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

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

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 

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.

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:

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.

Your new site could be online in as little as 1 day!