{"id":63,"date":"2008-11-10T11:06:27","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T17:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2008-11-10T11:06:27","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T17:06:27","slug":"designing-your-site-for-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/designing-your-site-for-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Your Site for SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">A well designed site is often one that leads to effective search engine optimization.\u00a0 Genuine SEO can be achieved by a solid website design that is simple to navigate.\u00a0 By making your site rich with content yet easily accessible, you not only provide simple navigation for your visitors, but also the search engine spiders looking to index your site.\u00a0 This approach is one that could lead to long term success at search engine marketing.\u00a0 Instead of trying to buy your way to the top of the rankings and trick the complicated search engine algorithms, you should create your pages with relative keywords and quality links.\u00a0 When the spiders come crawling, they will usually reward the sites with good content and easy navigation.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Understanding the Spiders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Search engine spiders or robots, are programs designed to explore the web and visit website pages.\u00a0 These programs automatically read text and click their way through links to view all the pages on a site.\u00a0 A search engine spider usually collects information on titles and metadata and then combs the text on the page via its source code.\u00a0 Most robots function like earlier web browsers, meaning they generally do not absorb frames, Flash content or dynamic scripting, all the more reason to keep your design simple.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Drop-down boxes, web forms and other dynamic creations cannot be comprehended by a search engine spider.\u00a0 The best way to ensure a visit is to use static pages constructed in HTML.\u00a0 If a dynamic script such as ASP is required, there are a few ways to keep your pages attractive.\u00a0 One method is to use the rewrite capabilities of your server to transform complex URLs into simple ones.\u00a0 If you must use Flash to make your pages more vibrant, use it sparingly rather than building an entire page with it.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t let this technology get in the way of the search engine robots or your visitors.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Building an SEO-friendly site is fairly easy for anyone with minimal development skills.\u00a0 Your main focus is to eliminate all the flashy content and stick with a simple, solid architecture.\u00a0 Search engine spiders have no trouble comprehending text and have a thing for text links, more commonly known as anchortext.\u00a0 When keeping your visitors in mind, the design process gets much easier.\u00a0 Building for the search engines will increase your visibility on the web and help to bring new prospects in.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The most important you thing need to know about SEO is that search engines are attracted to the text on your website.\u00a0 The more you stay on topic with a decent amount of relative links and keywords, the better the robots will be able to digest it.\u00a0 After getting the information, it is delivered to a database and eventually translated into what you get in the search engine results.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Once your site has been designed, be sure to test it out for validation.\u00a0 Check behind yourself to ensure that no programming errors exist as this will keep your pages from being indexed.\u00a0 By designing with clean code and quality content, you can increase your chances of ranking higher and generating targeted traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A well designed site is often one that leads to effective search engine optimization.\u00a0 Genuine SEO can be achieved by a solid website design that is 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