From the official Google Webmaster Central Using site speed in web search ranking You may have heard that here at Google we’re obsessed with speed, in our products and on the web. As part of that effort, today we’re including a new signal in our search ranking algorithms: site speed. Site speed reflects how quickly a website responds to web requests. Speeding up websites is important — not just to site owners, but to all Internet users. Faster sites create happy users and we’ve seen in our internal studies that when a site responds slowly, visitors spend less time there....

And Why These Mistakes Could Cost You a Fortune! By Jason Mangrum, CEO Huge Mistake #1: Creating a Website with Flash — Did you know in a recent study, top internet marketers discovered that having a website created with Flash, actually decreased the response from prospects and customers by as much as 370 percent? Here’s why: Your prospects and customers are most likely visiting your website using all types of different computers, connection speeds and internet configuration settings… What may look great to one ...

The idea of good website design is to offer your viewer a logical flow while making it interesting and easy to understand. Lead your viewers to the starting point and then direct them through your site without confusing them. Here are some excellent tips that can help you develop a user friendly site and please your visitors senses. Give yourself a chance before they get away. 1. Use lots of white space. Don’t feel that because you have a whole screen that you need to fill it up with stuff. Your page should follow...

Uniquely built web sites can create unique issues when being promoted on the search engines. From a basic 3 page brochure site to a corporate site with hundreds of dynamically generated pages, every web site needs to have certain design aspects in order to achieve the full effects of an SEO campaign. Below are a few points to take into consideration when building or updating your web site. 1. Size Matters The size of a web site can have a huge impact on search engine rankings. Search engines love content, so if you have ...