Welcome to Simply Websites. This section is dedicated to providing visitors with the basic information they will need to make informed and clear choices about websites; we will also dispell certain misinformation and clarify a variety of facts about the world of websites.

 

Website Standards: What Are They, Why Are They, and Who Sets Them

This section introduces the reader to general web standards as defined by organizations such as W3C. We will take a look at the various standards, and why following these standards is an important first step in building a successful website.

Read up on general web standards here

 

SEO: (Search Engine Optimization) Beyond the Hype

What is search engine optimization (SEO), and why are so may people talking about it? In our SEO section we will explain what it is and what it is not. You should invest time and effort into the process of search engine optimization, but it should not be a difficult or confusing process.

Discover more about SEO here

The robots.txt File: A Look at What it is, and How to Use it

The robots.txt tool is powerful. It can really help with your site's visibility, but if misued it can be disastrous. In the robots.txt section we will take a look at the uses and misuses of the robots.txt file.

Meet those robots here

The sitemap.xml File: A Powerful Tool to Map Your Site for the Search Engines

Creating and maintaining a valid site map is an extremely important part of a website. Luckily, the sitemap.xml file isn't a complicated file to maintain, though its complexity does increase with the number of pages in a site. In the sitemap.xml section we will look at building both a single site map, and a site-map indexes.

Learn to build maps here

Useful Tools

In useful tools we will provide information and links to a few free and useful tools that are available on the web.

Pick up a few useful tools here