Google making search more interesting
Search results are changing. Homestead users need to understand how the changes will effect their copy writing in order to gain the full potential of the way Search Engines are pulling results.
Posts tagged ‘SiteBuilder’
Move Over SiteBuilder Here comes Plus
Change is something that either makes us giddy with anticipation or sends us off screaming and pulling out our hair. It’s also the one constant in life … the one thing we can count on to happen. And so it seems that change is looming on the horizon in regards to the desktop SiteBuilder from Homestead/Intuit.
In recent conversations with various Tech Support staff and responses to Help Tickets it has become clear that Intuit is transitioning away from the (beloved) desktop version of SiteBuilder. Many of you are already familiar with SiteBuilder Lite, the rather watered down version of SB that allows limited online editing – SiteBuilder Plus, the replacement for the (did I mention beloved?) desktop version will operate much the same as Lite, only it will be a full-blown editor.
5 Ways to Lose Visitors
We all have a mental list of things that bother us about websites; things that send us scrambling to another site. The web is huge, competition is fierce and the best thing a webmaster 
can do is to adhere to the KISS principle. (KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID). Users of the Intuit-Homestead SiteBuilder program to design sites need an awareness of what does and doesn’t work on the web. (more…)
Be sure you get listed in that Directory
Is your site being listed in directories or ending up in the trash? Directories all have specific criteria you must follow in order to get your site listed. Don’t be one of those who fall through the cracks because you failed to read and follow directions …
Is it Homestead or Intuit?
Whether you are a Homestead or Intuit customer help is just a click away …
The Homestead Connection Forum has moved
The Homestead Connection Forum has relocated. Please join us at the Forum dedicated to helping users of Homestead Technologies sitebuilder software …
Debunking the “can’t be optimized” myth
Designing a website using Homestead’s site builder software allows a designer or site owner to create an attractive website that can be optimized for the search engines. Knowing what search engines need to rank a site and being informed about usability and implementing these standards allows the designer to create a successful website using the drag and drop SiteBuilder program. These sites have proven that they can rank/outrank sites built using programs like DreamWeaver, or templates or sites coded by hand.
5 Don’ts of Web Design
There are some things that head up the Don’t list when designing a website. Here are 5 of the main things to avoid when you construct your site.
