Abalone Designs - A Canadian SEO Company
From their changing headers, all pics that were personally taken by individuals at Abalone Designs, to their offer of Free Web site Analysis, Abalone Designs is a different kind of company. In an effort to thwart corruption and scams, Courtney Heard started Abalone Designs in 2001, and the offer of free website analysis is her personal effort to give honest and professional advice on web development. Abalone’s services focus on web design and search engine optimization (SEO), but there are also free SEO articles and tools available for everyone to take advantage of.
From a recent SEO blog post:
SEO: Focus, Focus; Not Hocus, Pocus
The most important aspect of any web site in any industry, anywhere in the world is user friendliness. There is no straying from this. Your web site can be optimized for the most competitive keyword in the world, it can rank number one across the board and you can even have your URL flashed across the posing torso of America’s Next Top Model on CNN and it will do absolutely nothing whatsoever for your business if your web site is not user-friendly.
Visitors need to come to your site and know immediately what it is about. You have literally just a few seconds to capture their attention. If they don’t see what they are looking for, quickly, they will leave.
Some tips to help you make sure your web site visitors stick around and understand what your web site is all about are as follows:
As I’ve mentioned before, there is no clear cut solution for increasing traffic to your site or your search engine ranking. Whether you simply take advantage of the tools and tips provided by Courtney Heard and the rest of the team at Abalone Designs or you call on them for their professional help, Abalone Designs is a great (Canadian) resource for your SEO needs.