Look Sharp Designs

KISS Your SEO

Bill Gentry — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:56:57 PDT

This is an updated version of the article we wrote many years ago, but we think is still relevant. We don't think search engine optimization needs to be complicated. We just think you need to Keep It Simple, Silly!

Template: Green Abstract

Bill Gentry — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:49:00 PDT

Features: Colors: shardes of green and grey; Columns: 2, sidebar on the left; Theme: abstract; Platforms: Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, DotNetNuke and HTML

Background: Camouflage

Bill Gentry — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:46:42 PDT

A simple repeating camouflage background for one of our client's websites.

Palm Pre Theme: Monster Energy Redux

Bill Gentry — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:18:06 PDT

Features: Modified stock icons; A few modified third party application icons; Several applications themed, including the phone dialer, messaging bubbles and calculator.; Custom Backgrounds and Wallpapers; Custom boot logo/screen

Logo: Search Engine Workshops

Bill Gentry — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:56:08 PDT

Features: Photos - we used photos taken at live Search Engine Workshop events; Target - search engine optimization is about targeting customers, so we used crosshairs to emphasize targeting; Colors - used the same blue that is used throughout the site to provide cohesiveness; Typeface - we didn't want to block the photos or minimize their impact, so we used an open typeface

Website Design: Bill Can Grill

Bill Gentry — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:13:37 PDT

Features: Custom Wordpress Theme - we call it 3D Color Splash.; Custom Logo - we used one small piece of clipart and an interesting typeface (font).; Custom php Functions - we created a small custom php function that controls the random box border colors.; Custom Graphics - we created the custom pictures of recipes used in the top horizontal box to highlight recipes randomly.; Search Engine Optimization - we used our proprietary method for finding niche keyword phrases that have low or virtually no competition in Google.