Blogging on Social Networks » Web Design Tips http://www.webdesignmind.com Blogging about social media Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:32:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Converting your customers http://www.webdesignmind.com/2008/converting-your-customers/ http://www.webdesignmind.com/2008/converting-your-customers/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:54:50 +0000 admin http://www.webdesignmind.com/?p=530 There are numerous conversion rate optimization that can help you build your business.
In the world of SEO ( search engine optimization) one of the key factors that they mention to a successful site in page rank is good quality links from other sites. They talk about avoiding link farms where you list your site and everyone links to one another in an uncontrolled fashion. This could actually hurt your site if someone who has been banned by search engines like Google decides to link to your site. But there are other factors to consider when putting together a blog or website to help you generate revenue. That simple term is which is the ability to engage your readers or customers to perform some sort of action such as purchasing your product or subscribing to your feed. We recently got the link to a comprehensive conversion guide to help you understand how to more effectively engage your customers. One simple thing that they point is that by simply having a “Live Chat/Help” option on your webpage you can increase your conversions by up to 500% reduce your sales cylce by up to 48%. That is pretty powerful when you consider the expense and time that you go through just to get the customer to your site.

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There are thousands of sites and books that will gladly tell you how to increase your link popularity the only problem is that most may get you into more trouble than when you started out. One way in which to get your site in trouble is to be linked to a site that has been banned by Google. Some of the best increases we have seen is through linking with similar blogs and websites. Linking to everyone does not help since you do not know if one of those thousands of sites has been banned by Google. Plus Google tends to put more weight on one way links. So exchanging links can be good but be sure not to over do it. Some of the larger link farms as they are called can be risky so be careful of empty promises. If you read that they can increase your ranking in less than 48 hours they are probably not telling the whole truth or engaging in some unethical practices that will be short term.
Wondering what the best way is to increase link popularity on your website? First, you need to understand the algorithm of Google and the other search engines, then you need you need to explore the options available to increase link popularity and then we will explain the best option to increase link popularity for your website. Most people have heard of Page Rank, which is roughly the score Google gives your website to determine how popular it is on the internet. Page Rank does not mean much if you are unable to generate traffic and highly qualified traffic. There is a new type of link system that is popping being powered by an excellent free script called LinkBidScript.com. We use this script developed by Temi on one of our link sites. The high powered free script allows you to set up link directory where people will bid on their placement. This allows you to put a value on your link and then you actually bid against other companies to maintain a specific ranking in a category. This serves to increase your traffic, and SEO value. Since all of the sites that we are aware of are human edited this lessens the chance that Google and other search engines will view these directories in a negative fashion.

So if you are a web master and have a blog or website and would like to set up am easy way to exchange and sell links the Linkbidscript.com is a great starting point. he script is already set up with PayPal IPN so you can have automatic approval of links.The site is easy to maintain and you have a some great options to customize your site and look. They also have a great support forum where you can get insight into increasing your links, finding free templates, and updated Mods to help enhance your site.

]]> http://www.webdesignmind.com/2007/creating-valuable-links/feed/ 0 One Degree http://www.webdesignmind.com/2007/one-degree/ http://www.webdesignmind.com/2007/one-degree/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:06:51 +0000 admin http://www.webdesignmind.com/2007/one-degree/ A simple truth: At 211 degrees water is very hot. At 212 degrees water will boil. From this you will get steam which can be used to power larger engines. It is the one degree difference that can seperate the good web designers and marketers from the great ones. You must be willing to try things that have not been tried before and venture into new spaces. With so many websites on the internet it is those that do that one extra thing daily and with passion will lead the trend.

]]> http://www.webdesignmind.com/2007/one-degree/feed/ 0 The right design for your website http://www.webdesignmind.com/2007/the-right-design-for-your-website/ http://www.webdesignmind.com/2007/the-right-design-for-your-website/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:44:22 +0000 admin http://www.webdesignmind.com/2006/the-right-design-for-your-website/ Web design can be a time consuming task if you are unsure what you are doing. Several of those web design firms reside in PA.

There is a great listing website called Interactivewebsites.com that lists designers by city in the state of Pennsylvania. In order to choose the right vendor who is going to meet your specific needs, you need to sit down with them and go over their capabilities and what they have done for other companies. Since these companies are in the design you would expect that their websites are designed to impress. So I would not go based on the look of the front page alone. You need to understand what they will do in house versus sending to an outside firm. For example, do they have the resources and knowledge to not only give you the front end appeal, but also be able to design the back end database and tracking tools to help you succeed.

One of those firms is called WebPageFx.com and they specialize not only web design and flash animation, but offer a comprehensive list of services to get your website noticed and track your return on investment. They can help in key areas such as Search Engine optimization (SEO) or help in the branding and advertising of your website. WebPageFx can also help to design and deploy technology solutions that will effeciently process and store your information.

WebPageFx has introduced a new service called pr2 which is a play on words incorporating press releases and Goggles page ranking technology to bring the two together.

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