The second and as important is LINKS. When your primary site has many mini sites with relative good content pointing to it, your primary site will start to develop popularity. With relative content and popularity your standings in the search engines will rise to or near the top. Keep in mind you need to keep your content updated at least monthly. but preferable weekly.

The third is OPTIMIZATION. The Free Page system allows full configuration of your TITLE tag, META description tag and META keyword tags as well as the ability to add links and place/edit copy to the site. The pages are designed so your copy is built close to the top of the page code.

With these three benefits working for you, the real value is there is no cost to use this system.

However the real secret to success with us, is joining our Veretekk system. With Veretekk you will have live access to the professionals that put sites in the top of search engines consistently and train you to do so as well.
Well you've been on the Web for a bit or a long time, you may have been wondering what is involved in starting your own Web site. Well, you've come to the right place as you can see by what you get from this site.

The only work on your part is coming up with content ideas for your Web site. The list of possibilities is endless: you can publish your resume on-line, publish a page devoted to your favorite hobby or cause, create a page devoted to your interests, or have a site that displays your family's photos, etc.


Feeds for Web Design from Scratch [Tutorials and commentary on designing web sites that work ]

1. 10 Best-designed web sites in the world, top web design
My list of 10 best-designed web sites in the world, with explanation of which great web design techniques work most effectively

2. 10 Free Ways to Promote a Business Online
10 ways to promote your business on the web for free - business promotion sites

3. 3D Effects in graphic design for the web
Guidelines on how to use 3D effects effectively in graphic design for the web

4. Media Volunteer Center redesign for 50 Redesigns book
Summary of redesign of Media Volunteer Center for new Scratchmedia book: 50 Redesigns from Scratch

5. Sunhome redesign for 50 Redesigns book
Summary of redesign of sunhome.biz for new Scratchmedia book: 50 Redesigns from Scratch

6. Understanding goals for web design, using goal-oriented design in web site design
Why goals are important in web site design, how to design web sites using goal-oriented techniques

7. How to use Personas & Scenarios in web design and web page design
Why using personas in your design process helps avoid common mistakes and creates a better product.

8. About Web Design from Scratch, how to design good web pages, basics of web page design
About Web Design from Scratch - the free online course in web design basics

9. Advertize on Web Design from Scratch
Advertising opportunities on Web Design from Scratch

10. Alignment in graphic design for the web, aligning elements in web page design
Tips on using alignment in visual design for the web to associate related elements

11. Announcing Scratch Web Design Forums, the new web design and web page production forums from Scratchmedia
Scratchmedia has launched a free web design forum at http://scratchwebdesignforums.com/. Visit to learn from industry experts and share hints and tips on web design, production, SEO etc.

12. Free Web Design Articles and Tutorials
Free web design articles, free web design tutorials, design case studies from Web Design from Scratch

13. Attention Map - tool for planning page layout


14. Behaviour of web sites and applications
Why good behaviour is important in web sites and applications, and how to design for it

15. Branding for web sites, how to develop and implement a web site brand
Branding for web sites: How to create, develop and implement a brand for a web site

16. Clarity in web page design, how to make clear and simple web designs
Hints and tips for making web page designs clearer and easier to understand by differentiating and organising visual elements on the web page

17. Clear hyperlinks - make your web links obvious and easy to use
Tips on making your hyperlinks clear, obvious and meaningful

18. CMS from Scratch - a powerful free and open-source lightweight content management system for web developers
We're proud to launch CMS from Scratch, now as an open-source project: the system we've developed over the last 3 years to let Scratchmedia's own clients easily manage and update their web site content.

19. Using colour in web page design - basics of color theory for designing web pages
Tutorial on using Colour in web design to convey branding and improve usability in your web page designs.

20. Containment as a layout tool
Using containment in web page layout to group elements together is a powerful tool.

21. Creating and content content for web sites and web pages
How to create, arrange and design Content for web sites and web pages

22. Using visual tonal contrast in web design
The importance of contrast in graphic design for the web, and how to use tonal contrast effectively

23. Conventions in web designj - reusing successful design patterns
Understanding how to use conventions is a critical skill in design

24. Case study: Makeover of Artorg's community site
Case study: Makeover of Artorg's community site

25. Case study: Business Improvement Network redesign
Case study: Business Improvement Network redesign

26. Copywriting case study: Bytecon
Case study of simple marketing site for a small web development agency. Concentrates on goals, message and copy.

