Building Findable Websites

Building Findable Websites

This book offers web designers and developers actionable solutions that will drive traffic to their web sites. It is written from a development perspective, rather than from the marketing approach of many SEO books. The book provides a contemporary look at how web sites can be built with Search Engine Optimization coding strategies, Microformats, Web Standards, following Accessibility guidelines, and leveraging third party APIs all in an effort to drive traffic. The solutions presented are practical and essential for all web design and development professionals.

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Aarron Walter is a faculty member in the Interactive Media Design department at The Art Institute of Atlanta, teaching courses on a variety of topics including Findability, Dynamic Web Applications, and User-Centered Interface Design. When not teaching, Aarron also runs a one man design/development consultancy in Athens, GA, and writes articles for online publications such as SitePoint.com and DMXZone.com. He blogs, builds and shares things at http://aarronwalter.com

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introducing Findability
Chapter 2 Markup Strategies
Chapter 3 Server-Side Strategies
Chapter 4 Creating Content that Drives Traffic
Chapter 5 Building a Findable Blog
Chapter 6 Adding Search to Your Site
Chapter 7 Preventing Findability Roadblocks
Chapter 8 Bring Traffic Back With a Mailing List Chapter 9 Putting Findability Into Practice Index