Your Website-Important Elements To Remember

Your Website-Important Elements To Remember


Usually when you read an article about "building a website" you see pointers like: make sure you emphasize, keywords in your title and your content, and definitely no keyword spamming. But usually, most articles skim over the elements of: 1) load speed; 2) sitemaps, and navigation. Why?

Usually, the writer assumes that it's no big deal, because everyone should know that they have to have these elements for users to get to their website's content.

Or, if you are new to building a website, load speed, sitemaps and your navigation is usually not at the top of your "to do list". I know, it wasn't at the top of mine! I knew I needed the navigation, but I definitely didn't have a clue about sitemaps, or if I could even tackle a sitemap. And, load speed meant nothing to me. But these elements are important.

The search engines are your entrance to the Internet, and they (the search engines) use your sitemap and navigation to better categorize your information on the web. And load time, Google is just beginning to sprinkle that feature into your algorithm, just to give users a better experience on your site.

With that being said, I have summarized my thoughts in the following article about these three elements, and how they work hand-in-hand at giving all a "user-friendly" experience.

Building a Website-Is It User-Friendly
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Your History and the Search Engines

Your History and the Search Engines
By Vickie J. Scanlon

You create a history with search engines, through your Domain and Website. What do I mean?


Website-Trust Me

If you are a new site, you are asking the search engines to trust you on blind faith. It’s like having a complete stranger come up to you with a plea that you give him/her $100 with the payback option of –“Trust Me, I’ll pay you back”; Would you believe him? I wouldn’t. Translated, you cannot develop trust within a moment’s time-and that is true with a website.

Your website, if it has been around for a while, will have a history. This is what you want. Why? Because with a history-the search engines gain a greater degree of trust, thus, helping with quicker indexing of your pages.


How To Build Trust

If you are a new site, you will need to gain trust. How?
You need a history for both your domain/web pages. And history is gained through time by:
1. Building Quality Web Pages
2. Your Back Links
3. Your Traffic


Sitemap and Trust

But there is another important factor that is needed to improve the indexing of your web pages. It’s called a sitemap. It’s not just the visual sitemap, but also the site map that is used specifically for and by the search engines.

The sitemap helps the search engine to identify you, your website, and the content on your site. If they understand your site, you will have better placement in the search engines.

To conclude, history is important to the search engines, your website’s future, and your bottom line. Work on your website history, and your website future will improve.
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