Posted by Justin in SEOMar 1st, 2010 | 1 Comment
One of the big mysteries of web development is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and an even bigger mystery is how much does it cost. It has become fairly common knowledge for anybody who owns a website now that SEO is essential when gaining traffic that is directly related to your website’s content using targeted keywords or keyphrases. However, it is not common knowledge knowing how much SEO costs.
The cost of SEO can vary depending on the size and stature of the company you are using. It also depends on the nature of the website being optimised and what keyphrases you want to rank for.
There...
Posted by Justin in UncategorizedJan 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
After being a web designer for almost 10 years now I feel I need to give back a useful piece of advice which may help other web designers out there with a problem that comes with the territory of the industry. That problem is knowing what to charge and more importantly knowing how to charge what your worth.
Web design is like any other industry or product and there is one golden rule that applies … you pay for what you get. However there is the problem of inexperienced web designers charging too much for there skills and the unfortunate talented web designers that unknowingly are charging...
Posted by Justin in Business, Central Coast, SEOOct 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
This is a shameless plug, but I would like to tell you about an important service Big Click Studios (My Business) offers on the Central Coast. SEO or Search Engine Optimisation… SEO is a major part of what is referred to as ‘Online Marketing’ and, if used correctly, can be very powerful in marketing your business online.
People on the Central Coast are turning to the web more and more to find business services, whatever they might be. If you have a business on the Central Coast, now is the time get a website and get it ranking through SEO. You may have a website already but, if...
Posted by Justin in Business, Central Coast, web designAug 28th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Like any relationship, a business relationship between a web designer and client need a certain amount of etiquette to survive. Each party needs to be polite, reasonable and tolerant to make the project a success. Some clients can be harder to work with, if they don’t have a clear vision of what they want or are being too pushy with specifications that they don’t fully understand. It’s up to the web designer to interpret the client as best they can and work with them to extract the best possible result. However, the client also has a responsibility to help their designer understand...
Posted by Justin in Justin's Thoughts, productivityApr 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Having a work space that you enjoy working in will have a direct impact on your work output and quality. We know productivity can be affected in many ways. In my opinion, one of the biggest influences on our work and productivity is the space in which we work. Whether your work space is overlooking a beach, a small 3×3 cubical or an ultra modern open plan high-rise, there needs to be one common factor … you need to like it! Enjoying the space where you work doesn’t mean you need to be in fairyland all day. You just need to find your working environment a pleasant and...
Posted by Justin in Central Coast, Justin's Thoughts, web designApr 26th, 2009 | No Comments
The title of this post isn’t really very descriptive but I just wanted to give and overview of Central Coast web design and the quality of work that is being output by the web design companies that are based there. The standard of web design on the Central Coast is higher now that it ever has been. The web design companies who are based on the Central Coast have taken their quality of work to the next level and are growing and improving at a phenomenal rate.
A few years ago Central Coast web design seemed to be behind other areas and the quality just wasn’t as high as the likes...
Posted by Justin in Justin's Thoughts, Sydney, web designMar 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Web Design has been a very popular profession to take up the last 10 years in Sydney. After the internet boom people caught on to the fact that the internet was here to stay and it can be a very lucrative industry. There are more and more web designers in Sydney popping up all of the time and it is getting increasingly harder for companies to find the right Sydney web designer for their project, and for Sydney web designers to find a good web design company to work for.
Web design is a very popular field to study and the courses that teach web design, web development, online media and anything...
Posted by Justin in Internet, Justin's Thoughts, web designMar 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Internet Explorer 6 … The name sends shivers down web designers spines. The question is why do we keep pandering to the needs of an out of date browser that is almost 10 years old! Many people probably don’t know how old IE6 actually is, here is a list of things that IE6 is older than.
Windows XP
Facebook
Myspace
Google Adsense
iPod
Original XBox
Canon Digital SLR Cameras
The War in Iraq
East Timor
The list can go on forever…
Here I have collated some great sites that support the cause to put IE6 out of its misery.
Kill Bill’s Browser
http://crashie.ajaxmasters.com/
A...
Posted by Justin in Sydney, web designJan 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Sydney is the greatest city in the world and rather than right a blog about why it’s the greatest city, I thought I would create a list of 9 Sydney web designs that represent the city of Sydney that tell you what’s on, where to go, where to eat and define Sydney.
1. City of Sydney
This website is has just about everything to know about Sydney from upcoming events to car parking to graffiti removal. Anybody living in Sydney or thinking of visiting the city should have a look at this website.
2. The Sydney Festival
The Sydney Festival is a a day where the city shuts down to...
Posted by Justin in UncategorizedDec 12th, 2008 | No Comments
Anybody who uses the internet in any shape of form knows that Google are the internet gods. They are the masters of web searching, Google Earth, G-Mail, Adwords, AdSence and many other wonderful inventions that have shaped the Web to be what it is today.
There is one very minuscule details that has bugged me for quite some time about the Google search results interface. Being a search engine optimiser and web designer I tend to look further into the search results that most people and also analyse the interface usability of the sites I visit.
When im searching through pages and pages of results...
