TweetThis is where we describe the many idea’s for good layout regards certain messages or specific media/content to promote. This is linked to the SEO category and includes the page’s that bands could employ on their own site.
Tools Needed on Pages
We would recommend the use of no more than nine external services(on show) as this is just beyond the reach a person browsing. Stick to one service for each your music/images or video unless you wish to put below or above them the contribute groups you have set up on Photobucket.com and Muzu.tv. Throughout a website you should broadcast one large and one small social service, one music, image and video service and then any other service tools you may need on other pages. All widgets and external applications used from these services have share functionality.
Introduction
Firstly there are certain things to put on each page, of that you will need on every page you have on your website. Using either stand alone share services or relying on those within media widgets is a must to help in aid of creating more backlinks.
Then there are the main navigational pages themselves. They start with your home page (or at least a clickable logo on which directs the site visitor to your home page). Then adding what is most important for your band to get across. Below is a list of 8 internal links you should think about adding to your navigational tree, keeping a select few links on all your registered services and other parts of your domain is a good idea too. You should have at least, home page, news, forum and audio/media links from every where you possibly can. Within your own site, maybe your forum you should link to these as blogs and content management systems for websites have this covered as standard.
When you start thinking about how each page will be run, some will be static forever and some will be updated often, such as your gigs page. You will have to employ either plugins which have backend functionality, or you could use a service’s widget for your site such as Reverbnation’s gig dates. Remember to update the pages which need it if your posting news. Dependant on what type of news then you will update the relevant services. If you are posting a new tour of just a couple of gig dates, then use your routine and also remember that you have your own pages that need editing. If you start from your own domain and work down, towards that which you do not own then your working in the right direction.
After you think you have added all the pages your band needs to start with, there are a few mandatory checks and jobs to implement a finished product. This is for the benefit of visitors and search engines alike. You will see pages such as 404 Redirect where a page does not exist, yet somehow a visitor or bot has stumbled across it.
- e.g. home
- gigs
- media
- download
- about
- contact
- portals
- contribute
- blog
- forum
When going through the content ideas you can provide for your website,
Talk about the sitemap too, as it will be within the realms of SEO as well.
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