Why Is This Website So Plain?

Aug 04

Some of you might of arrived here thinking “why is this website so plain?” and that’s a perfectly normal thing to ask. Some people want to have loud flashy designs and this can be good depending on the industry and audience you are targeting but one thing you always want to keep in mind; can a search engine find your website?

The thing to keep in mind is search engine’s are just computer programs. They can’t see your flash intro or giant images so you need to ensure that the content you want index in major search engines is displayed clearly on your site using HTML. This is not to say you need to make your website as simple as mine it’s just to say you need to find a proper balance of imagery and text. With the help of CSS you can find that you can still have a very good looking site while keeping the basics HTML elements in tact.

To see how your site looks to a search engine check out seo-browser.com

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Jeff Nelson
Aug 05, 2009 @ 10:53:02

Chris,
Thanks for the comments and link to SEO-Browser.com
Jeff Nelson
Chris Hornak
Aug 05, 2009 @ 10:58:20

No problem Jeff, I’m glad to help out anyone who gives out such a useful SEO tool.

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