Design Coding

The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) is back with another marketing rap.

This time he describes how web standards and proper design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on your site.

Lyrics

Your site design is the first thing people seeit should be reflective of you and the industryeasy to look at with a nice navigationwhen you can't find what you want it causes
frustrationa clear Call to action to increase the temptationuse appealing graphics they create motivationif you have animationuse with moderationcause search engines can't index
the informationdisplay the logos of all your associationshighlight your contact info that's an obligationcreate a clean design you can use some decorationbut to try to prevent any client
hesitationevery page that they click should provide and explanationshould be easy to understand like having a conversationwhen you design the style go ahead and use your imagination but make sure you use correct color combinationsdo some investigation, look at other organizationsbut don't duplicate or you might face a litigationdesign done, congratulations but it's time to start constructionfollow these instructions when you move into productionyour photoshop functions then slice that designdo your layout with divs make sure that it's alignedplease don't use tables even though they work finewhen it come to indexing they give searches a hard timemake it easy for the spiders to crawl what you provideremove font type, font color and font sizeno background colors, keep your coding real neat, tag your look and feel on a separate style sheetbetter results with xml and cssnow you making progress, a lil closer to successdescribe your doctype so the browser can relatemake sure you do it great or it won't validatecheck in all browsers, I do it directlygotta make sure that it renders correctlysome use IE, some others use Flocksome use AOL, I use Firefoxtitle everything including links and imagesdon't use italics, use emphasisdon't use bold, please use strongif you use bold that's old and wrongwhen you use CSS, you page will load quickerclient satisfied like they eating on a snickerthey stuck on your page like you made it with a stickerand then they convert now that's the real kickermake you a lil richer, your site a lil slickerdesign and code right man I hope you get the picturewhat I'm telling you is true man it should be a scriptureif it's built right you'll be the pick of the littereveryone will want to follow you like twittercompetition will get bitter and you'll shine like glitterif you trying to grow your company will get biggerdesign and code right man can you get with it...

The Best Laptops Under $1000

The Best Laptops Under $1000
These budget laptops--from the big-brands you know--will let you get the job done, without breaking the bank.

1. Designer Looks: HP Pavilion dv2660se



The $900 HP Pavilion dv2660se offers strictly middling performance, but its exceptional battery life and a great design make it our winning laptop under $1000. The notebook's WorldBench 6 score of 67 is significantly lower than the high-eighties marks of some portables with the latest mobile chips, but it's not bad for a budget machine. Though the 14.1-inch, 1280-by-800-pixel screen could be a tad brighter, it's easy enough to read. Nice extras include a bundled copy of Microsoft Works 8.5, and the ability to play a CD or DVD without first launching Windows. The dv2660se also has upgrade potential thanks to a side connection (one that all Pavilion laptops have) for HP's xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base.

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Photograph: Robert Cardin
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2. Got Game: Acer Aspire 5920-6954



Except for business applications, which it lacks, the $999, 7.2-pound Aspire 5920-6954 has just about everything that price-conscious home-office buyers could ask for. It includes a 250GB hard drive and both an HDMI port and an HD DVD reader. It also has a subwoofer for better-than-average sound and a handy volume wheel. The terrific keyboard boasts loads of useful shortcut buttons, including one to play music or movies without first launching Windows. This is also the only sub-$1000 laptop here with a dedicated graphics chip: an nVidia GeForce 8600M GS with 256MB of memory. The Aspire posted a solid WorldBench 6 score of 70 (the second best in this group), and its battery life was average at 3.8 hours.

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Photograph: Robert Cardin
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3. Built to Order: Dell Inspiron 1525



Like the excellent HP Pavilion dv2600se, this $999, 15.4-inch Dell has lots of entertainment features: an instant-on button, a Webcam, and even dual headphone jacks. The 1525's Media­Direct button also lets you view your calendar, contacts, and PowerPoint presentations--without booting into Windows. Our test model paired 2GB of memory and a 2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7250 CPU to produce a WorldBench 6 score of 78; that's 17 percent faster than the average score of 65 posted by the five models in this slide show. With the battery upgraded from the standard four-cell to a six-cell ($15 extra), our unit lasted just over 4 hours on a charge. Though you get only basic integrated graphics, the Inspiron 1525 does include an HDMI connection for HDTVs. And an important difference between this and most other inexpensive laptops: You can customize it down to the smallest detail--even the lid color--before finally clicking the 'Buy Now' button.

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Photograph: Robert Cardin
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4. Lightweight Contender: Fujitsu LifeBook S7211



This svelte $899 Windows Vista Business laptop has only two significant drawbacks: so-so speed, and an inability to burn DVDs. The S7211 notched a WorldBench 6 score of 56, putting it 14 percent behind the average of 65 earned by the five sub-$1000 laptops we tested. Aside from a minor glare problem, the 14.1-inch, 1280-by-800-resolution screen is crisp and readable. We quickly acclimated to the petite keyboard, which features Fujitsu's dual-purpose Security Application Panel (numbered buttons for shortcut keys or a password). The S7211 weighs 5.2 pounds with a CD writer/DVD reader installed in its modular bay. Swap this optical drive out for a battery instead ($120 extra), and Fujitsu says you can get about 6.5 hours of operation. Our review unit lasted an average 3.8 hours with a single battery.

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5. Sweet Sound: Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-EZ2201



The basic $699 Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-EZ2201 is the lowest-priced laptop of our sub-$1000 group, and it's also rather slow, with short battery life too. If pinching pennies is paramount, however, this 15.4-inch, Windows Vista Basic notebook can get mainstream work done without too much fuss. The only model here using an AMD processor, and only one of two to include just 1GB of RAM, the Satellite Pro A210-EZ2201 achieved a WorldBench 6 score of just 54. The sub-$1000 laptop average was 19 percent faster. Performance aside, this black-and-silver unit has some nice features for a $699 notebook, including a DVD writer, a FireWire port, and an ExpressCard/54 slot. It even has two surprises. One is an empty bay inside for adding a second hard drive. (A single 80GB hard drive comes standard.) The other is great sound--this plain little laptop belts out music like Ugly Betty channeling Celine Dion.

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Photograph: Robert Cardin

Thanks to my friend Praks for getting me this useful info. :)

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