Friday, February 4, 2011

Honeydew Events Houston

Honeydew Events Houston Web Design and SEO by BCS-SEO.com

Honeydew Events Houston, project was started by gather information about the client (wedding coordinator), the audience (brides), location (Houston) and overall aesthetics that the client was looking for, in the Honeydeweventshouston.com website was clean, elegant, and soft. The client also specified the colors, font style for the website.

Business Communication Solutions-SEO used Keyword Tools to select relevant Focused Keyword Phrases for the website. Each phrase had to meet certain criteria, we asked ourselves…

1.    Was the keyword relevant to the site, audience and location?
2.    Did the keywords have local searches?
3.    How many other websites where using the same keyword?

Based on this information we narrowed the keyword phrases down to 3 to 5 based on each topic of the site with 1 main Focus Keyword Phrase.

Once the keyword phrases where chosen, we requested the logo and other graphics and content (text) for the website from the client.

We then begin the design and layout process. We start by creating all the web page's, creating a relevant naming convention using a keyword. We then choose a layout for the website based on the size and shape of the logo and if any other images will be on the web page. Next we choose a color scheme based of the colors of the logo, in general we would us colors from the logo and complementary colors to enhance the appearance of the website. Color scheme and layout is a important step in the design process as a visitor's first impression of a website if based on color and layout.

The next step is creating Titles and Descriptions for each page, inserting these into the Meta tags. Several types of Meta Tags are used from the standard Meta Tags, to OG (Open Graphic Meta Tags). Open Graphic Meta Tags are used to allow Social Networks to access, and retrieve web page titles and descriptions from the websites to display on sites such as Facebook.com. We then begin writing or editing content using the relevant keywords phrases, remembering that all content must be relevant to the topic of the page and that the content must be written to entice visitors to hire the company.

Business Communication Solutions-SEO used a variety of reliable SEO services to market, and assist in Search Engine Rank Position (SERP) for Honeydew Events Houston, in all major search engines. BCS-SEO services is a on going process with each of our clients, we monitor the websites using analytic, and will modify content, keywords and marketing services based theses stats every two months. Contact us for information on BCS-SEO.com Web Design and SEO Services.


A.Stewart,
“SEO and Webdesign for Austin Texas”
Designer / Content – Business Communication Solutions-SEO

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Is your Website Content Outdated, Irrelevant or Misleading?

The Internet became accessible to the general population in 1989. Since then, the Internet had been inundated with outdated, irrelevant and misleading content. SEO, the new structure and procedures for the web design field is a constantly evolving game. That is why it is so important that web designers and SEO designers utilize the most up-to-date, relevant and legitimate content on the Internet. To keep the site content relevant, there are 4 standard practices that come into play to improve the site and the work of SEO strategies. It is important to take into account the practice, which is more suited to your Web site, and the overall objective of your website.


The first option is to leave the content up as, but users must be able to switch to the new updated content. This practice will help ensure that you do not lose all the traffic to your website, and will not be removed from the search engine results. This is not a permanent fix, outdated content will eventually catch up to you and your users will go else where to find update, relevant content, without having to deal with redirects. Outdated content will drive traffic away from your site and future visitors.
The second option is to 301 the content, which involves redirecting URLs to a page with relevant content that the user might be seeking. This new page must be very precise and relevant to the previous URL content. Do not send a user to a new page that is unrelated to the content they want. Also, keep in mind that some frown on the search engine redirects.

The third option is 404, deleting the content and its page from your server; however this is not a good SEO practice and eventually leads to the search engines penalizing your website. The last thing you want to happen is for users to get a broken link.

The fourth option is to modify the content, which is the best solution for Web design and SEO practices. Modification of the content will improve the design of web sites, and SEO. This option will help in the retention of the classification of pages, and every new page that your link has won without having to waste stale content. First you create a page to stale content to change the direction, then change the current page with new content. This practice is SEO friendly.

Remember that it is important to update, and have relevant content from the perspective of both users and SEO. It shows that the content you give your visitors is important to you and your business.

A.Stewart,
“SEO and Webdesign for Austin Texas”
Designer / Content – Business Communication Solutions-SEO

Monday, November 29, 2010

Basic Website Types


Here are the basic steps in creating a successful web presence on the Internet. First, to develop an understanding of what your site market is, such as selling a product, supplying information etc.

This site may be used for products or services. These sites are created a professional web developer with the e-commerce software, which includes shopping carts and payment processing.

Such sites are used to for personal or business blogs, and share personal photos or business photos.

This type of website will be used for community groups, nonprofit organizations or groups of individuals in a social type or amateur clubs.

This site should be used in educational institutions, businesses related to schools or government agencies to disseminate information of an educational or training.

The site could be used to promote types of entertainment or to provide online entertainment, including games; music downloads, or promotes entertainment events.

This type of website provides information on current events, and local, state or national news. These sites are generally operated by legitimate news organizations.

This type of site is usually operated by a person or group of individuals who want to document their daily lives or thoughts online for the public to read and comment about.

