FAQ Web Design - London, Portsmouth Tidy Website Design

The intention of this page, is to give you Tidy, clear, advice regarding all matters of 'website design'. The information on this page assumes you know little about websites and the Internet and you are now considering having your own tidy website!

Tidy domain names, what are they? How do I get listed by the Search engines?
Tidy hosting for your website? Search Engines... Do they charge?
Website Search Engines, what are they and what do they do? Tidy Website Rankings?
Tidy Website Graphic Design? Website Html... what is it?

Tidy Domain Names... what are they?

This is the address of your website on the Internet. Each website needs a unique address and this is achieved by checking the available names that are most relevant to your business. For Example if we started a new business offering hotel accommodation we would buy TidyHotel.com or TidyHotels.com. When selecting your domain name ask someone to check the searches per month! The correct domain name can generate more online visibility and business! [Top]

Tidy Hosting for your Website... what is Tidy hosting ?

Hosting is the server that your domain name or website resides on in order for you and other people to view your Tidy Website.

Hosting arrangements, email setup, server backup, is usually handled by a Tidy Web Designer. Often, web designers will recommend their own hosting and unless you have particular needs that require a change to this structure. You will need to take into consideration your hosts reliability. If you have paid good money for a website you need to ensure that you get a reliable host so that your website and email account is up and running 24/7. Also if you are dealing with transactions or personal data you will need to know the server is secure. [Top]

Website Search Engines... what are they and what do they do?

All search engines have the same objective, their purpose is to recognize websites that are submitted to them, analyse them, then store that information in various indexes and databases. That information is then made available to the public when requested by them via search engine searches. Search Engines look at a sites structure, the data, number of backlinks and more then they rank the website... Search engines obtain their information in a number of ways, sites are submitted to the search engines for indexing by a webmaster, they send out small programs called "search bots" or "crawlers" in order to identify and capture website information. Some search engines even collect this information from other larger search engines! [Top]

Search Engines, how do I get listed by them?

This is the job of a web master that understands Search Engine Optimisation they should discussed all issues relating to your website with you and advise you of all your options. It is generally accepted that submissions should be made monthly and that these are best made on a manual basis, that means not using software programs to submit in bulk. Generally, your web designer will suggest options in respect of search engine submissions and marketing. [Top]

Website Search Engines... Do they charge?

Some do and some don't... Google Adwords being the biggest name in the game! With AdWords cost-per-click pricing, it's easy to control costs—and you only pay when people click on your ad. Learn more If you're an AdWords advertiser, Google Advertising Professional, or just interested in learning more about AdWords, you can use the free training to sharpen your AdWords knowledge. Google offers both multimedia and text lessons to match your preferred learning style. [Top]

Tidy Website Rankings?

If you've read anything about online marketing or Search Engine Optimization, you must have come across the term "backlink"! For those of you new to Tidy or new to SEO, you may be wondering what a backlink is, and why “backlinks” are so important. Backlinks have become an important factor in Search Engine Optimization; they have become the main building block in getting your site to number one. When search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN calculate the relevance of a site to a keyword, they consider the number of QUALITY inbound links to that site. So we should not be satisfied with merely getting inbound links, it is the quality of the inbound link that matters. Building quality backlinks is extremely important to SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and because of their importance, it is very high on our priority list in our SEO efforts. We hope you have a better understanding of why you need good quality inbound links to your site, we have listed on the right some useful links to help you gain better online visibility. [Top]

Tidy Website Graphics, Photos, Flash Animations, Images, jpegs and Tidy gifs?

Anything you see on a web page that is not text will be an image of some sort. Images are commonly used for logos, buttons on navigation bars, navigation bars themselves, arrows, icons etc. Jpegs, is pronounced "jaypegs" this stands for "Joint Photographic Experts Group", hence the abbreviation and Gif, pronounced "jif" stands for "Graphics Interchange Format". Advanced flash technology can promote and grab attention whilst search engine friendly backend code will get your site climbing the rankings! We offer eye catching and informative websites for every budget. [Top]

Website Html... what is it?

Html, abbreviated down from "Hypertext Markup Language" is a relatively easy language to implement. Html is a document-layout and hyperlink-specification language. It has two main Tidy functions. First it to tell your browser what to display, such as images, where to put them on the page, text, the font and color to be used, the size of font, where to put the text on the page etc. Secondly it defines the instructions of certain elements within the page (Backend Coding) that is not normally shown by the internet browser. [Top]