StudioTalk: Wellington Web Design and Branding Blog

As just about every web designer and developer will tell you, the Firebug plugin for Firefox is a godsend. Google and their new(ish) browser, Chrome knows this. Hell, even Microsoft knows this and has incorporated a similar (albeit, unattractive) tool of their own. It makes bug-testing and understanding how elements work a heap easier.

The world of developers need to know what is going on, and right now. In-browser utilities such as Firebug let us experiment, fiddle and play around with settings without having to go back to the original files, re-upload and then refresh each page.

I recently encountered a couple of Google Chrome Extensions that caught my eye, namely IE Tab and Chrome SEO. Somebody is listening to the developers! If only Microsoft would do the same by forcing users to update the severely crippling Internet Explorer 6!

There are two points to this blog post:

1. For those of you who don’t know about it already, get Firefox and Firebug. These two tools make your job as a designer/developer a great deal easier.
2. Look into Google Chrome Extensions.Be sure to check out IE Tab and Chrome SEO. This is going to be the way of the future of on-the-fly website development.

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  Build your website traffic

  Domain names – If you purchase your domain name for 3-5 years in advance search engines will rate your website higher as a more established/trusted website.

• Page titles & location – We’ve had some amazing results by add your business location to your page title. E.g. if you’re a builder in wellington add “Wellington builders”.

Give it a go and if your interested in improving your Google/Search results – give us a email