When looked at closely, web design and video games share quite a few similarities. Although one may have a more frivolous purpose than the other, both areas of design need to be intuitively usable, attractive and engaging. Because video games are designed to provide an enjoyable experience for the user they can be a fantastic source of inspiration for web design projects.

Recently, web designers and online marketers have turned their attention to local SEO strategies, recognising it as possibly the most lucrative and easily adopted optimisation technique. The turn to local SEO came with Google's local search update of November 2010 which combines traditional search facilities with the Google Maps and Google Places features to display results that are geographically relevant to the searcher. This update responds to the specific needs of the typical consumer, and also provides an opportunity for businesses to uses SEO tactics to reach local customers through online searches.

 Web development can be a very hard trade to master and many novices find themselves committing the same mistakes over and over again. If you are interested in improving your development skills or simply looking to understand the intricacies of web development, the following list of common mistakes is for you.

Web design is such an exciting field of development because, being a relatively new area of design, there are always new discoveries to be made and frontiers to be broken. Staying abreast with the latest online trends is one of the best ways to begin creating a truly inspiring web design of your own. Let's take a look at the most interesting techniques currently being used in websites. 

Integration with social media is an important branch of online marketing. Besides building your brand awareness through organic, customer-focused means, interlinking with social media also boosts rankings in search engines, making other SEO efforts much easier to achieve.