1904 Redwood Avenue  Wyomissing, PA 19610
Tel.: (610) 334-7463    Fax: (610) 670-2549
Email: info@njnconsulting.com

Combining expertise in business and technology
   to grow your business

Custom Business Software
Web Site Development
Search Engine Optimization
Internet Sales and Marketing
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommended Software
Recommended References
Recommended Resources
About Us
    Search This Site
    Site Map
    What's New 
 

Web Design by NJN Consulting
Copyright © 2006 NJN Consulting
All Rights Reserved

Search Engine Optimization of Existing Web Pages

Search Engine Optimization should be considered when the web site is designed. But most companies design and publish their web site and only then consider search engine optimization. The extent of modifications required for search engine optimization depends upon the design of the existing web site and the web ranking of your competitions' web sites.

This is also an area where most controversy arises. The web designers have done their utmost to design a beautiful site. But many beautiful web sites are totally composed of graphics with no readable text. You can tell if the text is readable if you can highlight and copy it. If you cannot highlight the text the search engines cannot read it. If they cannot read it they cannot index the content. If they cannot read the navigation they cannot crawl the rest of your web site.

Adding readable text may detract from the artistic presentation of the web site. And this is where significant resistance is often met from web site designers.

Somewhere content has to be added to the web pages that the search engines can read. This may or may not mean that some of the aesthetic appeal of the site needs to be sacrificed for the sake of search engine visibility. If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it does it make a noise? Is a web site beautiful if no one sees it?

A web site can be both artistic and search engine friendly. This is another challenge for search engine optimization.
Back