This type of site is generally for large companies and organizations. To create a hybrid website companies generally hirer a professional web designer. A company may use personal web pages to keep your employees interested in the business and encourage teamwork. Can have an organizer page to promote events which your company is affiliated with. Education web page can be created for tutorials or manuals for technical support of goods or services. Companies can have a website to publish their social events entertainment business, office parties or fundraisers. New web pages can be used to spread news about corporate profits, loses, or market share. Or to promote new office locations and coming changes to the business.

A. Stewart,
“SEO and Webdesign for Austin Texas”
Designer / Content – Business Communication Solutions
http://www.bcs-seo.com

Web Site Maintenance, Reasons Behind It!



Web site maintenance is an important condition for maintaining a website created for top level search engines. It is essential that you hire a web development company to keep the site updated in a timely and professional manner. Your business website is your business card for online visitors, with updates on current information; these visitors will become customers and clients. Websites should also be maintained to ensure that cyber-crime (hacks) do not occur. Websites that are not updated with new technologies or the code are likely to be hacked. To ensure that your site is safe, it is recommended that reliable web development company be hired to keep your site free from errors and to keep information up-to date. To find a web development company, search Google, Web-Design SEO Austin.

Web site traffic:
Web traffic is analyzed using the online software, provided by the hosting company or a third party site. The software keeps track of various statistics, the number of visitors, pages searched, and how long visitors view your site. Based on this information, the development team can determine which pages should be amended or updated to ensure that your site is found in search engines, and visitors receive information they need.

Link Validation:
Websites must have valid links. Links that are broken or incorrect, links that lead your visitors to wrong information or send your visitors on a detour to another site not relative to their search gives visitors an impression of your site is not professional.

Revising Content:
The content of your website is required to be updated regularly. Any minor or major change in your business products, services, contact information, etc. should be updated. Just as you update your catalogs, business cards, brochures, fliers and content of your website should be updated at the same time to ensure continuity of your business information.

Optimizing the Images:
If pictures are too large, they will require a long download time. Optimization of images and lower resolution is essential to maintain fast download times, and make sure visitors do not leave your site due to slow download speeds.

Link Popularity:
SEO is the process where you are ranked with search engines, it is important that you create external links to your website. This can be done by creating external web page for free on sites like Google.com. If you hire an SEO web Development Company such as Business Communication Solutions BCS SEO.com developers specializing in SEO will automatically create a links to your website as part of their SEO services.

Basic Objective of Web Maintenance:
The goal is to keep your website updated with new content, images, and security to ensure your site is attractive to visitors. This is done with the knowledge, tools and a professional Web Development Company.

A.Stewart,
“SEO and Webdesign for Austin Texas”
Designer / Content – Business Communication Solutions
http://www.bcs-seo.com

Friday, November 12, 2010

Local Optimization

What is local optimization?
 Local optimization is similar to search engine optimization or SEO, but it is on a local level, focusing on prospects in your surroundings.  Local optimizing can be most beneficial to businesses that are dependant on local traffic or requiring face to face interacting, such as nail salon’s, doctor’s offices and your mom and pop shops.
When optimizing locally focus on local search engine traffic as well as local traffic not associated with search engines. When using Google to search local businesses you will notice the first 7 listings will pop up next to a map locating them on that map. This is Google’s 7 pack, and it is where you want to be.  Next to those listings you can access reviews, links to the businesses website and other information inputted either by Google or the owner (if they claimed their site).  It is best to do a little research to see what else is out there in your area and how they are promoting themselves as well as utilizing those customer reviews and hearing what patrons had to say for themselves, this will help you choose specific tags and titles and business description to associate with posting your local business. Here are some steps to help you with local optimization.

Steps

  1. Claim your business listing. This gives you a little more control in your context and reputation.  Google allows you to do this for Free! Even if you already have a website, this can be another avenue for traffic.
  2. Fill in as much information about your business that will be beneficial to users trying to find your business; such as the category you are associated with, a brief description of the business, hours of operation, a link to your website if you have one and you can even upload photos/video’s and coupons/promotional offers. Other information that pops up in Google places are reviews about your business as well as a map and directions on how to get there.
  3. Encourage customers to write reviews. They can access reviews from Google, yellow pages and a number of other review sites.
  4. Periodically go back and check your business listing in Google places, then you can make necessary tweaks and updates to your business if needed.


Lynn Thomas,
“SEO and Web design for Austin Texas”
Content/Admin – Business Communication Solutions
http://www.bcs-seo.com

Optimizing For Keyword Competition

Reviewing keyword phrases while performing a particular search will help you in determining the different levels of competition. The larger the number of search results returned means that there is more competition out there for that particular keyword phrase search. By performing an exact match search will also help in narrowing down results as well as provide a better idea of which words to choose for association with your site. Getting listed on our free Texas directory at www.freewebsitedirectoryaustin.com will increase the number of times your business comes up for local search inquires.



Lynn Thomas
“SEO and Web Design for Austin
Business Communication Solutions
Content/Admin
http://www.bcs-seo.com