TwoLittleFishes Web design blog

Content first, layout second

Posted in Small business Web sites on 12th April, 2011 | No Comments »

I always ask for at least some of the content before starting work on a Web site. I’m often met with some strange looks.

Many people think that the design of a Web site’s layout comes first and the content just gets dropped into it. To be honest a lot of Web sites do get designed layout first and content second. But that doesn’t mean it’s the right way.

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Headings (SEO basics)

Posted in SEO (Search engine optimisation) on 7th December, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Headings play 2 important roles on your Web site. First they help readers find the content they are looking for. Secondly they help search engines decide what your page is about.

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Page Titles (SEO Basics)

Posted in SEO (Search engine optimisation) on 23rd November, 2010 | Comments Off

A page title tells both readers and search engines what a page is about. To Google the page title plays an important part of how your page is ranked.

Some experts believe that it may be the single most important part of a page to Google (although no one really knows how Google works things out).

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SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Basics

Posted in SEO (Search engine optimisation) on 9th November, 2010 | Comments Off

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is often thought of as a black art. But many of the concepts behind it are actually very simple. This is a quick guide to help you do your own SEO or at least a little information to help you choose who you should pay to do it for you.

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Simple meta description plugin for WordPress

Posted in Apps and Plugins on 28th October, 2010 | Comments Off

This week I’ve been putting together an SEO workshop for a local group of creative businesses. One of the pieces of advice is to add a meta description to pages. I found that by default WordPress does not generate one, so tried to look for a plugin.

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