Activity 13 –Designing Sites to Attract Users
Looking at your assigment web site
- Take 5 mins to discuss the website you are planning to create for assignment 2 with the person next to you.
- Can you successfully describe it in a few words?
- What was your neighbour’s reaction to your idea
- add a comment to the blog post "A first look at Assignment 2" to report on this.
Optimising for a search engine
- Write down approximately 4 keywords or phrases that best describe your idea
- Enter the keywords into 2 search engines of your choice
What is the TOP result on page 1 of each of the search engines:
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What is the top result on Page 10 in each of the search engines:
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- Why do you think some of the sites were ranked more highly than others?
- Look closely at the design of the 4 sites you found above.
Are there things you can learn about how they look?
Part 3
- Discuss your findings with your neighbour, did they find similar things?
Report your findings by commenting on the blog post " Optimising web sites for search engines"