Seattle Web Design and Development

Web Design & Development

Here are just some of the standard features and techniques used on any custom website design by MDM Web Solutions. We pay great attention to detail and produce extraordinary user experiences — we think of everything so you don't have to! Unlike other Web Development Studios, we NEVER charge extra for any of the services listed below.

Search Engine Friendly Design

Using search engine friendly design techniques is an important component of your overall web site design process because search engines are the main way people find your website. If the search engines can't find you, you may as well shut down your website. The Search Engine spiders should be able to crawl every page of your site for successful indexing into their databases.

A search engine friendly web site is first and foremost user-friendly, designed and written for your human visitors first (primary audience). Then the site can be tweaked so that is can be easily indexed by the search engines (secondary audience).

We strictly adhere to Web Standards when coding your website. Using formal standards and other technical specifications tend to do better on search engines as they are coded properly.

Online Analytics & Statistics

All websites include online website analytics and web visitor statistics that provide information and graphs like the ones below. Use the information to find out which are the popular pages and which need more work. Also find out what keywords visitors searched for before they found your website so you emphasis those words to improve your search engine results.

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• No more digging through reports. Put all the information you need on a custom Dashboard that you can email to others.

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• Learn more about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your site.

Browser Compatibility

We develop your website using web standards, technical experience and testing to avoid the incompatibilities between web browsers that would cause your website to look different or malfunction on different computer configurations.

We check pages on a variety of popular current browsers and older browsers available on Windows and Mac computers over the last 6 years (From Windows 98/Mac Os 9 and up, and Internet browsers IE6-IE8, Firefox 2-3, Opera 7-9, Safari 2-3, Avant 11, and Chrome 0.2-0.3). Browsers older than 6 years are not tested because there are so few in use.

Contact Forms

Contact forms enable website visitors to send you a message by typing it into a page on your website. As well as the usual email address and message fields, we can customize the questions asked to your requirements.

Email Address protection

This technique encodes email addresses on your web pages so they are visible to website visitors but not the 'spambots' that automatically collect email addresses for targeting with spam.

To avoid spam emails, many businesses are completely removing all email addresses from their websites and using contact forms instead. If you want keep email addresses on your website but want to minimize spam then email address protection will help.

vCard Electronic Business Card

Encourage people to add your contact details to their address book and ensure that they aren't mistyped by providing a vCard.

Website visitors simply click the vCard link and the details are automatically downloaded and imported directly into their default contact manager or address book (e.g. Microsoft Outlook) without retyping. All they have to do then is click the 'Save' button.

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Custom 404 'Page Not Found' Message

When a visitor to your site clicks a broken link or mistypes the address then you do NOT want them to see the typical 'not found' page, or they will assume your website has gone and not look any further. They should see a page, like this, that is branded like the rest of your website and includes the menus that enable them to find the page they are looking for. These custom error pages are standard on all our sites and can be edited with the CMS.

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• The default 404 'Page Not Found' message loses your visitors.

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• A custom 'Page Not Found' message keeps your visitors.

Add to Favorites, Bookmarking Services and Feed Readers

Prompt visitors to add your website to their favorites, bookmarks, or feed readers, and make it even easier to do so by providing a one-click 'Add This' button. Your users will have numerous option to add your site to their favorite and most-popular page managers. Try out the example below:

PDFs & Printable Pages

A link opens up a version of the page that is more suitable for printing by ensuring that the width fits on standard printer paper. This can be achieved by rearranging the page or removing menus and other details that are not required on the printed version, or by generating PDF documents that your users can print, fill-out and save.

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• Example of a Rental Application that can be filled out online and printed or faxed.

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• Example of Detailed Specifications that users can print or save as a reference.

Newsletter Subscribe & Unsubscribe

Maintain a list of email newsletter subscribers. To join the list, subscribers type their name and email address into a small form. To unsubscribe, they click an 'unsubscribe' link at the end of the email. For more details on how to manage your subscribers and send email campaigns, please contact us.

Interactive Google Maps & Google Local

When providing directions to your customers & partners, why give them a static map when you can show an interactive map that allows them to zoom, pan and find their way more easily.

Interactive maps are also ideal for websites that contain location based information such as properties for sale or rent, holidays or events. We can set up your website so that you only need to provide the location's co-ordinates, making them easier to use than static maps.

Listing your site with Google Local will let potential customers search Maps for local information, they'll find your business: your address, hours of operation, even coupons to print out and bring to your shop.

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• Interactive Google Maps on your site.

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• Help customers find you using Google Maps.

Custom Bookmark Icon — 'Favicon'

Your website can be distinguished from the rest by providing an icon. Browsers display the icon on the Favorites or Bookmarks menu to help visitors recognize the link and return to your website.

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• Custom bookmark appearence in browser.

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• Custom bookmark appearence in menu.

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Let us show you how MDM's custom web design services can boost your website's value and impact. Contact MDM Web Solutions today!