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Jeffrey Allen Consulting

"Tokyo Web Designs really provided us with great solutions for our website. Everything was explained to us along the way and at every step we were provided with creative options to choose from plus give our own input. We really felt like a partner from the start to the finish of the project. The thing that impressed us the most was the level of personalized service we received. Every request or question that we had throughout the process was handled quickly and professionally. We wholeheartedly recommend Tokyo Web Designs to anyone who is seeking help in developing a website." - Jeffrey Allen Consulting

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MacMillan LanguageHouse

"We were looking to give one of our best selling products a branded presence on the web and provide our customers with added support for the product. Tokyo Web Designs not only helped us with all our requests, but also provided us with some very good suggestions on how to improve the look and impact of the site. It was a pleasure working with them and we appreciate all the hard work they put into our project." - Darren Halliday, Sales & Marketing Manager

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Parts Agent Australia

"To have a successful business you need to have the right people and right associates to give you a competitive edge. Tokyo Web Designs have given our growing company that edge. They created exactly what we wanted. No fuss and no bother. They created clean, simple, Internet shop front that worked. Now we are able to give potential customers easy access to our business and information to generate sales." - Cliff Lugton, Director

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Bing / Yahoo Deal and the Japan Impact

Published 30 July, 2009

The search engine world is still buzzing following the recent decision of Yahoo to effectively shut down its own search infrastructure and outsource its search results business to Microsoft in the guise of its latest and hottest search interface, “Bing”. The deal represents an admission from both partners that they need to team up and leverage their respective strengths if they want to have a hope of competing with the 500 pound gorilla, Google. Pooling their collective search markets will give them a combined 30% of searches in America, compared with Google’s 65%.

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Posted in E-Commerce, Japan Web Watch, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization

Sell the Sizzle, Not the Steak!

Published 19 June, 2009

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There is an old rule in marketing that consumers shop logically but purchase emotionally. When visiting the local supermarket or department store we might carefully examine the price, content, ease of use and brand reputation of various goods. But in the end, our purchasing choice is often driven by emotional factors.

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Choosing a Designer

7 Things to Consider

We hope these articles help you when choosing a web designer in Japan or abroad and that you will consider Tokyo Web Designs as your English and Japanese website designer consultants.

1. Website Localization?

Localization means adapting your website to succeed in a specific country or region. If you are looking to create a Japanese web site design, there are good reasons to seek assistance from a Japan website designer with experience in the local environment ...continued

2. The 0.05 Second Rule

"You don`t get a second chance to make a first impression". Most of us are familiar with that old advice. Recent research is revealing how quickly that first impression of your website is actually formed ...continued

3. All That Glitters Isn't Gold

It`s easy to be impressed by many of the slick, FLASH and Javascript powered "eye-candy" web templates available for download at seemingly attractive prices. But there are some inconvenient truths which you should be aware of before taking the cookie cutter route ...continued

4. DIY Web Building Pitfalls

Thanks to web page editors like Dreamweaver, putting a website online is now easy. Building a GOOD website is still difficult ...continued

5. Don't Make Me Think!

This is Web Usability expert Steve Krug`s golden rule. He explains "..if Web pages are going to be effective, they have to work most of their magic at a glance. And the best way to do this is to create pages that are self-evident, or at least self-explanatory"...continued

6. If a Tree Falls in the Forest..

This is the beginning to a rather well known philosophical riddle that raises questions about whether something can exist if it is not capable of being perceived. We'd like to change the question and ask "if a website exists in cyberspace but nobody can find it, does it really serve a purpose?" ...continued

7. Standards-schmandards?

At Tokyo Web Designs we are continually surprised by the number of websites we see that appear to have been put together with no regard to valid web standards. This is disappointing considering that it isn`t really hard to do so and the benefits of "clean" coding practices are potentially great ...continued

Client Testimonial

Jeffrey Allen Consulting

Client Testimonial

MacMillan LanguageHouse

Client Testimonial

Parts Agent Australia

Bing / Yahoo Deal and the Japan Impact

Sell the Sizzle, Not the Steak!

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