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Design related FAQ [frequently asked questions]
and information;
What
types of payments do you accept? We accept PayPal,
E-Gold, IntGold and all major credit cards, checks, e-checks
and money orders. NOTE - with an e-check or personal check payment,
we will have to wait until check clears to begin your project [usually
1-2 days].
We
DO NOT accept Stormpay for any of our services!
I
don't have PayPal, E-Gold or IntGold, can I use my
credit card? YES!, Even if you do not have PayPal,
E-Gold or IntGold, you can still purchase from us with a major
credit card. Use the
PayPal option [you do not need a PayPal account] you can still use
your credit card, and there is no fee. Credit cards accepted are
as follows; Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
I
want to pay with an e-check thru PayPal, is this ok? YES!, we
do except E-Checks thru PayPal, however - there is a time period
[usually 3 day] for your e-check to clear. We will contact you after
your purchase to let you know we received your e-check, then we will
send you the proper submit forms to submit your banner or website
URL information to us after your e-check has cleared. Many of our
customers have used e-checks before, feel free to use this payment
method if you prefer.
Does
my site’s design
really matter? Yes, site design can be a determining factor in
whether your sell site will make money
or not. I cannot stress this enough. Any successful website always
begins with a pro design, that's a fact!
What’s a design
theme? A design theme is a general feel and color scheme for any
website, usually there may be cetain main images
which appear on every page, sometimes in the header or logo, usually
the intro page, main site, banners and all adverts are the same design
theme.
How
can you make all these designs so inexpensive? We can make a
static banner in about 20 minutes for any customer in the highest
quality possible. We use these low priced banner orders of 9.95 and
so on to keep our designers busy and to show our new customers how
fast and professional our service really is. Sure - we are not getting
rich making banners and designs at these rates, but we do design
full time, and we are doing what we love, and we have had hundreds
of satisfied banner and design logo etc, clients who have come back
to us time and time again to build them an entire website, it all
works out in the end. Because of our low rates and fast professional
service we have been able to successfully remain in business for
over 10 years now. We are trying to fill the gap inbetween the ultra
high priced designers which nobody can afford, and the other option
- no design or poor design, which we consider totally unacceptable.
I
want something designed, but I dont see any examples of it on
your website, what should I do? Contact customer service, we can
do almost any type of design or script work, and if we cannot, we
will point you to somewhone who can!
How Web Design Can Affect Search Engine Rankings
By John Metzler
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
only a few pages to your site and your competitors have dozens, it's
difficult to see a top page ranking for your site. In some cases
it may be difficult to present several pages of information about
your business or products, so you may need to think about adding
frëe resources for visitors. It will help in broadening the
scope of your web site (which search engines like) as well as keep
visitors on your site longer, possibly resulting in more sales.
2. Graphics-Based Web Sites. While web sites that offer the visitor
a more esthetically-pleasing experience may seem like the best
choice for someone searching for your product, they are the most
difficult to optimize. Since search engine robots cannot read text
within graphics or animation, what they see may be just a small
amount of text. And if we learned anything from point #-1, small
amounts of content will not result in top rankings. If you really
must offer the visitor a graphics-heavy or Flash web site, consider
creating an html-based side of your site that is also available
to visitors. This site will be much easier to promote on the search
engines and your new found visitors will also have the option to
jump over to the nicer looking part of your site.
3. Dynamic Web Pages. If most of your web site is generated by a
large database (such as a large book dealer with inventory that
is changing by the minute) you may find that some of your pages
do not get indexed by major search engines. If you look at the
URL of these pages they can be extremely long and have characters
such as ?, #, &, %, or = along with huge amounts of seemingly
random numbers or letters. Since these pages are automatically
generated by the database as needed, the search engines have a
tough time keeping them up to date and relevant for search engine
users. One way to combat this problem is to offer a search engine
friendly site map listing all your static pages just to let them
know that you do have permanent content on your site. If search
engines see links going to and from these dynamic pages within
a good internal linking system, this may also lead to the pages
getting indexed. The link popularity of your site may carry more
weïght in this case as well, so if you can't offer as much
static content as your competition, make sure you have an aggressive
link campaign on the go.
4. Proper Use of Html. There is quite a bit of sub-par web design
software out there. Word processors usually have a way to create
html documents which can be easily uploaded to a site via ftp.
However, in many cases the code that the search engine robots see
is mostly lines and lines of font and position formatting, not
relevant content. The more efficiently written web sites usually
achieve higher rankings. Our choice for web design software is
Macromedia Dreamweaver, as it is an industry standard. It also
makes using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) a breeze, which can drastically
cut down on the amount of text formatting in html code. Hand-coding
html to design sites is also a good method if you are proficient
enough. There are some no brainers too: Web sites with abnormal
amounts of hyperlinks, bold or italicized text, improper use of
heading, alt, or comment tags can also expect to see low rankings.
5. Choosing a Domain Name. The golden rule to web development of
any kind is to keep your visitors in mind above all else - even
search engine optimization. When choosing a domain name, one should
pick either your business name (if you have a high-profile business
name such as Chapters or Coca-Cola) or a brief description of your
products. Domain names can always help with search engine optimization,
since it is another area of your web site in which important keywords
can appear. Forget about long-winded domains such as www.number-one-best-books-on-earth.com.
No one will ever remember it and it will be hard to print on business
cards or in ads. If you need to change your domain name for any
reason you obviously don't want to losë existing rankings.
An easy way to do this, and one that is currently supported by
most search engines, is the 301 redirect. It allows you to keep
your existing rankings for your old domain name, while forwarding
visitors to your new web site instantly.
6. Using Frames. Don't use frames. Frames are a thing of the 90's
(and in the Internet world that is eons ago) and are not even supported
by some search engines. The search engines that are able to index
your site through frames will most likely frown upon them. Whatever
you are trying to accomplish by using frames can usually be done
with the help of PHP includes or CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
Some browsers are not frames-compatible, so there is the danger
of some visitors not being able to see your site at all. Bookmarking
of individual pages within a frame becomes difficult without lengthly
scripts being written.
7. Update Your Information. Not only does information printed two
or three years ago reflect badly on your organization when it is
read by a visitor, it is also looked down upon by search engines.
Web sites that continuously update and grow their web sites usually
experience higher rankings than stagnant sites. When the trick
to SEO is offering visitors the most relevant information, you
can bet that the age of web pages is taken into consideration by
search engines. Consider creating a section of your site devoted
to news within your organization, or have a constantly updated
resources area. Many shortfalls of web sites can easily be attributed
to designers who just don't keep the user or search engines in
mind. Search engine algorithms are quickly improving to try and
list the most user-friendly sites higher, given that the content
and link popularity are there to back it up. So first and foremost,
know your target market and make your web site work for them before
focusing on search engine optimization. If you build it (properly),
they will come.
Question still not answered? Contact support?
Click the [contact] button listed above in the navigation bar, from
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links for all departments, and even customer service MSN Messenger
contact information, so you can chat with support in real time in
an instant window. We are here to help, and we'd like to make it
as easy as possible for you to contact us
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