Practicing what I preach
August 20, 2007 on 12:39 pm
Filed Under:SEO, Web
I’m on several popular SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) forums, and on several my signature is something along the lines of, “Optimising for Search Engine’s is only the first part, you’ve got to have a site People like too.”
Like most people I know, I am famous for giving fantastic advice while following very little of it myself.
It’s the same pitfall just about any web design firm runs into, in that they are so busy making everyone else’s sites look great, they forget about theirs. I’m well into optimising this site for Search Engine Ranking Pages (SERPs) but have fallen a bit short on making it a quality place for those referrals to go.
Well, I’m waving the white flag on this design, and am enlisting the aid of the hardcore professional designers. Contact me if you’re interested and we’ll talk turkey.
I’m thinking I should continue focusing my energies on what I am best at, optimising a site. Though that can actually include design, or at least design advice, it is also writing, writing, writing.
Oh, and off-site optimisation is important too, as I have just noticed that I have helped propel a pseudo-partner/competitor to #1 in Google for a highly sought-after phrase.