Month: January 2011

25 Best Web Design Practices – How to Make Your Website Stand Out From the Crowd

You might have a complete business model and the perfect plan. But business can’t run without a website. However, designing a website can be a Herculean task!

Here are some of the best web design practices that can make your website unique from all the others. Make sure to keep it subtle, witty and captivating at the same time for the visitors.

25 Best Web Design Practices:

1. First and foremost make sure your website displays properly on the popular versions of IE(7+), Firefox(3+), Opera(9+), Safari(Mac and Windows) to provide tousle free access.

2. Navigation links should be clearly and consistently labeled. Make use of navigation aids such as site map, skip navigation link etc.

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20 Ways to Promote Your Website Online and Double Your Traffic in a Week!

You might have the right business model and effective business plan but we know running a business without a website has become impossible now. You might have the best website with perfect content, design and template but it is of no use if people don’t know about it and does not get you the business.

Some Simple Tricks to Promote Your Website:

1. Submit Articles to Key Directories
This will definitely improve your ranking and get you more visitors. Remember a directory is not a search engine, but it’s a listing of websites which are sorted according to different categories. So consider it mandatory to add your website in best free Open Directory Project like Dmoz. Yahoo! Directory is another good option.

2. Write and Submit Articles
You can increase your site visibility by submitting your niche articles to editors as free content. Just include a backlink to your website and list your offers. This can get loads of visitors to your website. But remember spamming is a big NO NO!

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