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Archive for December, 2008

Time Spent On A Website

Friday, December 19th, 2008

How long do you spend looking at a page on a website. For the average user, they will spend less than 40 seconds looking at content on a page. What lesson can you learn from this? Simple, try not to jam your pages with too much text. Pages that have charts, graphs, or images along with some text will be more appealing to your website users. The next time you are at a website, think about the time you spend on each page and relate that to your website.

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Increase Your Website’s Position

Friday, December 19th, 2008

I’ve been working with a client who hasn’t been happy with their position in the search engines. The clients website was not designed by GR Web Designs and did not have any SEO work done on it. After doing a complete redesign and implementing a bunch of SEO techniques their rankings improved.

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Your Business Needs A Website

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

It’s hard to imagine that in the year 2008, that small business owners are still not taking advantage of the Internet. Websites are perhaps the most overlooked form of advertising for small businesses. If you currently or in the past have placed your business information in the Yellow Pages, you need a website!

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