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Website Designers are not SEO'ers

iyazam — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:02:33 GMT

Lets face the facts: People who build websites are not SEO'ers. I know...the web designer promised you that he will create an "optimized site that will be on page 1" within no time. (You've probably heard the old joke: Web designers keep the SEO people in business....)

Over the past few weeks I've met with a few Start-ups that invested lots of money in building a company website. Now that its time for marketing they can't figure out why no one is contacting them through Google or why they can't even find themselves in Google.

After one look at their website I am already thinking to myself - here is another sad story of a company that paid thousands of dollars for a website they have no control over and will most likely need to create a new one.

Most web design firms don't deal with the SEO aspects of building a website. This will backfire on you in the long run! When you are sitting down to meet with the web designer the topic of discussion should be: What are the critical elements for creating an SEO Google friendly website, what will be the ingredients that will help your website get found in the search engines etc.. These should be the web designers first comments. If the web designer is not talking about these issues - may this serve as a red light to you.

The Web Designer of today must be a true master in the field of SEO. There is no need to do the work twice. Its always better to do it once and right the first time!

If you need a true affordable Web Designer & SEO person (the ideal situation) I can recommend someone just for you!

Can you set up an LLC and use your domain name for DBA?

bdh1776 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:09:50 GMT

I will be operating an e-commerce retail store and wanted to set up an LLC with a generic name (in case I decide to open additional stores). I originally thought I would have to use the LLC name on the bottom of the website and let customers know that their bill would reflect the LLC name and not the domain name. I know I could have used a DBA but basically wanted to save money by not giving the state additional fees.

I thought by using the generic named LLC, this might create confusion with the customers when they received their bills and maybe if they didn't remember the LLC name they would therefore dispute the charge with the credit card, which would then cause me to incur a chargeback fee.

After speaking with a merchant account provider, I was told that I could use the domain name as the DBA (and would not have to legally set up a DBA with the state). He said the customer's credit card statement would reflect the domain name (DBA) but the bank would see it as my LLC name. He said many of his customers have their LLC with many DBA's under it but the DBA is not something they obtained from the state. The retailers just tell this merchant account provider what the DBA (or domain name) will be.

Has anyone else come across this scenerio? Somehow it seems too good to be true but it would save a few dollars and with initial startup costs this could certainly help.

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Barbara

Anyone with experience selling software to online stores?

Melville — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:11:22 GMT

I am launching a new SaaS e-commerce merchandizing solution for small online shops. This software is proven for larger shops and has now been redesigned to be used by many small shops to increase their conversion rates by dramatically improving the search and navigation of their shops. It offers small shops functionality that many of the main US ecommerce properties (eBay, Amazon, etc.) don�t even have yet because the software originated in Europe. I would love to talk with experienced marketers and professionals who know about the world of small e-commerce, its technology (Yahoo Stores, OS Commerce, Magento, Volusion, etc.) and its SaaS revenue models to see if they can contribute to this project.

If anyone's interested in being a free beta user, go to http://www.typenfind.com/.

HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR WEBSITE OR BLOG.

fatg4real — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:53:40 GMT

HERE ARE SOME TIPS
1.After creating and posting your blog, you need
to keep an update your online journal or diary because if someone
visits your blog and discovers that the last post was four weeks ago,
they will probably be disappointed.

2.Keep your readers
interested and coming back for more everyday by updating your writing,
participate in online communities, understand your readers and include
keywords. Attracting traffic to a blog or a web site is challenging
enough.

3.When you start to see visitors coming to read your
blog, be sure that they feel comfortable to stick around and you must
give your readers a reason to visit your site.

4. Here are the
tips on promoting your blog. A quality Content- Interesting content
will keep your readership returning. Update your blog regularly.
Googlebot, which is Google's web-crawling robot, loves content. The
more you update your blog, the more frequent the search engine spiders
will return to it.

5.Take part in forums that are related to
blog- Ask other bloggers for their opinion on your blog and take their
suggestions to heart.

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Facebook integratoion

peteharry — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:03:10 GMT

How can i integrate facebook into my website?

Low Cost Websites Not Always a Bad Thing....

lynny05 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:48:15 GMT

I posted this in another thred but not sure if anyone would find it so I thought I'd start a new Topic and post it here.

I would like to address the issue of how cheap is too cheap when you're looking for a web designer. I personally am low-cost - not cheap. I do believe there are a lot out there who are cheap and their work proves it but there are some of us who charge low prices for other reasons and we're good at what we do. My happy and satisfied clients are proof.

I started out advertising for small businesses and the main thing I found out that most of them have little or no budget for advertising anymore. THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. They can't compete with large multi-million dollar businesses. Making my rates lower for them doesn't make me a bad advertiser. I don't give them cheap service. The ones who advertise with me appreciate the low cost but effective methods I use.

So, when I started making websites (again, for smaller businesses) I knew I couldn't charge outlandish prices. I went far below the normal costs. Yes, less than $500. I charge a flat rate of $279 and then $24.99 a month after. The monthly cost is because I do something a lot of designers don't do. I stick around to maintain and update their site. Whenever they want. As many times as they want. No extra cost per hour just the straight $24.99/month. They never have to touch it since maybe they don't know how, don't have the time or for whatever reason. All they have to do is get in touch with me, tell me what they want changed and that's it. I do it for them. Most all of the businesses I talk with seem to like this better than doing it themselves. I don't do ecommerce websites- mine are Brochure websites which are just right for 98% of businesses. That also keeps the cost down.

Anyway, thanks for letting me put in my 2 cents worth. I just want everyone to know not EVERY low cost web designer is cheap and not worth checking out.

Lynny05
www.dreammountaindesigns.com

Starting my Website

MrLinguinstic — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:24:13 GMT

I am looking forward to starting an online business using the four hour work week model, I have done all the due diligance I can think of and have now decided to develope a website and test the waters. The problem I am having is I do not know if it is worth the time to learn to build a site and do this myself, (I have access to dreamweaver cs4 through a contact of mine) or should I just bite the bullet and pay for my website to be developed. I would need to find someone who is familar with SEO so I couldn't grab just anyone to build this thing. Any suggestions? does anyone have an idea on how much this would cost?

I also need to know how hard it is to generate 10,000 visitors a month, my product is a language learning system that targets the student niche. Is 10,000 a good standard or is it going to be something very difficult to attain?

How to make a social networking website

peteharry — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:10:18 GMT

Want to build a social networking site for our business. Are there any free scripts available or should we have a programmer build it for us?

give me some good advice

cedzsearch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:11:51 GMT

hi, i own a website www.cedzsearch.com
and i 'd like to konw your opinion about it, design, content, fuction or give me other good advice.

many thanks

How can I put up an online storefront?

dlunajr — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:21:02 GMT

How can I put up an online storefront?