27. Case Study: Foruse.com redesign
Case Study: Foruse.com redesign

28. Harvey Nichols 2001, website critique
Review of Harvey Nichols' first web site from 2001

29. Harvey Nichols 2004, website critique
Review of Harvey Nichols' second web site from 2004

30. Case Study: Tweaking Kemik's portfolio
Case Study: Tweaking Kemik's online art portfolio

31. CSS: Block and Inline elements
Describes the differences between block and inline display property in CSS.

32. Inheritance and Cascading Styles in CSS
Introduction to how styles apply in CSS through inheritance and cascading.

33. Current style in web design
Summary of today's best practice in graphic design for the web, examples of great web page design, explanation of effective web design techniques

34. Datasheet-style form using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Make a datasheet-style web form using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

35. Design your web pages like no-one's watching: web page design discipline
Designers need to learn to look at their work through fresh eyes

36. The Design Spectrum
A visual tool for picturing the relative aesthetic and functional elements of a design solution

37. DHTML Decision-making grid
Tutorials on learning JavaScript to enhance web pages and applications

38. Web Design from Scratch
Support Web Design from Scratch to deliver free content on web design

39. Don't Decorate, Communicate!
Why it's important to focus on the message you're communicating rather than purely visual design for its own sake

40. Buy web design ebooks to read offline - Web Design from Scratch
Download articles from Web Design from Scratch as PDF ebooks

41. Effective text: Benefits of text over graphics
Short article describing the benefits and strengths of using text rather than graphics in web design

42. Favourite logos, web design logos, how to design good logos
A collection of appealing logos gathered off the web by web designer Ben Hunt

43. Predictions for a Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 social experience
Ben Hunt casts an eye to the future of a more connected web, and predicts that Yahoo will be the dominant online brand for the next 5 years

44. Golden Rule of web design
My golden rule for web page design - a simple touchstone to help all design decisions

45. A bunch of great logos I've collected from round the web for inspiration
A collection of high-quality inspiring web site logos for inspiration.

46. Using Grouping in web page layouts: Basic graphic design technique for associating elements
Grouping, basic web page layout graphic design technique for associating web page elements on screen.

47. How HTML, CSS and JavaScript work together in making web pages - guide to using xHTML, HTML, Javascript and CSS together
Best practice for using HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, and JavaScript together to make web pages.

48. How to make a web site - Introduction to building and publishing web pages
Introduction to the process of building and publishing web pages, and overview of tools (text editors, FTP)

49. How to Set Fire to a Web Site - 6 tips for getting a new web site successful quickly
6 essential tips for getting a new web site off the ground, taking inspiration from the art of firelighting.

50. Learn to improve web usability by understanding how people use web pages
How people really use web pages is different from the way designers think they do. Designing for how users really interact with web pages is the key to usability.

51. How to design for the web, basics of designing web pages that are appealing and easy to use
Basics of how to design web pages for the way users really use the web

52. Lists in HTML: introduction to unordered lists, ordered lists, and definition lists in HTML & xHTML
My guide to HTML lists explains the 3 main types of lists web browsers support and how to implement them in HTML / xHTML

53. HTML tables - How and when to use tables in HTML/xHTML
When to use tables in HTML, and how to do it properly

54. Learn HTML tags, learning how HTML tags work, paired and unpaired tags
HTML basics tutorial: Learn HTML tags, covering the most common attributes

55. Information Architecture models: Guide to web site navigation patterns
Some common patterns for web site information architecture

56. Using Imagery in Web Design: effective web images, web graphics and web content imagery
How to use imagery effectively in web page design, good images, graphics & icons

57. Information Architecture 101
Information Architecture for web site design 101, a basic guide to planning web sites

58. Introduction to CSS, learn CSS with our basic guide to Cascading Style Sheets
Beginner's introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), learn CSS.

59. Introduction to HTML - learn HTML basics with a few simple HTML tags
Introduction to basic HTML tags and the structure of HTML documents.

60. JavaScript 101
Tutorial introducing JavaScript to beginners. Explains what you can do with JavaScript with basic worked examples.

61. Layout for web page design
Layout for web page design

62. Learn to type!
Learning to touch-type is one of the most valuable skills you'll ever learn as a designer or developer

63. Logical order of page components
Importance of logical order of visual components in web page design

64. Logo design
Logo design

65. My guide to marketing a small web design business
A collection of hints and tips on branding and marketing a web design or development business

66. Using mouseovers in web design
When to use mouseovers in web design to improve the user experience

67. Designing navigation for web pages
Designing navigation for web pages

68. Navigation models for web sites
Navigation models for web sites

69. No-one looks at the screen
Why no-one wants to look at the screen

70. Other factors affecting the web browsing experience
Other factors affecting the web browsing experience

71. Outsourcing: How to use freelance talent effectively
Learning to outsource effectively is a key skill for a professional web design outfit

72. People are impatient
Why we are impatient when using the web, and what designers can do to improve things

73. Opinion: Thoughts on the web, usability and other stuff
Opinion: Ben Hunt's thoughts on the web, usability and other stuff

74. Pricing and selling web design services
Advice on how much to charge for web design and related services and how not to lose money.

75. Pursuit of the Original
The value of laziness in design, and why the pursuit of the original can be detrimental to design success

76. Readabilty - making pages easy to read by design
Readabilty - making pages easy to read by design

77. Real Web2.0 Design - The essential features of Web2.0
Real Web2.0 design is not about shiny visual graphic effects, but a bold, direct and challenging brand experience.

