Archive for March, 2010

Why Optimizing Websites for Search Engines is Important

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Search engines are one of the most important and frequently used tools for finding information on the World Wide Web. However, each search engine is unique and has its own set of rules for optimizing search results.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a critical consideration when trying to optimize a website’s visibility. After all, a website has no value if no one can find it. Unfortunately there is no single formula or equation to ensure that a website will rank well in a list of search results. There are too many variables to consider in designing a strong optimization strategy such as Meta tags, index pages, and links. However, by employing a basic set of principles for web content that will be discussed further on, a website’s visibility can be greatly increased on a search engine.

Designing Mobile Websites

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Mobile Web use is increasing with the new generations of exciting mobile devices. Designing Mobile Websites is all about creating a satisfactory user experience when limited to a small screen and awkward input.

Do you really need a Mobile Website? I would say, “Identify your market”. If you think that the market segment you are targeting are mobile users or the kind of product or service needs mobile browsing, then mobile website is an answer for you. The great example for a mobile website is “Google Maps”.
http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/

For obvious reasons, one would use Google Maps more when they are on move. Here the mobile website for Google Maps is the answer.

Same goes for http://wapedia.mobi/en/, Mobile Encyclopedia