Semantics Markup Web Design
Posted by Steve Tucker on 22/03/2009 under Web Design, XHTML & CSS and Semantics & Standards. Currently 4 comments.
If you are in the internet business community you have probably heard of SEO for web design, but have you heard of semantics markup web design? Basically, semantic markup is the programming your website so that the code used actually seems a bit like English rather than computer code. Using this kind of coding makes it easier for search engines to pick up a website’s content and analyze it for SEO components and of course then sending the site to a specific website’s landing page or pages. Semantics markup web design is another important component of web design that is friendly to the search engine sites.
Semantics markup web design should be utilized when developing a website as it will help out your website at the top of search engine ranking as well as make your site easier for web surfers to find. Semantic coding is good to have and really is a standard in website design. You should talk to your web design professional about how semantic markup web design can help your website get recognized by the search engines. You need every advantage you can get to draw traffic to your website and making sure your website uses semantic markup is very very important. Old school coding isn’t just confusing to regular people it’s also confusing to the search engines!
If you have an old website you may want to consider upgrading it to conform to semantics markup web design and take advantage of what semantic markup has to offer in terms of better recognition by the search sites and the traffic that will ultimately be sent to your site. This kind of upgrade could greatly help your old site get some fresh new traffic and be successful beyond its current position. Semantics markup web design can be the difference between success and failure.
Chances are if you are developing a new website you are already employing semantic markup web design and that’s great. It is an important part of your websites architecture and will continue to be on into the future. You will be happy your website employs semantic markup when it comes time to upgrade or change SEO components as they evolve. It is always best to do something right from the very start and using semantic markup web design makes good sound sense for your new or old website. Success can be had with semantics.
Comments
- On 24/03/2009 at 8:51am GMT, Brandy Heins said: Every good HTML structure firmly relies on logic, order, and usage of semantically correct markup. Correct html design elements provide meaning to the content, making them semantically sound. Moreover a semantically correct website is an advantage making it much flexible to implement SEO strategies on that website.
- On 27/03/2009 at 7:13am GMT, Expertlogic said: Hey Steve ……. I have a question….There is some design issue in one of my clients website. I know what it is, but i am not being able to figure out from where to troubleshoot. I can view this website with all its content in IE, but it’s not visible in Firefox 3.0 version. All links are visible but the content of the website does show up. I have tried other browsers too like safari, chrome etc. Still the same…no content all blank. I understand my website is not compatible for these browsers but how do I convince my client that this can affect the SEO traffic and response of the customers towards that site....can you help?
- On 27/03/2009 at 7:37am GMT, David Webb said: Well Experlogic!....... I think you better ask your designer to make sure your website is cross-browser tested. I don’t know the reason why but some designers still do not take Firefox seriously. Even if you don’t have time make sure that your website's look and feel is consistent at least on Internet Explorer, Fire Fox and Safari. If a site looks fine on IE and Safari, you can be sure it would look good on most of the other modern age browsers as the technology behind most of these is same.
- On 20/04/2009 at 7:05am GMT, Genena said: Writing clean html is not just good for your Web Pages to get indexed by search crawlers, but also because it means more people can read your site. Cleaner and more compatible your HTML code is, the wider range of web browsers it will work with. This will facilitate especially the users with screen readers and those using mobile devices such as cell phones.
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