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Web Design Series: Fixed Width Vs Liquid Layouts

Posted on: Friday, March 14th, 2008 in: Internet Marketing, SEO, Website Design

As every experienced web designer should know, there are two types of layout that you can choose from when designing web pages. One is the fixed width layout and the other is the liquid layout.

The fixed width layout sets the width of the web page at a specific value, no matter how wide the viewer’s internet browser window is, whereas liquid layouts adjust their width depending on the width of the visitor’s browser window.

The choice between these two layouts is not always an easy one and we will explore in depth the factors that will influence your final decision.

Web Design Guide to Building Better Links

Posted on: Friday, March 14th, 2008 in: Internet Marketing, SEO, Website Design

The importance of links in a web page should be obvious to any designer, whether experienced or not.

Your clients will undoubtedly request that links be placed in the sites you create for them and your web design company will ensure that you do so.

Designers must not forget that the overall content of a site is not limited to the text, but includes images, links and all the other relevant components of a properly designed web page.

In Web Design Links Reinforce Scannability

Online visitors to a site are almost always drawn first to images.

Does Your Small Business Need a Website?

Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008 in: Online Business, Website Design

If you want to maximize the growth of your company, the answer to this question is YES! We are now living in a new age and large numbers of consumers gravitate to the Internet for information about everything from building a log cabin or finding the best local salon to get their hair colored at, to looking up the menu of the restaurant down the street .

For years, consumers relied on the yellow pages to find local businesses. Today’s consumer goes to an Internet search engine, types in what they are looking for, and receives back a list of companies vying for their business. In today’s world, not having a website is like not being listed in the telephone book. A website provides added visibility and credibility among consumers.

Online Marketing Works, But Our Web Sites Don’t?

Posted on: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in: CMS, Website Design, Website Marketing

By Bob Rose

The Internet is the world’s biggest marketplace, allowing both buyers and sellers unprecedented access, flexibility and capability to scale the business of buying and selling. Not surprisingly, the amount of money being spent in online business initiatives is consistently registering greater heights.

A joint report by The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shows that Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. continued upward-totaling $16.9 billion in 2006-exceeding spending in 2005 by 35%! eMarketer predicts that this number will go up to $29.4 billion by 2010. These astronomical figures highlight increasing significance of Internet and its ability to help firms progressively generate more revenues.