Category Archives: Web Design

Web site code optimisation

March 15, 2008 – 4:13 pm

Does valid code matter?
You often see that question on SEO forums, and the wide diversity of replies shows how much confusion there is on this. It usually degenerates pretty quickly into an argument between those who fervently believe valid code helps search rankings and those who don’t. This misses the point completely.
My opinion, confirmed by [...]

By bill | Also posted in Coding, SEO | Comments (0)

Web site optimisation v SEO

March 10, 2008 – 8:52 pm

There seems to be a lot of confusion in the minds of many webmasters, both new and experienced, about what SEO actually is and what tasks it is useful to spend time on. You see forum questions asking ’should I worry about code validity’ (I’ll return to that one in another posting soon), ’should I [...]

By bill | Also posted in SEO, Useability | Comments (0)

Trust revisited

September 30, 2007 – 5:03 pm

A few months ago I blogged about trust and how it relates to websites – both in the eyes of the search engines and the users. I’ve also written more recently about reputation, particularly that of our industry. Some recent occurrences have led me to think further on these subjects and on how trust is [...]

By bill | Also posted in SEO, content and copywriting | Tagged | Comments (0)