after 8 years.   The Four Seasons story reads like a novel, but unfortunately the story is far from over.  There is a link to the WBAL news item and video on the K.I.D.L. web site.

The K.I.D.L. became such a phenomenon that the then President of the Queen Anne's County Chamber of Commerce (QACCC) stepped down and with others formed "Business Queen Anne's" (BQA), a local pro business group that as far as I can tell is for anything and everything related to business, no matter what the consequences to the environment or quality of life.  Now there are two organizations that are able to put their "spin" on local issues and politics and push their agenda.  Are there any "Closet N.I.M.B.Y." (Not In My  Back Yard) BQA or QACCC members?  My money says yes.  Only time will tell. 

I am a local small business man and am all for creating jobs.  However, I quit the Chamber when they embraced the 1,350 unit project without question.  I have had 3 companies in the last 14 years, 2 still active.  I say let's use a little common sense when it comes to development.  Is that too much to ask?

Now there is a debate about a Federal Training Center in Ruthsburg, MD.  I am trying to keep the public informed, as you can see if you visit the site.  Click Here if you would like to visit the site. 

Have I lost business because of my volunteer position with the K.I.D.L.?  I think so.  Will you still consider me for your web site needs?  I sure hope so.  Let me show you what I can do for your business. Thanks for listening.  Burt 
 

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