Web Design Best Practices for SEO
I have written this document to help reduce the amount of issues we have recently come across. It is important to address issues like load time, cross browser compatibility, and other technical design issues.
The following Best Practices have been developed in order for us to maintain our reputation for producing quality web sites, and reduce technical problems. Please follow them and contact me if you have any questions.
You can no longer assume that every web visitor is using the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. In fact, you cant even assume that someone is using IE at all. Consider all of the various versions of browsers in use, and the fact that more and more people are turning to Firefox as well as MAC operating systems. The need to design for cross-browser compatibility has never been greater. Here are the basic cross compatibility rules that must be followed:
-> Avoid using browser-specific tags.
-> Check your design with the latest versions of all major browsers as well as one or two previous versions.
-> Use Style Sheets, XML preferred, in order to assure a more compatible design...