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Findings From the Web Design Survey: “In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted a survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced in the U.S. and worldwide.

Working with statisticians, we spent the next months crunching raw data into meaningful findings. Here we present what we have learned about our powerful yet little-studied profession.

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You know I have been watching a set of videos online for the last 3 days on the topic of Search Engine Optimization. I have learned a few new tasks to perform on my sites, but nothing earth-shattering. I think the main thing that I realized is the importance of baby-sitting the sites and constantly tweaking them to make sure that they are doing what they are designed to do.

I think the main point that is driven home is the need to make sure that everything is filled out and followed up. There are some important tips, such as using keywords in the page names for sites, and making sure that keywords are relevant. Both of these tips I’ll make sure I implement.

The videos did a good job of pointing out the difference between blackhat and whitehat SEO. And I find it very important to stay on the good side of Google. Who knows what they are going to own in the future.