Comments on: When Web Design Gets Dangerous

By: web design manchester

web design manchester — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:17:23 +0000

Web design is pretty a complicated thing to do. It is not dangerous, but it needs to be done with great care and considering some aspects. SEO work and webdesign must go hand in hand. This is why, i personally recommend people to be more attentive what webdesign services they use.

By: Creare Web Designers

Creare Web Designers — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:56:19 +0000

In our business we’ve always tried to communicate to clients that their is essentially two important processes to having a presence online. One being a high quality website, and two, ensuring people can find it and that it actually brings in business - which of course we offer Search Engine Optimization services for.

It’s all too true though, not only are a lot of clients naive, but the design businesses are also.

By: SeoNext

SeoNext — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:31:52 +0000

Really a nice post and all the points you have taken are valid.I am totally agree to see more real-world stuff on SEO blogs.Nice information .

By: Adam Audette

Adam Audette — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:43:00 +0000

Indeed John, great points and definitely the ‘meat’ of the matter here. I’m a little scared of publishing too much (sensitive to parties involved), but I agree would be great to see more real-world stuff on SEO blogs generally. I’ll keep that in mind myself.

By: john andrews

john andrews — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:46:34 +0000

Hi Adam. Any chance you can get to the management level on this and learn what went down when schedules and budgets were crunched? That’d be interesting….

When faced with “website ready on time, or ready as per SEO plans” which one should be selected? Why?

After a project advances with some aspects tabled, who returns to those tabled issues? Was a priority ever acknowledged? In other words, was risk ever managed?

I find much of the online SEO advice lacking when it comes to real-world practicalities. I always fall back into risk management mode when working on projects. It seems to be a common thread all of the (often competing) parties can understand. It might be enlightening to learn what really happened here when someone had to make decisions..although it might not be wise to study a client project in public to that level of detail(!)

By: Leanne

Leanne — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:02:14 +0000

Our client base is different but we find ourselves in similar situations all the time. Someone gets their site re-designed and then they come to us for SEO and there’s a lot of work to be done - A lot that could have been avoided if only they had included someone with SEO knowledge right from the beginning.

By: Adam Audette

Adam Audette — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Thanks Arif. If I’m being honest, I’d say there’s a lot of arrogance in this equation. Which sort of creates or motivates their ignorance of SEO.

Thanks for the link — good points in that post.

By: Arif Gangji

Arif Gangji — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:24:22 +0000

Nicely done … it’s the agencies that are open to admitting that they don’t know it all that will evolve and grow. Do you think it’s arrogance or ignorance? I mean I have seen where it’s strictly budget, but keeping those inbound links alive seems like something you should find room for in the budget!

Hopefully, it’s ok to share, but I had a similar post about an agency we ran into that was solely pushing PPC to a client:

Pros and Cons of Pay Per Click