Furious Designs Blog

Google Panda Hits UK

2011-05-30T13:55:00.000+01:00

Google Panda Hits UK!
Written by James Vivian.
Copyright © 2011 furiousdesigns.co.uk

Although more commonly known in the USA, Google Panda - Google's new algorithm programme has been moved overseas the UK in order to become more stricter on the websites listed within the UK’s sector of the search engine.

What does this mean?

Google has been scanning web pages listed within their search engine and have pulled off many websites which their new programmes deems unfit for their users - Commonly users of the internet will add "Keywords" to their web pages in order to move higher up the search listings - unfortunately many users abuse this and tend to place hundreds of keywords within their pages which is causing users who search through Google to find irrelevant information relating to their search query. Google's search engine has very specific rules on their web crawlers to search a users content and assess if the page has unique and original information, Google Panda is a further progression of this insisting that websites are more original and not just copies of other websites.

How can Furious Designs help?

Already our SEO teams place only specific information relating to the users business and ensure all the requirements are made in a unique and organic way - i.e: avoiding link farms etc...
If you have any concerns or you have suddenly noticed that your website no longer appears on Google - Call our friendly support team and we can access the situation and help in any way we can to help your business climb the Google ranks in an organic way.
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For more information on Google Panda – follow the link below: http://searchengineland.com/google-rolls-out-its-panda-update-internationally-and-begins-incorporating-searcher-blocking-data-72497

Or alternatively contact us:

T: 07743142629 E: info@furiousdesigns.co.uk

May Day Deals!

2011-04-30T19:12:00.001+01:00

Exciting May Day offers - this weekend only! Contact our friendly support team today for more information. www.furiousdesigns.co.uk

Website Update: Furious Designs Re-Launch

2011-04-06T18:05:00.002+01:00

Furious Designs has officially been re-launched as of 06/04/2011 -

New features include:

New Design Layout
New Color Scheme
New Template Designs
More User Friendly
Modern & Professional Look and Feel
Enhanced Support Service

More updates to come in the next few months!!!

New Templates & Graphics

2011-03-10T16:39:00.002Z

Over the past week we have been busy developing some great new website templates and some very funky new graphic designs to show off our skills to the world.

To view these designs visit our website: http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk or our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Furious-Designs/122961037774436

If you are interested in having a project developed by furious designs please contact:

T: 07743142629
Skype: furious-designs
E: info@furiousdesigns.co.uk

Are employers asking for too many skills?

2011-02-21T17:08:00.001Z

Are employers asking for too many skills?
Written by James Vivian.
Copyright © 2011 furiousdesigns.co.uk

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In a recent survey completed by http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk it appears that over
90% of the current available job advertisements are asking for too many skills for a single applicant.

During the tough times of the global recession it's no wonder that businesses are looking to minimize their outgoing's by merging jobs and making redundancies but is this just a way to ask for more talented individuals for less money than they should be earning? Upon research, it appears that employers are asking anywhere between £12,000 - £20,000 for almost triple the skills, not to mention the required qualifications and "commercial experience".

It certainly seems that many designers are having to have a very broad knowledge of web design -
we looked into the requirements that many employers on recruitment websites such as: Reed, Jobs 24, Jobsite and JobCentre all in which had employers asking for a minimum skill level of: HTML, CSS, ASP.Net Visual Studio 2005/2010, MySql, Windows Server 2003 to the more ambitious, HTML, CSS, ASP.Net Visual Studio 2005/2010, MySql, Windows Server 2003, Adobe CS5 Suite (Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign) and a minimum of 1-3 years commercial experience. It's fair to assume that businesses are asking a lot of web developers for the poor salaries they are currently offering. The skills listed may not appear significant but ask any web designer and they will certainly explain the mountain to climb in order to be this fluent in web development.

We at furious designs believe that there are many talented individuals in web development which currently do many of the skills on either a hobby or freelance basis which under the circumstances find it hard to obtain a position within a business due to lack of "Commercial Experience". The question on every one's mind is: "How to we obtain it?" unfortunately this situation can more commonly be resolved on a "Who you know" basis thus being a very small gap.

Unfortunately this issue will continue until the economy grows again and even then, many companies will continue to take advantage.
Here a just a few helpful tips to get yourself known and help to obtain work.

Study Up.
As we discusses earlier, employers are asking for many skills, more popular web programming skills such as the ever popular ".Net framework" Also due to social networking and blogging increasingly growing, investigate powerful blogging tool; "Word Press".

Get your name out there!
The most common way to become noticed is the "word of mouth" technique. So sign up to popular social networking sites such as "Facebook, Twitter etc" post blogs, get a web based portfolio set up and join
discussion boards - This helps not only get your name out but can increase web traffic to your website!

Sell yourself.
Arguably Curriculum Vitae's (CV) are very complicated to word and can often have the wrong details, employers are often misinterpreting these and getting the wrong idea so ensure you research ways to write your CV, ensure you list only skills you genuinely can do, be honest, thoroughly check spelling (especially if you've stated you have "great attention to detail") as this can commonly be missed by computer spell checks spelling a word in the wrong context. Word your CV carefully selecting words that make you stand out.

James Vivian.
Managing Director,
Furious Designs.co.uk.

