You know that lovely, shiny, cutting edge website you paid someone to build you in 2001? Well by now, it’s probably a bit rubbish. I bet the other websites are calling it names and your poor little has-been of a website cries itself to sleep every night. But there is an answer. Just like your aunty with the moustache who’s let herself go a bit, all your site needs is a bit of a makeover. And so to the subject of this article – website redesign and what to consider before you take that magic wand to your frumpy site and bellow “You will go to the ball!”.

The most popular Content Management Systems give us an unprecedented platform for publishing and organising content online. Today, the likes of Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla have become obvious choices for a CMS within the tech community but at the beginning, many CMS’s were not so SEO friendly. This of course wasn’t a problem, until people realised that search engines were the best and most cost-effective way to promote and publicise one’s website.

Starting your own SEO campaign is a rewarding and worthwhile task, but the process is littered with pitfalls leading many people to fall at the first hurdle. Many of these mistakes are easy to avoid, so with that in mind, here are the top SEO mistakes to steer well clear of.

1. Leaving it too late.

SEO Tips – Twitter’s Top 5

In February 2004, Mark Zuckerberg changed the way we use the internet forever by launching the social networking site that needs no introduction – Facebook. Before Facebook there was no “poking”, no stalking your ‘ex’ to see if they’re seeing someone else, no Farmville, and now look at us! Say whatever you like about the social media giant but ignore it at your peril.

Redesigning your website can be a rewarding process, after all, you know what kind of website your product or service needs better than anyone else, but beware! Web redesign is a minefield, where the unwary can fall into traps and the amateur can look, well, amateur. With this in mind, here are seven things to consider…

1.    Typographical errors

Many a fisherman will tell you of “the one that got away”, that elusive big fish, so unless you want to be telling similar stories of rued chances in relation to your website or blog then I suggest you start using some decent bait, not maggots, but Linkbait.

So you’ve done the hard bit, you’ve got someone to visit your site, but how do you stop him or her from leaving and then, encourage them to keep coming back? Well, here are some ways to engage your visitor…

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We at www.websiteredevelopment.com like to think we know a thing or two about website design and after over a decade in the business here are some of the tips we’ve acquired along the way, with a few pitfalls to look out for too.

Do make sure each page is interesting and has something to offer the customer. Each page should remind them why they are looking at your website and not one of your competitors’.