Tag Archives: usability

Want A Successful Website? Let The Designer Be Your Guide!

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: August 19, 2009
We all want to succeed. It’s important to our self-esteem but even more so to our financial security. After all, most of us start a business to become financially independent. But the road to success can be tricky. This is especially prominent in the area of creating local business websites. Many small business owners are [...]
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5 Non-SEO Tips To Improve Search Rankings

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: June 24, 2009
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the basis for better search rankings. There are many techniques utilized by SEO specialists. When combined they can improve your SERP (search engine result page) positioning if you know what you are doing. There are also non-SEO ways you can leverage to increase your search engine rankings as well. These [...]
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10 Tips For Creating a Brilliant Landing Page

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: June 16, 2009
Building a great landing page should be on top of your priority list if you want your website visitors transformed into customers. While a great looking website can grab the attention of your visitors, a strong landing page will keep them involved and get them to buy your products/services. Wikipedia defines a landing page as: [...]
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7 Reasons Why CSS Is Better Than HTML Tables

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: June 12, 2009
Website designers have been utilizing CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for many years now. I’ve touched on “What Is CSS and Why Use It” few months ago. Over and over again, however, I come across an argument that CSS offers no real advantage and whether you code with it or not is just a matter of [...]
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How to Turn Website Visitors Into Buyers

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: June 9, 2009
Some companies tend to concentrate on getting traffic / visitors to their websites. Then they wait for the magical thing to happen – they’re waiting for the visitors to simply buy, for the money to start rolling in. But getting your visitors to turn into paying customers involves a little bit of work. First, you [...]
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