Web design and how it will affect your PR
Web design is very important for your Page Rank.
It is all part of making your site a high-class professional looking site. Not only should it look good it should also be user friendly. Your website should also be designed for the Googlebots and be easy for them to crawl your site.
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Here are some points to help you design your website to please your human visitors and the Googlebots.
1. Presentation: 2. Simple navigation: 3. Easy to read 4. Use of graphics
Presentation is very important both your visitors and Google. How you present your website is a reflection of you and your business. I am sure you have seen websites with really strange and outlandish coloring, wild graphics and even stranger font plus to top it all it looked like it was written by a kindergartener.. You just did not want to stay there a second longer and just ran to another site. This is why presentation is so important it can make your visitor run away forever or fall in love with your site. So look at some good sites and especially your favorites and see why you were so impressed.
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You cannot under any circumstances copy a site but you can get some good ideas from it.
See how to present your website in the best way possible. Get a good template, even if you have to spend a little. It will be worth it. You can get some from eBay or look up templates on Google.
Simple navigation: it is critical to a well-designed site to have good, simple, user-friendly navigation. This is important for your visitors as well as Googlebots. When visitors are confused about where to go and find things on your site they will just give up and leave. So don’t try anything fancy just keep navigation simple and easy to follow. When your visitors can find their way about so will the Googlebots.
Easy to read: it is very important to make your site not only professional but also easy to read. Font should be normal business font (Times Roman, Ariel or Veranda) in regular size font that is easy to read but not too large. Do not use bold except to draw attention to a point or a subheading. Sometimes if the subheading is a key phrase or contains a keyword this may help you as it will be picked up by the Googlebots. Black text on a pale background is usually acceptable for a business site.
Use of graphics: when you make a business site it should always look professional and sober. Small graphics are good when they emphasize a point or a draw attention to a product. E-book covers are an example of this.
Put yourself in your visitors shoes when you design your site and think weather you would like to visit a site that looked like yours. If you are hesitant ask your self why and try to eliminate the offending item. Always design your website with your visitors in mind and by doing this you will make the Googlebots happy as well.
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