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03:17:34 pm on May 2, 2012 |
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iPhone Simulator
Not everybody owns an iPhone – but as Web Designers we are facing the fast evolution of the Mobile Web and have to make our websites mobile. So how can we design what we can’t see? The answer is an iPhone Simulator.
The question is really: which one?
The first sketches I designed for going mobile where featured in my post HERE. Already then, I knew well what I wanted, but I simulated the look based on what I needed and what I had learned at the time.

Today… just a few months later… things have changed again… and especially after an Ycademy Seminar on WP Touch one really wants to get things done – but from all the iphone Simulators I came across so far, spending a fair amount of time to search and test, nothing was satisfactory and especially nothing showed the visual results I would expect to see after what I have set up! Really frustrating!
iPhone Simulator
The iPhone Simulator above – testiPhone – shows my whole website, or rather what remains of it:

That’s really not the idea – so what’s the solution?
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10:40:20 am on May 1, 2012 |
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1 May 2012 Results
Most will look at 1 May 2012 results once the day is over… here in Noordhoek, South Africa, we do the opposite! After a day and night of tremendous gale-force storms with the sound of the ocean reverberating so loud at 3:15 am in the morning we thought the water was at our doorstep, we are gifted with the most stunning day filled with sunshine and promise. Nature is rejoicing while we are cleaning up the debris of the past 48 hours and enjoying that brilliant halo of fresh new energy around each leaf, branch and flower that’s so healing to inhale! Yes… it’s one of those tender mornings I love and captured in a recent photo from my garden below.
With so much heaviness and pain to be finding its angry expression over the course of this day in many parts of the world, some of us are determined to balance this with loving and peaceful vibrations… Make your choice – and follow your heart.
1 May 2012 Results
On another level, 1 May 2012 Results on Google are my main objective with this little article – namely where did yesterday’s post end up?
Hotels and Lodges Websites
Hotels and Lodges Websites show an incredible amount of search returns on Google: 3,250,000,000 ! Sounds like counting the stars… and yet, as I checked the position of my featured images, I found two of them on page one as you can see on the screenshot! SEO results that talk!
There were more images from my Web Design Showcase at http://showcase.biancagubalke.com on the following pages, but what I want to illustrate here is the efficiency of my work in terms of Website Development with Semiomantics – nothing more, nothing less.
There are many stunning websites for hotels and lodges – the question is always: if and where do they show up on Google Top 10 and at what price?
Here’s with sunshine from South Africa and wishing you a peaceful 1 May 2012!
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03:05:51 pm on April 30, 2012 |
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Hotels and Lodges Websites
When designing Hotels and Lodges Websites… I focus on offering visitors a personal taste of the real atmosphere of the place – mostly in form of photos, images or videos and perhaps some great testimonials of guests who shared their impressions of that ‘place’. People and Place… Place and People – that’s what creates a touch of the humanitity that unites us and that’s what I try to capture as part of my personal style as you can investigate in my SHOWCASE HERE.
Hotels and Lodges Websites
Of course, like in any website development, Hotels and Lodges Websites need to offer relevant functionalities and be user-friendly in terms of navigation. Visitors want to see what they like and then surf quickly to a Booking Form where they get a quick overview in terms of availability and prices and where they have access to simple and reliable payment gateways.
How to achieve top positions with a Hotel Website
Having said that, what remains as the most challenging part for the web designer is how to achieve top positions with a Hotel Website, meaning the website’s performance on Google against stiff competition in the Travel and Tourism Industry.
But this is exactly where we at Semiomantics excel: once properly setup and indexed on Google, your path to top rankings is assured – provided you keep the website dynamic and active. Our regular tests in terms of website optimization and performance proove it daily!
Save by performing better – have a look at http://showcase.biancagubalke.com !
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03:05:51 pm on April 30, 2012 |
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Hotels and Lodges Websites
When designing Hotels and Lodges Websites… I focus on offering visitors a personal taste of the real atmosphere of the place – mostly in form of photos, images or videos and perhaps some great testimonials of guests who shared their impressions of that ‘place’. People and Place… Place and People – that’s what creates a touch of the humanitity that unites us and that’s what I try to capture as part of my personal style as you can investigate in my SHOWCASE HERE.
