Tidy Design are seeking a new Web Developer (ideally with a good knowledge of PHP) to join our highly talented, friendly team, based in Old Portsmouth.

Are you seeking to use your design and programming skills within a varied and exciting working environment? We offer a huge variety and scope of work, giving you a real chance to develop your career.

We are proud of our expansive client portfolio and keen to offer a great opportunity to the right candidate.

We are looking for applicants with knowledge and skills in the following areas: PHP, CSS, HTML, Javascript, Photoshop and open source CMS systems such as WordPress.

If this is you – and you have a genuine passion for web design and web application development, we would love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and cover letter to rosie@tidydesign.com

Recently there has been a move away from traditional anchor text based links towards social signals, linkage and a clear focus on relevance and associations key to earning successful links. Here at Tidy Design, we firmly believe in creating great content that offers real value to users – and using this as a basis for earning links.

The importance of connecting interested customers with your business is what good marketing is all about. Links have their use as a medium to gain visibility online, but the bigger picture remains that of building awareness – getting people talking about what you do and the products and services your company has to offer.

Recently, the introduction of semantic search engine developments have led to changes in the way in which existing keyword strategies are employed in SEO work.

Semantics changes the way that search engines work, enabling Google to map associations between content to deliver more effective results to users. Key to this process of course is creating understanding around the type of content that the user intends searching for on your site.

Creating an association between why a user is searching for content and the information they are seeking enables Google to improve search engine results, offering suitable offers and guides alongside these.

The importance of clean data cannot be overestimated. The Penguin algorithm was introduced to help clear up spam links to aid clarity.

Search engines effectively reward those working in alignment with the new system, so relevance becomes increasingly important when it comes to creating good search results. Understanding of this factor enables you to market to your advantage.

In computing and comparing the relevance of different links in relation to the likeliness that they will be clicked on, font size, position and colour are all taken into account, in addition to the co-occurrence of words and phrases.

To enable Google to understand the meaning of words, it will look at pages that mention the same phrase to view what else is mentioned and build up word associations in context to assign authority to links as relevant.

Utilising Social Media such as Twitter can be a great way to reach people with your blog posts and fresh content, enabling you to specifically reach a certain target audience.

Kerry McPhail

Here at Tidy Design we are delighted to welcome back all web developer students returning to study at the University of Portsmouth.

In line with our exciting new plans for expansion, we have recently moved into larger office premises in Old Portsmouth. What’s more, we are now actively seeking new web developers.

If you have a genuine passion for web design and web application development we want to hear from you!

Our expansive client portfolio offers a great opportunity to develop your skills within a highly talented and enthusiastic team. Using your design skills within our ever-growing client base, you will find the variety and scope of the work hugely enjoyable, offering a real opportunity to develop your career.

We are looking for students with photoshop skills, knowledge of PHP, CSS, HTML and Javascript, plus an understanding of CMS systems.

So if that’s you – and you would like to earn some extra money in return for working a day or two per week, please contact us today.

Please send your CV to rosie@tidydesign.com.

Lots has been going on at Tidy Design in recent months, so much so we are re-structuring and re-thinking our business model, looking to improve and expand on the services we offer! This is just a quick post to introduce a couple of new faces:

Firstly we have Alan Hollis. Alan is no stranger to Tidy Design, building us a bespoke commission free booking system, which subsequently gathered the attention of hotels worldwide.

Alan is a huge fan of travelling and has recently returned from an 8-month trip around the world, encompassing countries such as China, Singapore, Australia and Vietnam.

We are delighted to announce Alan’s return and look forward to enjoying his innovative creative input into our Tidy Design business.

I would now like to present the wonderful Kerry McPhail. Kerry is a highly talented SEO writer and published author based in Southsea, Portsmouth.

Passionate about creative writing, marketing and social media, Kerry is looking forward to helping our Tidy clients enjoy greater visibility online via her SEO content writing service.

Kerry adores books, playing guitar, art and all things creative; we feel she will fit in well.

That’s it for now Tidy Blog readers, more news to follow as we work our way through a number of new web design and SEO projects… Keep the espressos coming!

After a weekend of thinking, “Mammamia! I have sooo much to do next week!” it is now Monday morning and time to act! So… Are you a web developer based in Portsmouth, Hampshire looking for P/T work with the possibility of a F/T web developer job?

Tidy Design is a small family run business with lots of amazing clients on our books… We aim to look after new / existing clients as best as possible by delivering a quality service day in day out, as primarily a service based business this relies on ‘available time’ and the overall quality of work / ideas we produce.

So to conclude; I am looking for a web developer in the Portsmouth area with a good understanding of PHP, MySQL, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Java script, and some knowledge of Photoshop to join our team! You will need to think on your feet, deliver quality results and help in the overall development of our business and brand.

If the above sounds of interest then please send your CV and a cover letter telling us how you would benefit Tidy Design? Also, any links to past web design / programming work would be awesome!

With this to-do off my list, lets move onto the next!… Have a great day!

Hello Tidy Blog readers, just a quick post to say a BIG “thank you” to all our amazing clients, old and new! Many thanks for your recommendations, website updates, graphic design, logo designs and SEO work in recent months.

The first quarter of 2012 has been pretty manic for Tidy Design and we are very fortunate to be witnessing growth as a business during tough economic times… That said, its not been easy! Sadly Ben Holland AKA Slidorion.com, a very talented coder who had been with us for 6 months recently moved on to pastures new, not the best news, but hats off to him! Ben has done some truly awesome work and he will be missed… However, we will keep in touch.

All in all the Tidy team has put in some serious man-hours this quarter, going to extreme lengths to deliver quality SEO results and meet website deadlines… On Ben’s last day we didn’t clock off until 8pm (sorry about that Ben!), it was all hands on deck that evening launching X15 new websites! Yes, I did just say X15!

Jordan and Jason have also been working very hard, helping us with several new projects, SEO campaigns and assisting in client updates / support. It has been interesting to say the least, adapting to parenthood (occasional sleep deprivation) and making sure the day to day running of Tidy Design goes smoothly.

The crazy thing about being self-employed or being in business is this; when you are busy (I mean crazy busy, working seven day weeks) you want it to be quieter, but as soon as it’s quiet you panic and want it to be busy again! After a record-breaking quarter, I am now in a “want it to be quieter” frame of mind for April 2012, however I’m sure this will change after Easter!

And on that note its espresso o’clock and back to work for me… This week we have a couple of new websites to design plus a handful of updates to-do! Many thanks for stopping by the Tidy Blog and please visit again soon.

Yesterday my wife and I interviewed for the P/T coder job vacancy at Tidy Design, we have had lots of CV’s over the months however finding time to filter out the good from the bad, pencil in interview dates and take time away from our busy work schedule is difficult!

So, forwards and upwards as they say! Next month Jordan will become the latest member of Tidy Design, a new chapter will be starting, and we have high hopes for him within our business… May this be the start of something great!

Lets face it… With so much on one person’s plate, certain things may get missed, overlooked or take longer than they should… I am a strong believer in working clever as well as working hard, and if like me you are working crazy hours then maybe now is the time to step back and assess how best to move forwards.

Tidy Design is fortunate being pretty busy during tough economic times; we are also very lucky to have such great supportive clients… It is therefore down to us to keep delivering competitive quotes, build on new and existing business relationships and making sure Tidy Design keeps on growing!

I am very excited for the future and I believe upcoming changes to Tidy Design will benefit both our clients and us… Watch this space!