Aye, if and when I get off of my lazy ass I am planning on a slight change to the layout of I.Viddy. Nothing major as I really dig this current theme and do not have the time to do a complete redesign of the site. Or maybe I’ll just sit down at the table above, have several drinks and then procrastinate. It’s still a few months away from summer so I’m entitled.
So this morning I finally got it. I had been hearing the moans and groans coming from people regarding the new Facebook redesign. Today it was my turn to experience the new look of Facebook and just like so many others, I do not like it. I get it, somebody over at Facebook decided that it was time to freshen things up but I just don’t get it. This new look does not really inspire me and it certainly does not make Facebook any easier for me to use.
And then I found myself running and running and I didn’t know why I was running and I was too frightened to look over my shoulder to see if I was being chased so I just kept on running and running. I must have been running for miles because eventually I came to a cliff that was overlooking the ocean. And on the edge of the cliff was this old wooden shack and there was smoke rising from the chimney. So I had to turn around and keep running and running. After a short while I then found myself standing in line at Costco and I couldn’t figure out how I ended up in this line. It was a long line and everyone in front of me was using coupons so I panicked but I didn’t start running again. This time I decided to order a quad espresso from Starbucks and then I came home and wrote this post.
Looking back on this, I can’t even be certain that I was actually running. It may have all taken place inside of my head but I’m kind of tired right now so I don’t want to dwell on the past.
Ok, I was kidding. You are hosed. That burning feeling, it’s the stupid. If you’re in luck then you can cancel your web hosting account and get your money back. If not, then you are really fucked. Seriously. You must have known that it was too good to be true. How can designing a website be easy when you don’t even know what HTML stands for. I hate to break it to you but the only way you are going to have a decent looking website is to pay someone to design it for you. Reality bites.
Let’s be real. Before you even consider trying to build your own website maybe you should start with something easy like learning the difference between the address bar and the search bar in your browser. And that is another thing. Do you even know what a browser is? Exactly. I cannot stress this enough, you DO NOT WANT TO DESIGN YOUR OWN WEBSITE! It will only bring you misery. And, by some stroke of pure luck, you do manage to put together a few, very poorly designed web pages the next thing you will experience is the agonizing reality that you’ll never turn up in any of the search engines. Listen to me folks, I am an expert. You do not want this much misery in your life.
If I can persuade even one person to not design their own website then I feel that I have helped make one life better.
Day 73 (Google and SEO)
Well I dinged myself when I should have known better. Google does not like the fact that I have been use the phrase “A Post A Day” in each of my recent post a day posts. As I said, this little slip should have been apparent to me but I chose visuals over good SEO practices. So for now I am dropping the words “A Post A Day” from my post titles to see if that appeases the SEO gods. In general it has been interesting to see how the content of each post has helped rank the pages within the Google search engine.
People, if there is one thing that you have to remember is that it is crucial for you to always provide good, relevant content on your sites. Keywords alone are not going to do it for you. If you aren’t a natural writer then look online for tutorials that help teach you how to write content. It is not as difficult as you think and only requires a little bit of work and dedication on your part.
To help get your started I am going to direct you to the following sites which will help you understand search engine optimization and web content writing:
Website Content Writing Tips
Search Engine Optimization
Enjoy!