Comments on: Functionality before Optimization - Web site Hierarchy of Needs http://www.libertyinteractivemarketing.com/blog/functionality-before-optimization-web-site-hierarchy-of-needs/ Internet Marketing and SEO in Phoenix, AZ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Liberty Tsighis, Liberty Interactive Marketing http://www.libertyinteractivemarketing.com/blog/functionality-before-optimization-web-site-hierarchy-of-needs/#comment-5 Liberty Tsighis, Liberty Interactive Marketing Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.libertyinteractivemarketing.com/blog/?p=18#comment-5 Tony, great point. I totally agree with you. However, my point was really to make sure you've got the basic foundation in place and that it is stable before doing any type of marketing. If site visitors come to the site and are not able to find what they are looking for, are frustrated by broken links and redundacy that is a problem. And yes, usabiliyt goes completely goes hand-in-hand with SEO. Build a an easy to use and easy to navigate site and you will be in good hands both from a search engine perspective and a visitor perspective. Tony, great point. I totally agree with you. However, my point was really to make sure you’ve got the basic foundation in place and that it is stable before doing any type of marketing. If site visitors come to the site and are not able to find what they are looking for, are frustrated by broken links and redundacy that is a problem. And yes, usabiliyt goes completely goes hand-in-hand with SEO. Build a an easy to use and easy to navigate site and you will be in good hands both from a search engine perspective and a visitor perspective.

]]> By: Tbone http://www.libertyinteractivemarketing.com/blog/functionality-before-optimization-web-site-hierarchy-of-needs/#comment-4 Tbone Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.libertyinteractivemarketing.com/blog/?p=18#comment-4 I would argue that all these things are part of optimizing your Web site. SEO in it's purest form is just making a Web site easy to navigate and figure out what it's about.<br/><br/>That's why easy to follow navigation, keyword rich internal links and good titles are all SEO best practices. Same goes for using an HTML site map. It's just another way to make things easy to find for SEs or visitors.<br/><br/>SEO and usability go hand in hand. I would argue that all these things are part of optimizing your Web site. SEO in it’s purest form is just making a Web site easy to navigate and figure out what it’s about.

That’s why easy to follow navigation, keyword rich internal links and good titles are all SEO best practices. Same goes for using an HTML site map. It’s just another way to make things easy to find for SEs or visitors.

SEO and usability go hand in hand.

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