NEW!! Online Tutorials & Tips

2011-02-09T21:23:00.000Z

View our comprehensive online tutorials both HTML and video based to help resolve those tricky web and IT issues. Simple and easy to understand step-by-step walkthroughs developed by our helpful support team.

Visit: http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk/helpful_tips_online.html

What Is Search Engine Optimization or “SEO?”

2011-02-03T20:41:00.001Z

A brief insight. Written by James Vivian.
Copyright © 2011 furiousdesigns.co.uk

Search Engine Optimization or “SEO” Involves a range of skilled and basic methods to help improve your website’s page ranking on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Msn etc...
Utilizing “SEO” methods takes time and patience, some more than others – Many web developers spend hours, days and even months optimizing their pages to perform in well in search engines. As many people are not trained professionals in this sector, here is a brief insight into three ways in which web developers increase traffic to their web pages.

for more information visit: http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk/what_is_seo.html

Furious Designs.co.uk.

Facebook "Like" button Validation issues

2011-01-30T13:09:00.000Z

Due to social networking websites being all the rage these days, people are now wanting "Apps" such as Facebook's "Like" button added to their web pages. Only problem is, these plug-ins are not valid within the World Web Consortuim and will cause multiple issues when attempting to validate. So whats the answer? Upon doing some research, Furious Designs uncovered a designer who has developed as solution to Facebook's "Like" button to be completely compliant with todays web standards. How? By adding a simple javascript as apposed to letting the App run from your HTML page thus curing the problem we can now display this App and fully validate it.

Thank you, Justin Norton for this brilliant work around.

Download the solution at:

http://www.jnorton.co.uk/blog/facebook-button-w3c-valid

NEW! Furious Designs Support Forum

2011-01-26T21:48:00.001Z

Stuck on a web project? We CAN help! Our knowlege base covers a wide range of Web & IT related issues. Visit: http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk/phpBB3/index.php

New Features In Process

2011-01-26T16:51:00.002Z

New exciting features are in the works to improve our service to new hights.

Our creative design team have been busy with new products such as "Word Press" - Intergrating blog tools such as Word Press, we will soon be applying these features in our future designs.

For more information contact: info@furiousdesigns.co.uk

More news to follow.

Template Designs For Sale!

2011-01-26T10:44:00.000Z

Template designs now for sale: http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk/portfolio.html contact us now!!! T: 07743142629 E: info@furiousdesigns.co.uk

Furious Designs RSS Feed

2011-01-24T18:41:00.001Z

Official Furious Designs RSS Feed, Subscribe today: http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk/furious_designs_rss_feed.xml

Need Help With IT Or Web Design Issues?

2011-01-24T16:32:00.001Z

Web Support:

Our newest feature, our web support program can be used if you wish to take your creative side to a new level by offering support and help in web design, image creation and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to take care of your web project yourself. We offer everything from basic HTML coding right through to installing your own E-commerce page. Our qualified web programmers all the necessary experience to aid and support your requirements.

Features we offer in our web support package:

* Telephone support - Contact us anytime from 9am-5pm.
* Email support - Talk to one of our support team anytime via email.
* Skype support - Talk to us on Skype for free, either by calling or live messaging.
* New Web support - Message us online with our live chat directly to members of our team.

All services in the web support package operate from 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, further support can be offered by calling members of our team in the after hours or online upon request. Users will get an ID number to quote to our team for support.

Currently avaliable for business: 07743142629, Email: info@furiousdesigns.co.uk

2011-01-21T14:55:00.000Z

New Features In 2011

2011-01-20T15:37:00.000Z

New features coming soon: Online step-by-step tutorials (Including Video's) for various web solutions. Ranging from beginner to advanced. Date to be announced.

Furious Designs V.4 has officially been re-launched! New look, new colours, same great service! visit: http://www.furiousdesigns.co.uk/

2011-01-19T20:23:00.000Z

Welcome to the offical re-launch of Furious Designs.co.uk V.4.0

New features such as:

Brand new professional design.
New business themed colour scheme.
New services such as "Web Support" - users can now chat to us live online for website support.
Enhanced coding - Website has now been further coded to adhear to the web regulations of the World Web Consortium (W3C) thus causing further improvements in our search engine listings.
Newsletters - Providing monthly updates and offers for subscribers.

More exciting features to come so

Professional Web Design Vs Rookie

2011-01-19T12:10:00.000Z

At Furious Designs we pride ourselves on giving our clients the most dynamic designs that the internet offers by strictly ahearing to the regulations of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) regulations. All designs are tested to be 100% compliant with these rules ensuring that our designs preform the best they can on the internet, the most effective result of properly coded webpages is that search engines such as Google and Yahoo can find these pages easier thus improving your listing for keywords. Also to other web design enthusiasts this is a mark of a professional web designer, detailing that alot of thought and care has been provided to design the most effective pages on the web.

Rookie designers who offer "cheap designs" are often inexperienced in the designs of the web will usually charge cheap prices for their work, but give you non effective websites that will preform at no rate with search engines, although that said many professional web companies will charge very expensive prices for designs that will also have been "thrown" together and have had no care or time in the actual coding process.

The point of this article is to educate clients wanting web work created, beware of the rookies and ensure you ask if their designs are 100% compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - This is KEY to a professional Web Designer.

Furious Designs Blog

2011-01-18T21:05:00.000Z

Welcome to the new blog page for Furious Designs.co.uk, here you will find all the latest information from within the company.