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#2049: 6 SEO Tips to Follow During a Website Re-Design & Re-Launch

Posted: April 15, 2010 // Author: Jacob Stoops // 347 views // View Comments

If not done correctly, redesigning & relaunching a website can be like taking a wrecking ball to your Search Engine Optimization efforts.

This article comes on the heels of a few website redesigns and relaunches that the SEO team and I have had to work through over here at People To My Site. People (namely me) and companies are always redesigning their websites, and while some really do it right there is always the potential for it to get really screwed up from an SEO perspective — which happens more than I care to admit.

Don’t get me wrong, when you’re doing a redesign think users and aesthetics first and foremost. A pretty design makes people go “Ooooh” and “Ahhhh”.…

#1399: Using CSS Image Replacement for Non Web-Safe Fonts

Posted: October 8, 2009 // Author: Jacob Stoops // 473 views // View Comments

CSS Image Replacement can be a great way to utilize non web-safe fonts in your designs, while not hurting your SEO.

If you’re a designer, you’ve run into the issue of web-safe fonts in your designs before. If you’re not a designer, then you might be wonder just what IS a web-safe font?

Web-safe fonts are those fonts likely to be present on a wide range of computer systems, and are used by web content authors to increase the chance that content will be displayed in their chosen font. If a visitor to a website does not have the specified font, their browser will select an alternative — in the case of dingbat typefaces the alternative is unlikely to have similar…

#267: Web Design with SEO in Mind

Posted: March 11, 2009 // Author: Jacob Stoops // 134 views // View Comments

When designing a site, always keep SEO in mind. What's the point in designing something pretty if nobody finds it?!?

I’ve seen it a million times. A beautifully designed website will come across my desk, but the current or prospective client complains, “Why isn’t my site being found in the search engines?”

I’m here to tell you that good design doesn’t necessarily mean good SEO. In fact, most designers and programmers don’t have the slightest clue where to being when it comes to search engine optimization.

Since I double as an SEO Analyst and Web Designer, I’m going to give you some tips for designing a search-friendly website.

1. The Design First, SEO Second Stigma

One of the biggest issues…

#77: JQuery Scrolling Effect for Designers

Posted: February 3, 2009 // Author: Jacob Stoops // 8,573 views // View Comments

Utilize JQuery to create an awesome scrolling effect on your website's pages.

Want to learn how to do a cool JQuery Scrolling Effect on your site? It’s actually very easy to do! You can thank my good friend Eric Leslie at On Scene Media & Marketing for requesting this JQuery Scrolling Effect Tutorial.

JQuery is an awesome yet easy coding language and there are many other cool things you can do with it. I will try to show you how to implement the JQuery Scrolling Effect on your site in 5 easy steps…

You can see an example of JQuery Scrolling in action on…

#57: Integrating Twitter for WordPress Into Your Design

Posted: January 29, 2009 // Author: Jacob Stoops // 225 views // View Comments

Integrate the 'Twitter for Wordpress' plugin into your Wordpress website's design.

Now I will show you have to integrate the Twitter for WordPress plugin by Ricardo González into your WordPress blog’s design. This plugin will enabled you to display your latest Twitter Tweets anywhere on your WordPress blog.

First download the Twitter for WordPress Plugin, install it in wp-content › plugins, then go activate it in the WordPress plugins admin area.

Now, decide where you are going to place it. I will leave it up to you where to place yours, but I decided to put mine right in the site’s header.…