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ECOMMERCE WEB SITE DESIGN TIP 1 – Watch out for your designer’s promises

One thing ecommerce experts tell you is that it is possible to bring your online store to the first page of Google’s search engine results in a few months. But it is also common sense to think that although this could be done, it takes great hurdles. The design company’s reputation is put at stake if this goal is not reached. In choosing companies that offer ecommerce web site design, you should be realistic.

SEO plays an important role in the marketing and promotion of your online store. An ecommerce web site design company may offer impressive concepts for your store, but may not know a jot about making it search engine friendly. Design and content go hand in hand, so if the design company cannot fulfill this criterion, hop on somewhere else.

If you however, find an ecommerce web site design company that may not offer SEO services but know how to construct your store in such a way that it is easily crawled by the search engine spiders, then their services may be handy. It would also be advisable to seek the help of other ecommerce store owners for design companies they can personally recommend.

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3 Comments on “ECOMMERCE WEB SITE DESIGN TIP 1 – Watch out for your designer’s promises”

  1. Web Site Marketing » ECOMMERCE WEB SITE DESIGN TIP 1 - Watch out for your designer’s … Says:

    October 28, 2007 at 10:16 am

    [...] powermerchant wrote an interesting post today on ECOMMERCE WEB SITE DESIGN TIP 1 – Watch out for your designer’s …Here’s a quick excerptSEO plays an important role in the marketing and promotion of your online store. An ecommerce web site design company may offer impressive concepts for your store, but may not know a jot about making it search engine friendly. … [...]

  2. freshlogics Says:

    November 16, 2007 at 3:50 pm

    I do agree with powermerchant. Really seo plays a great rol in the promotion of your ecommerce website. It would be better to consult with an seo company if you are planning to have an ecommerce website from the begning as the design of the site matters very much to the search engines.

    Search engine optimized site can give your business a dramatic progress.

  3. Shopping Cart Guy Says:

    December 31, 2007 at 4:11 pm

    Good post. It’s a lot easier to seo a site from the gate, so to speak, than to try to force seo on an existing site. Getting a design company which will build in the seo from the beginning is a wise move.


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