78. Recommended books for web designers and developers
Recommended books for web designers and developers

79. Recommended font resources for web designers


80. Recommended royalty-free image libraries for web designers
Recommended royalty-free image libraries for web designers

81. Recommended music and video resources for webmasters, web designers and developers


82. Recommendations for computer systems for web design


83. Redesigns from Scratch - book
Announcing a new book from Web Design from Scratch - redesigning 50 home pages

84. Redesigns from Scratch - book
Announcing a new book from Web Design from Scratch - redesigning 50 home pages

85. The Process of web design
The process of web design: How to work like a professional designer or producer

86. Rhythm and repetition as layout devices
Rhythm and repetition as layout devices in web page design

87. Save the Pixel - the Art of Simple Web Design
Just launched, Ben Hunt's first full web design book, Save the Pixel - the Art of Simple Web Design

88. Scanning - Why web users scan and what designers can do to help
Scanning is the most important feature of web users' behaviour. This article looks at why users scan and what designers can do to help us scan better.

89. SEO Basics, introduction to Search Engine Optimisation
Basics of Search Engine Optimisation, how to optimise web pages for search engines

90. Introduction to semantic HTML
Guide to writing semantic HTML markup

91. 10 Steps to setting up in web design/development
My 10-step guide to starting out as a professional web designer/developer

92. Simplicity in web design
The principle of Simplicity in web design

93. Your site's goals
Identify your web site's goals

94. Site Personas and the Dialogue Process
Site Personas are analogous to User Personas. Whereas User Personas represent typical individuals in your target user base, together with goals and motivations, the Site Persona represents the site, embodying its brand and its goals. I often find it helpful to picture my web sites as information flowing both ways between the site and users. The Dialogue Process is a way to optimise your web site interactions by scripting them as conversations between your two types of persona.

95. Site map - Web Design from Scratch
Lists all pages on Web Design from Scratch

96. The Sphere of Design
A conceptual tool for visualising the balance between functionality and aesthetics in visual design

97. Splitting the experience
It's often good to design different views for newer and more experienced users.

98. Stuff we love
Random collection of consumer stuff we love, great examples of usability from every corner of life

99. Supporters - Web Design from Scratch
People who've supported Web Design from Scratch

100. Tabular list-style form using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Create an appealing tabular list using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

101. Ten Productivity Tips for web designers
My top ten tips to work more productively.

102. TEST ADS
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103. Text-based logos
Why text-based logotypes are very effective

104. The Brain's strengths
Understanding what the human brain has evolved to do helps designers create better web pages

105. Think-Then-Do
A discipline for visual designers that minimises fiddling

106. The Top 5 Web Site Home Page Mistakes
My list of the top five mistakes from home pages I review impacting usability

107. Trusting the user
Why it's important to trust users when designing web sites and applications

108. A collection of examples of poor usability, to help learn ease of use
How to design usable web pages

109. Users' goals
The importance of understanding users' goals when designing web sites and applications, introducing personas as a design tool.

110. Web 2.0 how-to design style guide
Web 2.0 design style elements listed and explained. Why Web20 design works, how and when to use web-2.0 design elements on your web page designs.

111. Web Design versus Design Toss - what really makes good design
The vital difference between Design (crafting communication with a purpose) and 'Design Toss' (graphic art for the sake of other designers, passed off as design), what makes good design, what makes great design, and where to start

112. My workstation: The 10 pieces of kit I couldn't live without
The 10 key pieces of kit that one web designer couldn't live without

113. Guide to web page production using xHTML and CSS
Guide to web page production using semantic xHTML and CSS (part 1)

114. Web Design Process
Ben Hunt's complete non-nonsense step-by-step guide to designing web sites. I describe the design process that works best for me.

115. Web Sites and Buildings
Why designing web sites and designing buildings are similar, and what web designers can learn from architecture

116. Why code by hand
The benefits of coding web pages by hand, rather than using WYSIWYG editors.

117. Why most web sites suck
The main reasons why most web sites suck

118. Why the web is hostile and how we cope
People don't use web sites in the way web designers think they do. This article explores why the web is so difficult to use, what people do to cope, and the implications for design.

119. Win-win solutions
The best sites are consciously planned to deliver win-win solutions that deliver both users' goals and achieve the site's goals.

120. Work smart, not clever
Why designers should practice working smart instead of being clever.

121. Writing for the Web
Writing for the web 101

122. Your goals
Identifying your personal goals will help you to achieve them.

123. 8 Clean Web Site Designs (for Inspiration)
First of a new series is a diverse bunch of simple, clean designs illustrating a range of techniques from classic to Web2.0, with emphasis on minimal background and bringing content to the fore.

124. 8 Rich Web Site Designs (for Inspiration)
Next is a bunch of highly graphical, rich page designs that still embody the principles of Save the Pixel. Some great designs here. 5 more to follow in this series (Content-heavy, Minimal, Elegant, Cool, and Grunge)

125. 9 Functional Web Site Designs (for Inspiration)
Number 3 in my series of inspirational home pages showcases some sites that have a strong functional element.