Comments on: SEO vs. Design

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:47:37 +0000

“…the content is what will keep visitors coming back, and ultimately doing business with you!” – SO TRUE! As the cliché goes, Simplicity is beauty. The design can be “simply inviting”. And if the content is excellent, then all the more reason for the visitors to stay.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:31:34 +0000

I’d have to agree. Focus on designing great content for your visitors. Everything else is secondary!

By: Elise

Elise — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:50:04 +0000

I’ve taken web design classes at a local college here in Ottawa Ontario and am amazed at the disconnect that still exists when it comes to how designers think (teachers in this school, for example) about websites and their purpose in life.

From my experience, designers are still being told to keep the focus on the visually appealing. Most do not take SEO into consideration…to the point where they may be completely unfamiliar with it. Yes, the fact that this new masterpiece needs to actually been seen by more than themselves and the poor client who hired them!

In my opinion – keep your design simple and focus on good internal navigation. Deliver outstanding content. Learn the fundamentals of SEO and keep on taking action.

By: BLoG kiTa

BLoG kiTa — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:13:31 +0000

hm.. how about my theme? maybe you can check my theme.. need some suggestions :) Thanks!

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:17:48 +0000

I will follow this tips and hope my adsense earnings will improve in the future. I will report back and tell you what happend to them.

By: SEO Houston

SEO Houston — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:23:00 +0000

Your web design should certainly take SEO and SEM into consideration. The design needs to be search engine and user friendly, and have good calls to action. Those calls to action convert visitors to customers. SEO and web design go hand in hand to make a website that works.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:24:07 +0000

Both have their own importance. Ignoring one can harm your site with lower traffic, which doesn’t solve our purpose of having a Business site.

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By: A. Reis Designs

A. Reis Designs — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:20:54 +0000

I definitely think that you do have to strike a balance between good design and content for SEO. Afterall, the way that your page is laid out, and the usability of the site is important, and it must look professional, and trustworthy, especially if it is for your business to make money. I think, though that the point that you are trying to make is that over designing your site, and focusing on the imagery and cool effects is not going to help you with SEO. This point, I agree with, as your content IS the most important thing, and should be presented in a way that is usable, friendly, and not clouded with extraneous code and graphics. When in doubt, go clean and simple. Great post!

By: Marcus Hochstadt

Marcus Hochstadt — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:48:42 +0000

I knew that there exist people who still overemphasize the importance of design… ;-)

By: shawal

shawal — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:46:20 +0000

I think that seo and design walk on the same track….

Both are the same important….. Seo for search engine and design for visitor coming back….(repeat)

By: eBay

eBay — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:38:46 +0000

Sometimes i do click “close” if the site take longer time to upload. And we know that sometimes design may give longer uploading time. But both design and SEO are important. Then i realized that with some modification, good design will not give longer uploading time. We may use .png instead of .jpg for graphic file for example…

By: Louis Liem

Louis Liem — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:55:23 +0000

unfortunately, content isnt the only one anymore. other factors like marketing and design contributes as important as content.
a good design makes it easy to readers to take desired action by the author such as subscribing, reading more content, signing up, etc

By: Sarah :: Copywriting, Grammar and Spelling tips

Sarah :: Copywriting, Grammar and Spelling tips — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:50:06 +0000

Hi, great post!

I think there has to be a happy medium, with a clean design and a lot of quality content a site can go a long way. As a content writer, I am bound to prefer sites with great content, but I like to site to look well designed also.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:49:39 +0000

My commercial site is a landing page and I think has an attractive design. It is a dificult task to promote it though. I have been building backlinks steadily over the last few months though and keep finding new ways to promote it.