When designing your website you need to ensure that it is user friendly, easy to manage and unique. You want a site that will grab people’s attention as well as be effective. To make it easier when creating your website here are just a few simple, but important web design tips.

Although when thinking about web design many people don’t think about the URL, it can be a very useful tip. This is because you want a URL that is easy for your clients and potential clients to remember. You also want to use keywords that are relevant to your website so that search engines can find it more easily, which in turn can boost your rankings on search engines and bring you more clients. Not only is this relevant in the URL but also on the main page and subsequent pages you may create as well. Read the rest of this entry »

kithappens focuses on equipping our clients to take advantage of the online tools available to them and making this as easy and cost effective as possible. This is why all website we develop include content management systems as standard. Read the rest of this entry »

In order to help local businesses to get the best out of their websites we are now offering a FREE Website Review Service.

This service analyses various aspects of a website including design, navigation, use of content/images to search engine optimisation. We provide a full report along with recommendations to improve the website where necessary to maximise its potential. Read the rest of this entry »

There are so many websites out there that have not been optimised for search engines at all, the question is should web designers optimise websites for search engines as part of the overall solution?

Well it’s perhaps a little unfair to criticise web designers for not doing SEO as standard since it is an entirely different skill set, however my opinion is that to be in the web design market these days in order to add value to clients some basic knowledge of SEO is essential. Read the rest of this entry »