I know that many of you reading are web designers / developers in some shape or form. I also know that more and more clients are integrating WordPress blogs into their web projects (although it’s something I’ve yet to do for a client).
One aspect of the design that I probably would’ve overlooked, had it not [...]
More and more of us are doing business without ever meeting our customers / retailers / service providers face-to-face. There’s one common stumbling block that can hinder any deal, and that’s the issue of trust.
Here are five simple steps that have helped me to build trust online.
No matter what line of business you’re in, it’s vital that you can measure the results of your endeavours. If you spend any amount of time dealing with websites, you’ll understand the importance of statistics, and how they can track progress and provide pointers for improvement.
My good friend and fellow Scottish resident, Chris at Blog-Op, [...]
Your website opens you to a world of contacts you’d never have imagined you’d meet.
Now more than ever, millions of people have access to your online presence, who, whether you like it or not, will immediately judge you upon your website design.
You’ve been visiting in record numbers and my web host hasn’t been able to cope (what’s a web host?). I’m in the process of improving my site’s server capacity so please bear with me and accept my apologies if you’ve received an error message. Here follows useful information about web hosting companies, and the importance of a good one.
In my quest to learn and share the basics of SEO and keyword ranking, I posted a recent article titled: Graphic design Edinburgh and keyword search ranking.
Just 11 days on and I’m delighted to see my website listed on the first page of Google for graphic design edinburgh. Here’s how I did it.
How highly do you rank in search engines?
It can make all the difference if your company or service is on the first page of Google through keyword searching.
If you search on Google for David Airey I’m at the number one spot, but what good is that? No-one’s going to search for my name (except me, [...]
Watch and learn how you can benefit by using RSS subscriptions. This short video tutorial from commoncraft describes how to save yourself time, in words and actions a child could understand.
If you haven’t already, why not subscribe to David Airey for regular updates and discussion on all things creative.
In the spirit of giving back to those who read your blog (the SOAP programme I wrote about earlier) Dawud Miracle of Healthy WebDesign has kindly written quite an in-depth critique of my Creative Design :: website.
Plenty of things for me to think about, which is excellent, and right after I finish designing a couple [...]
The design of your blog can greatly improve reader retention, and here I link to a number of great resources where you can learn valuable blog design tips.