Hotels and Lodges Websites
Of course, like in any website development, Hotels and Lodges Websites need to offer relevant functionalities and be user-friendly in terms of navigation. Visitors want to see what they like and then surf quickly to a Booking Form where they get a quick overview in terms of availability and prices and where they have access to simple and reliable payment gateways.
How to achieve top positions with a Hotel Website
Having said that, what remains as the most challenging part for the web designer is how to achieve top positions with a Hotel Website, meaning the website’s performance on Google against stiff competition in the Travel and Tourism Industry.
But this is exactly where we at Semiomantics excel: once properly setup and indexed on Google, your path to top rankings is assured – provided you keep the website dynamic and active. Our regular tests in terms of website optimization and performance proove it daily!
Save by performing better – have a look at http://showcase.biancagubalke.com !
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12:30:14 pm on April 29, 2012 |
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Cars and Trucks Websites
The net abounds with Cars and Trucks Websites – however, how user-friendly and Google efficient are they really?
We did quite some research when creating a new website for Used Cars and Trucks for our customer Magnetic Transport Surplus in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao.
Cars and Trucks Websites
Just as with any other website, cars and trucks websites want to achieve certain goals: to attract customers and potential buyers – in other words sell – and to build a reputation on the Internet and brand themselves.
Branding requires a lot of research and development, especially in terms of Logo Design and Icon Design. While there are brilliant and high-paid professionals doing exactly just that – and I have met some of the best – this demands budgets that are far out of reach for new or relatively young companies.
Accordingly, the web designer will often be asked to come up with integrated solutions that work both online and offline.
This is a service our professional Web Design South Africa Team can provide. Please visit our brand-new SHOWCASE HERE for the latest Web Design examples.
Cars and Trucks Images
Before publishing this article, I checked “Cars and Trucks Images” to capture what is currently seen there – right now at 11:55 am:

Why?
People react more to images – visuals – than to text. While our original content remains the main issue in terms of keywords and especially tags, Google picks up our photos and pictures as well as you see on the above screenshot.
As my regular routine test, I will see where my Cars and Trucks Image will land in terms of ranking – and how fast – after I publish right now, at 12:30 pm!
It’s always an interesting exercise… so above we have the ‘before’ image and let’s see how it looks ‘after’ the publication of this article!
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10:57:05 am on April 28, 2012 |
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Wedding Album Websites
Have a look at Wedding Album Websites featuring on my brand-new SHOWCASE HERE – still under construction but enough for the intuitive viewer in terms of Web Design.
Wedding Album Websites
Wedding Album Websites are ideal when starting off a new family with a visual bang! and then developing the initial Wedding Website into a very versatile Family Album as is planned on this example here.
Own your Family Website
Clearly, you want to own your family website – but you may ask… why, if it’s ‘free’ on Social Networks, genre Facebook?
Well – firstly, nothing is free on the Internet, that’s unfortunately an illusion and you risk becoming disillusioned rather fast when you see how your content on social networks serves one major purpose: to build THAT network and taking control over YOUR content, even the most private and precious. If you have no problem with that and you don’t mind being caught in a herd that’s easily manipulated and even sold … fine.
If you rather want to be in control of your own online destiny and that of your future family – think of your wedding album images for instance – then look at this very affordable and elegant wedding album solution.
One investment will set you free – especially as a newly married couple!
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09:18:31 pm on April 27, 2012 |
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Art Exhibitions on Google
Having published my article just a few minutes ago, let’s see its immediate impact:
As per screenshot, you see that Art Exhibitions Websites is on Google Top 10 – rank 7 to be exact – within 14 minutes on 165 000 000 search returns!
Art Exhibitions on Google
Art Exhibitions on Google is just another demonstration of the efficiency of our WP based Semiomantics Scripts.
One investment – one setup – terrific results. And big savings over time.
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08:47:41 pm on April 27, 2012 |
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Art Exhibitions Websites
If we look at “Art Exhibitions Websites” as a keyword string we find the creme de la creme in terms of Art Galleries, Museums and other Art institutions competing for top positions – in fact oveer 165,000,000 ! Plus tons of Google Ads over many pages.
This indicates that in a so-called economic crisis Art still seems to be a hot commodity, although the Press often paints a very different if not sinistre picture.
Being an artist myself and having created Artist Portraits for television, I work on ways of presenting Art online in a way that everybody can encounter this fascinating medium that envelops us in energy fields that connect us to our inner truth. And it exercises our thinking muscle and maybe – just maybe – encourages to break free. Some Artwork resonnates, others doesn’t – however, there is a quiet dialogue, unencumbered by the treachery of the spoken word… so often abused to this very day.
