Web designing and SEO are both very important to rank yourself well in search engines to get a good number of visitors daily. Before a website is designed one must consult a search engine optimizer so that a proper navigation structure and a simple design could be created to rank well in Google. There are certain constraints for web designing if you look into the SEO part.

For a search engine friendly design, you must follow the points given below:-

1- Website should be simple.
2- It should not contain too much flash and frames.
3- The site should be designed in div for better performance.
4- Proper navigation structure should be provided.
5- Breadcrumb should be designed for a user-friendly site structure.
6- Too many images on the site should be avoided.
7- The design should be W3C validated.
8- A sitemap should be provided to help the search engines understand your site's overall structure.
9- There should be no more than 50 outbound links or site links per page.
10- All the important information should be displayed in text as the search engines are comfortable in reading text.
11- There should be no broken links on your site.
12- Every page on your site should have unique content.
13- The site should be tested on lynx before uploading.

If the above guidelines are followed while designing your site then I am sure that Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. would love your site's structure and you would have completed the first stage of SEO at the time of designing the site itself.

E-telegence.com is a Web Design Company based in Falkirk (20 Minutes from Edinburgh) in Scotland.