Custom web site design directory: WebmastersLookup

By: WebDevelopmentQuote.com
If you are a business and expect to be taken seriously on the Internet, you need to shape up and project a professional image.

Please don't think this is a request. This is a demand from the Ritalin-popping-immediate gratification-generation surfing the net (aka 95% of your potential customers).

By: Information architects
95% of the information on the web is written language. It is only logical to say that a web designer should get good training in the main discipline of shaping written information, in other words: Typography.

by: Shelley Lowery

If you're doing business on the Internet, one of the most important aspects of your success is your web site. If your web site doesn't look professional, no matter what product you're offering your chances of success are minimal.

Before you begin, if you've never designed a web page, it would be wise to become familiar with HTML. (Hypertext Markup Language.) A great place to start is NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html

15 Tips for designing a successful web site:

By: Nicholas LaPolla

Describes in detail four basic but critical website design rules. Following these rules helps webmasters build website content and layout that is effective, functional and loved by search engines.

By: Getvirtual.com
Everyone wants to get a top listing in Google but only a few really worked hard or smart for it!
Here some tips that might help you to get a good page rank (4+) and brings you a listing on the first google results page.