Exactly that was captured by the Art Exhibition “The Human Abused” by German sculptor, Guenther Uecker, in February 2011, in The District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. I had come to see my friend and his latest work after so many years – and spontaneous snapshots turned into a website featuring an Art Documentation.
Art Exhibitions Websites
While I reported extensively on this Art Exhibition at the time, what interests me now while designing my new Web Design Showcase – and obviously including Art Exhibition Websites – is the performance on search engines. While nothing much can be said at this early stage and given the massive search returns as per above, what is quite astounding is the fact that we already feature right at the top of page 2 in terms of Images for Art Exhibitions Website – see the screenshot below.
What does an Artist need online?
While most artists are represented by galleries, there are many artists who wish to be in control and present themselves on the Internet. So the question is: What does an Artist need online?
Here as in most of the other chapters where products and/or services are being sold it’s about presenting the artist’s oeuvre in an appealing way on one hand… but most importantly the artist’s website needs to be visible on Google where people would look for it.
Of course, artists normally brand their name and people interested in their work would look them up under that name – so they don’t need Google for that. However, why then is there such fierce competition among Art Exhibition Websites?
If you are an artist, think about it and consider what you could do yourself and your career. Branding your work under your own name and in your own style should be conducive to building your reputation online. And while we do no longer work in Flash since the rapid evolution of the mobile web where Flash does not show, we have adapted the latest technology to make your work stand out and be found – even on an iPhone!
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10:45:06 am on April 26, 2012 |
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Fine Homes at the top of Google
When it comes to Media Marketing Online regarding Fine Homes, Real Estate and Property there’s one place you need to be seen when visitors are looking for you: on Google Top 10. I refer to my article on “Fine Homes Websites” 22 hours ago HERE and wish to give you the evolution in terms of search engine optimization further down… you will find Fine Homes at the top of Google!
Fine Homes at the top of Google
After less than a day, “Fine Homes Websites” are at the top of Google regarding this specific keyword as you see on the screenshot below. I can’t tell you how fast the article got there as I just checked it now, after 22 hours. Enough to say: mission fullfilled – and this at no extra cost!
What price do you pay?
This is totally remarkable given the fact that I am neither a real estate agent nor do I have anything to do with property marketing – I focus on elegant and highly optimized custom Web Design for any field of interest. Neither do I have the help of a domain name nor can I look back on a history of targeted blogging in this field. So in a way I’m the new kid on the blog (!) with this article – yet we look again at the number one position on Google.
Ask yourself: what price do you pay to get there… that is IF you are there in the first place… and are you seen where customers are looking for your products and services?
If this is not the case and if your online advertising doesn’t get you the desired results despite the money you are spending on an ongoing basis, it may be time to reevaluate and contact me for a search engine efficient web design setup that will get you there… the proof is in the screenshot!
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10:45:06 am on April 26, 2012 |
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Fine Homes at the top of Google
When it comes to Media Marketing Online regarding Fine Homes, Real Estate and Property there’s one place you need to be seen when visitors are looking for you: on Google Top 10. I refer to my article on “Fine Homes Websites” 22 hours ago HERE and wish to give you the evolution in terms of search engine optimization further down… you will find Fine Homes at the top of Google!
Fine Homes at the top of Google
After less than a day, “Fine Homes Websites” are at the top of Google regarding this specific keyword as you see on the screenshot below. I can’t tell you how fast the article got there as I just checked it now, after 22 hours. Enough to say: mission fullfilled – and this at no extra cost!
What price do you pay?
This is totally remarkable given the fact that I am neither a real estate agent nor do I have anything to do with property marketing – I focus on elegant and highly optimized custom Web Design for any field of interest. Neither do I have the help of a domain name nor can I look back on a history of targeted blogging in this field. So in a way I’m the new kid on the blog (!) with this article – yet we look again at the number one position on Google.
Ask yourself: what price do you pay to get there… that is IF you are there in the first place… and are you seen where customers are looking for your products and services?
If this is not the case and if your online advertising doesn’t get you the desired results despite the money you are spending on an ongoing basis, it may be time to reevaluate and contact me for a search engine efficient web design setup that will get you there… the proof is in the screenshot!
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