Archive for August, 2009

Is your Website POSH?

August 28th, 2009

Deepblue Head Programmer Matthew Prothero here to ask you: Is your Website POSH?

But first: what is POSH?

The acronym POSH was coined on 6 April 2007 on the microformats IRC channel, by <kwijibo> as a shorthand abbreviation for plain-old-semantic-html. Read more about this on the microformats.org Wiki.

So, Plain Old Semantic HTML. But what does that actually mean?

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Is your website legal?

August 20th, 2009

OK, so you’ve got your website, all shiny and new, off ‘that guy you know’. It’s not quite up to standards, and anyone not using IE can’t use, but you don’t mind, because you got mates’ rates. Perfectly fine, because you saved a lot instead of going to a professional agency, right?

WRONG!

That site you just got off your mate may have been cheap, but that’s because it is most likely breaking the law and could wind up costing you a hefty sum in fines.

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Up town Top Ranking

August 18th, 2009

With Search Engine Optimisation now becoming so important we thought we would give you a few basic pointers on SEO that you may want to have a look at yourself or get your SEO company or Deepblue to have a look at. These are the very basics and we would advise seeking professional advice before fiddling with your website code.

If it seems a little daunting, then why not take advantage of our FREE SEO REPORT. Deepblue will take a no obligation look at your site and advise on what could be done to help you gain more sales and move up the rankings. Request a report at www.deepblue-digital.co.uk or ring Emma on 0113 237 0555

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Web Design Leeds from Deepblue digital

August 11th, 2009

Deepblue-digital one of the leading web design and web marketing companies in Leeds, Deepblue-digital specialize in web design, web content, managed websites, e-commerce and search engine optimisation.

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5 Minute Marketing tips #3

August 6th, 2009

Building a Client Database

Marketing is the lifeblood of your continued client renewal, your clients are the lifeblood of your business.
Marketing can cover a multitude of exercises from word-of-mouth to complex TV campaigns and events. You should continue to market your business when times are good and especially when times are tough.

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Google Sandbox

August 5th, 2009

We have been optimising a site for a number of weeks now and comparing it to other sites we have done the best job we can to little effect. We can only surmise from this the mythical Google Sandbox effect.