SEOBook toolkit of SEO tools. The following is a brief overview of the tools that make up the kit explaining how they can help you reach higher search engine rankings

The Hubfinder allows you to pinpoint the top competitors for any given keyword and also other websites performing well in that particular market. Once the potential recipients for backlinks are identified you can start building links manually. The Hubfinder is backed by Keyword Suggestion Tool. Even though not directly related to link building this tool offers indispensable data for identifying opportunities in the niche your targeting.

Keyword Suggestion Tool pulls data from multiple sources (Word Tracker, Google, Yahoo and Bid Prices) so that you make best decisions in terms of  keyword targeting. As all respectable keyword research tools this one also offers related search terms, and related search results. Once you have your answers the data can be exported in a .csv file.

SEO for Firefox is a Firefox plugin that provides a detailed report for every webpage you’re considering getting a link on. Activating the plugin you are exposed to the following data:

• web page PageRank;
• site age;
• total number of backlinks;
• pretty accurate estimates of the toal number of .edu and .gov sites linking to the webpage;
• bookmarking history on delicious.com;
• total number of blogs referring the page;
• Alexa ranking value;
• the number of webpages Google has indexed for that site;
• number of pages listed in DMOZ directory and if is or not listed in Yahoo directory;
• number of subscribers (for blogs);
• feature for searching the site in Whois.com database

Rank Checker – used with Firefox only. This awesome tool enables you to monitor how a particular web page is ranking for the given keywords. Used in conjunction with the keyword suggestion tool you can obtain valuable information about how you rank for other money keywords in your niche.

Yahoo! Site Explorer tool is mainly used to search for backlinks pointing to a specific webpage or domain name. Its usage can be extended to searching for specific linking opportunities on .edu, .gov sites for your targeted keywords. To know where your competition is getting their backlinks, simply type in “link:http://www.yourcompetitorsitename.com”. This will expose your competitor’s backlink portfolio.  A good example of narrowing your search is this query “yourkeyword -.info -.gov .com”. This will find you relevant sites with .com extension but NOT .info or .org.  Yahoo! Site Explorer is a versatile tool that must be present in any SEO arsenal, all the more so since it’s free.

Bad Neighborhood Tool. This is the tool of choice for those that want a 100% clean backlink portfolio. Webmasters are often tempted to populate their links in all web corners without differentiating the good associations from the bad. In order to avoid getting involved with link farms and other dodgy sites before requesting a backlink, submitting a site to a directory or blog commenting, run that prospective link source through bad-neighborhood tool.

SoloSEO Link Search Tool. Webmaster are well aware of how difficult is to find quality backlink sources. What this tool does is make your job less complicated. All you need to do is type in your keyword, press the Go button and bang!, Link search tool will give you a huge pile of candidates condensed in a 4-section repertoire – Add/Submit, Directories, Blogs and Forums, and Advanced. Take for example the keyword “hypnosis”. The Add/Submit section will give a partial list of websites the allow you to suggest/add your “hypnosis”-related URL. The Directories and Blogs and Forums do what they imply – deliver “hypnosis”-related blogs, forums and directories that support categories for this search term.

The Advanced sections lists the following search strings:

• “allintitle” returns webpages with the keyword in the title.
• “allinanchor” returns sites with the keyword in anchor text.
• “allinurl” returns  with the keyword in URL.
• “allintext” returns  webpages containing the  keyword in the content.

Even though the tool absolves you from the manual labor of querying Google with tens of search strings, you must however weed through tons of junk results espeacilly when you are using keyword phrases. It’s better to stick with one-word keywords; if you happen to target long-tail keywords use, if possible, related single keywords.

Committed webmaster will find great use with these 7 link scouting tools . Even though automation at this off-site optimization stage can save you a great deal of time and manual work researching for backlinks sources, it’s advisable that exploiting the data and building the actual links to be done entirely by hand.

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The profession and job of web designing is extremely interesting. Every day, is a new day for a web designer. Because, while all others do the same old job, the job of a web designer is creative and he or she learns something new every day. For instance, if you have designed a coffee mug today the next day you may have to design a jewelry box or a flower vase or an animated cartoon. Therefore, the elasticity and strength of web designing profession is too prospective and too good for the young aspirants.

For those who are already settled in web designing can have great fun by recruiting young web designing assistants who would be working enthusiastically with their boss. Therefore, web designing is a creative work and the level of stress and anxiety is very less and there is more joy and fun all the time, as you work smartly and dynamically.

It is true that web designing requires  lot of time to do the designs but this does not mean that quality words cannot be produced in a short time. But this again depends on what kind of web design software you are using to design your works.

It is important for you to have latest web design software to catch up with the interests of the clients and to get updated with the current trends of the market in web design.  Basically you need to have passion about web designing. If you are doing the client’s work with dedication and interest, your web designs will get marketed very quickly and you will have good earnings.

Whether you are beginner or a professional web designer, you must keep an update from the market about web design and most importantly take time to visit web sites which did lot of good work in designing their web sites. This will also help you to develop such web sites and will also guide you to produce outstanding works in web designing.

Therefore web design products, free web design downloads, market news, skills required and management of clients are very important at all levels to prosper in web design business. It does not matter whether you are starting in a small way or big way. It all matters how you take care of your clients and what kind of quality work your are delivering to them.

Good endeavor towards quality work is very important and for this, you must understand the requirements of your customer. Because if a customer wants a bird holding paper in its beak as web design you cannot design just a bird holding pen. It is very important to understand the needs of client and ask once or twice and confirm about web design.

