Chichester Design

I’ve mentioned infographics on the Chichester Design blog before and I posted recently on why quality content is integral to good SEO. This time, I’ve got news of one that we created about the World’s Best 50 Restaurants Awards for Brighton-based food trends company thefoodpeople.

The World’s Best 50 Restaurants Awards were announced recently and thefoodpeople asked us to create a fittingly grand infographic – we’re talking about the likes of Noma, Heston Blumenthal and Michelin stars no less – giving an in-depth insight into the results. This is what we created. So, not just details of …

We are looking for a front-end designer / developer who is passionate about design and hand coding standards compliant, cutting edge mark-up.

The candidate should have Adobe Creative Suite skills with a web design and development background and the ability to code their own designs using HTML5 and CSS mark-up. An excellent understanding of modern web design and development methods is essential.

The candidate should have a sound knowledge of current web master guidelines and best practices set out by the major search engines. They should also have good literacy, numeracy and communication skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible …

The link between quality content and valuable SEO has come up before on the Chichester Design blog and the news that Google is moving to semantic search technology looks set to further cement this relationship. It will certainly change how online business websites approach SEO.

Semantic search technology is all about the intent and meaning of a query rather than just a literal, dictionary-like approach to providing search results. In short, Google will better try and understand your search term, and the results will change accordingly.

One of the major consequences for business websites is that content will have …

Last time, I was talking about KONY 2012 and the power of the web. This week my subject matter is Facebook; one of the key factors in creating the riot surrounding the KONY 2012 campaign. The all-powerful social network is launching it’s Facebook Timeline for Pages. So, what does it mean for businesses and brands?

Unsurprisingly for such a radical overhaul (and the switch from the old-style wall format is just that), Facebook Timeline for Pages has brought howls of protest from some. However, while the changeover may cause a few ripples as people adjust, overall I think it’s a …

Nearly 56 million people have watched this video in the last five days. Now I’ve said that you probably don’t need to be told which video I’m talking about. Whatever your thoughts about the KONY 2012 film, it is a truly inspired use of the web.

I’ve watched the video and I’ve read the reaction, both supportive and questioning. The film is unarguably powerful and inspiring, and personally I think while some of the doubts raised have merit, this is at heart unquestionably a good cause. The Invisible Children group are using the power of the web, involving websites, …