No question, video is the next big thing for golf websites. But just like adding photos to your site, it has to be done right. I think Seven Canyons is doing a great job. My only suggestion is the video should not start automatically. The photos and video definitely make me want to visit this [...]
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Video on your Golf Website
Posted in Web Design on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Attracting Visitors Part II
Posted in Web Design on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve gone over a few pointers on how to increase your ranking and therefore traffic from search engines. Now I would like to talk about keywords.
When someone types into Google “St. Paul Golf”, those sites that include those keywords will come to the top. And when search engines rank the keywords in your site, they place the most [...]
Golf Course Blogs
Posted in Web Design on April 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve wondered if any club has been using blogs successfully as a way to communicate with their members. Now I think I have the answer as Northland CC has a great blog. Some items just don’t seem like they fit in an email or on your website. One unique and positive aspect of blogs as that people [...]
Attracting Visitors
Posted in Web Design on April 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are many ways to attract visitors to your site but none may be more important than using good SEO (search engine optimization) techniques. Search engines, and Google specifically, will always be your main source of getting new viewers.
We already touched on why you should not use graphics as a way of displaying text. Search [...]
Text on Your Website
Posted in Web Design on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I deal with a new client, one of the biggest discussions (argument?) we have is how to display text. Many people want to display their text as a graphic because it gives them more control over the type of font and various ways to dress it up by using shadows, gradient fills, etc. Hey, [...]
Biggest Mistakes in Websites
Posted in Web Design on March 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are all kinds of great articles about what makes a good website. But I find some of the best at a place called “Web Pages That Suck“.
Look over this list, and I’m sure you’ll find some good info.
Here’s a quick list from their site:
Believing people care about you and your web site.
A man from [...]
Flash on your site
Posted in Web Design on March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have to admit it. I dislike Flash websites. I have the software and know how to use it’s basic functions. But other than fading in/out photos, I can’t find another useful purpose. Now here is a very attractive Flash golf course site that is created entirely with Flash. One major downfall is that it kills [...]