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There are right and wrong ways of using links in web design. Using them the right way ensures easy navigation with no surprises or confusion. Using them the wrong way will annoy your audience and at worst send them away. A website is all about keeping visitors engaged while they are with you. Attracting them in the first place is a whole other science. Putting as few barriers between them and your products is the best way to convert visitors into customers.

On the internet it is automatically assumed that anything underlined is a link. If you underline things and they aren’t links, you could be creating confusion for your audience. If text needs emphasizing use italics or bold or even a different color. When linking to something it is much safer to stick to convention and make them blue and underlined. This is what the audience expects, so it pays to give it to them. Almost all websites use this method, trying something new or different is only going to confuse people. While design is all about pushing boundaries and limits, there are certain things you don’t mess with. Links are one of them.

It always helps if you explain to the reader what you are linking to. Spend at least a sentence or two explaining where the link will send them, and maybe why. Depending on the site, and the context it may not always be appropriate, but always try to tell the visitor where you are sending them. After all, they may not want to go. Use descriptive link text too, it adds to the information provided to the reader. Don’t be tempted to just say “link” or “here”, that’s just plain lazy.

For example: “Check out our special offers, hot sellers and new products”

as opposed to; “Check out our special offers here, hot sellers here and new products here.”

As you can see in this rather crude example, the first one reads much better than the second. Most readers merely scan the page rather than read every single word. Using non descriptive words interrupts the flow of the page and forces the reader to re-read the sentence to understand what’s going on.

When using internal links within a site, don’t have them open in a new window. Even with the advent of tabbed browsing, that still annoys a visitor. Not everyone is as web savvy as us, or can handle as many tabs as we can. Navigation buttons work well, allow the visitor to use them.

Use a separate window or tab for external links at all times because it allows for the user to quickly come back to your site. The external site is separate, so it’s fine to link to that in a new window.

Linking is what makes the internet work. It is the reason that minutes on the web can turn into hours as we travel seemingly randomly following links across the world. It works because there are rules, and for the most part those rules are obeyed. Ensure any designs you produce follow these rules, and allow your visitors to enjoy the web as much as we do.

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The good news is you can contact a graphic design group and ask them what they suggest. Chances are, it’ll turn in to a very successful agreement where they’ll develop the site for you. However, what they’ll be able to do is help you figure out which colors are best. For example, do you want blues and greys or do you want reds and blacks? Or, do you want to mix a little bit of brown and green to give it that slight outdoors look to it? If you’re not a designer, it can be really difficult and intimidating to deal with all these questions.

Here are a few rules to keep in mind when you’re dealing with colors. They’re not always the rules, but nine times out of ten, they’re a safe bet and a good way of determining what is and what isn’t. Here they are:

If you’re going to use a dark background, such as a dark blue, dark grey, or a dark black, you need to have a color that offsets it well. Don’t use yellow because yellow contrasts too much with most colors. Try a white, cream, or light grey to be used for the wording.
• The more color on a site, the brighter it appears, the better. However, that doesn’t mean have a rainbow on the site. What it means is that you need to make the site brighter. Lighter colors with a darker text is better because it appears “happier.”
• With the understanding of a site looking happier…Blues are easier on the eyes than reds. When someone sees something red, naturally, it’s a stimulant. Blues are more of a depressant. This doesn’t mean that looking at a blue site will make the reader depressed. It doesn’t trigger some sort of a mental discomfort like a red might.

These are just three of the many rules out there about coloring. Do you use a light grey or a dark grey? Do you use blue or green? There are so many questions that you can ask, it can definitely lead to an overload. Your best bet is to sit down with a designer and explain what your needs are. They’ll be able to suggest what colors to use and how to make the site look the best possible. So, call your designer.

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A good business website will always be open.  You can sell or promote your products while you’re out relaxing, or doing something else.  You can sell while asleep or trying to land a marlin, it doesn’t matter how you spend your time, just that you are open to trade.

Even if you don’t want to do e-commerce and sell things over the internet, a good web presence is invaluable for promoting you or your business.  If nobody sees you, you may as well not be there.  That’s why it’s so important to get your website just right.  Think of it as a virtual store.  You open your real store or office and make sure it’s clean and inviting for visitors.  Make sure they can see what they need or can get to it easily, then find their way to the till.  A website should be thought of in exactly the same way.

If you don’t already have a website then RT Design group can help make this all a reality, and for much less than you would imagine.  A quick call or email to the studio and we can arrange for a free, no obligation quote where we can discuss your needs and what we can do to meet them.

The RT Design Group Lehigh web design team can either design something from scratch, integrate your own ideas, use your existing site or all of the above!

Here are some of the things we can do for you;

• Custom Web Designs
• Site Redesigns/Updates
• Splash screens
• Graphic Design
• Logos and Branding
• Wordpress and Drupal Theme creation
• Animations
• And much more!

Every day that visitors click through your site rather than linger and order, you lose money.  Nobody in business wants that.  Let your local web design team help you appeal to both local and a global audience and help you start making more money, now!

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In the coming weeks we will be making lots of posts on here for you, some will be technical stuff telling you what we’re doing and how we’re doing it. Other stuff will be more like a personal post, kind of like this one is. Stay tuned for more!

And of course we offer free quotes, don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.

Happy holidays!

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If you need professional web design services or help marketing your business, contact us and get a free quote.

You can also stop by our Bonita Web Design company if you get a minute.

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Perhaps we will try it out when the design is done and see if it works.

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