Posted by mariam.shariff on September 7th, 2009
The real benefit of a website is that it’s available to anyone at anytime! In fact it never ceases to amaze me how many people are still browsing in the wee small hours, and how many make purchases even on Christmas Day.
Remember that most people use the web to look for information before they make [...]
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Posted by dani cass on September 4th, 2009
Navigation: When Hansel and Grethel got lost in the forest, the clever little people had left behind a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way back to where they wanted to be.
Like Hansel and Grethel, visitors need to be able to easily find their way through your website to get to the products or information they [...]
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Posted by mariam.shariff on July 30th, 2009
So what’s a bounce rate? Many of you will be familiar with this term if you receive any sort of analytics report on your website. Bounce rate is expressed as a percentage, so if your bounce rate is 50% it means that 2 out of every 4 visitors to your site left immediately i.e. your website didn’t give them what [...]
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Posted by mariam.shariff on June 22nd, 2009
As a web design agency based in Leicester we deal with the design and the development of websites as well as promoting these websites online. Websites are a great way to market your business online. Statistics show that more and more people have begun to shop on the Internet these days. So if your business [...]
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Posted by mariam.shariff on April 3rd, 2009
Dynamic URLs vs Static URLs
It is almost pointless trying to optimise a website that is predominantly built using Dynamic URLs. URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) are the individual addresses for each web page of your website. Dynamic URLs have all sorts of symbols included in the address, for example: &, ? , / , $ and the [...]
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Posted by mariam.shariff on March 30th, 2009
301 Redirect: Oh no, not another Diversion
You know how it is when you’re sitting in traffic and you see a diversion sign. It’s not good news is it? Will you still be able to get to your intended destination? How much longer will it take to get there?
Redirects are the online equivalent of diversions and search engines [...]
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