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Best Website Design Review

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

At Best Website Designers, we often refer to the winning design elements of an outstanding Website. This week, we’re evaluating three Website styles for their design properties:


Basic – Clean Website Design

At Cenpatico, Best Web Designers, chose this site for its ultra clean layout, straightforward navigation, emphasized in contrasting colors, (maroon and yellow)

Flash – SEO Website Design
King and Prince.com This site is a perfect example of flash animation, loading without any delay or a low bounce rate. The home page encapsulates the benefits and appeal of the luxury resort. Additionally, the layout affords search engine optimization without compromising the design quality of its pages.


Catalog – SEO

HousePlans and More is comprised of a home floor plan database of as well as comprehensive library for homeowners, who plan to build a new home. Unlike many cataloged sites where the web design presentation is cluttered, making it difficult for visitor to access information, this site accommodates both without overwhelming the visitor.

Read more on developing the best web design for your company.

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Web Design 101: Navigation and Page Titles

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Beyond the pages of a gorgeous web site, specific characteristics leverage a site’s ability to convert unique visitors. The best web design is not only stunning. It exudes functionality.  End-users should be able to instinctively discover the information they are looking for—without being flummoxed.

Despite the objective for the company Web site to feature a picture perfect presentation, there are two basic characteristics essential to converting site traffic to learn more about your business:

Navigation

Navigation is the table of contents featured on each web page. Prospective customers search for information in unique ways. Some prefer horizontal navigation. For others, vertical navigation is more convenient.

If you click on the proceeding link, note that this St. Louis Search Engine Marketing company uses both horizontal and vertical navigation, assuring that the visitor finds what they need; hence, discouraging premature site abandonment.

Page Titles
Web pages are a vital component of the search engine market campaign. For starters, the labels or titles of each page convey vital information to search engines. For instance, “what we do,” is an ineffective page title. The vast majority of the population does not query Google, using the words: “what we do.“ With the exceptions of the company history and contact us page, ’page titles’ should reflect specific product or service information.”

Read more about effective search engine marketing.

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