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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

We Will Make Sure Your Site Gets Listed

The Thistle Site Design Team has several years of experience in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), both in the design of our own sites and as consultants for other webmasters. Our goal is to develop a balance which achieves accessibility to the search engines while also creating the web presence you desire. Our designs are user friendly, ensuring that your site visitors can easily locate the information, services or products you are providing.

What is SEO?

SEO is the term used for improving your site in relation to it's placement in the search engine index. A listing in the first 1-10 pages is essential to your site's traffic flow. The majority of sites receive visitors directly from search engines such as Google.

SEO is really just common sense combined with good design principles. Without proper optimization your site could be bypassed by the search engine spiders which gather site content to add to their database. There is no wisdom in having a fabulous, high-tech site, featuring all the bells and whistles modern technology can offer, which won't show up in query results because the search engines could not find any relevant keyword-rich, textual content to list the site effectively.

Optimization alone can't guarantee your site will be in the top-ten results and any SEO company making such a claim is not being honest. It will however, ensure that your site will be listed in the search engine databases, without the need to pay for inclusion. It will then come up in a query using keywords included in your site content. We design all our websites with optimization in mind, using methods recommended and approved by Google, the world's most popular search engine. A properly optimized site will achieve successful organic results.

If your site is properly designed, has well-written content utilizing keywords and keyword phrases relevant to the products and services you offer and is easy for site visitors to navigate, then the search engines will like it as well.
 
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Client Comments
"I highly recommend, without any hesitation whatsoever, Jay Thistle's wonderful services for any business that is looking to take their web presence and e-commerce up a serious notch. My companies and clients have all found her to be very thorough, extremely professional, an excellent communicator, and extraordinarily efficient."
Jonathan Ruben, CA, CPA, CFP
JRPC Toronto
"Jay and her team worked effectively and very efficiently with us to create a professional, functional site. Jay's enthusiasm, creative ideas, recommendations and excellent communication skills enabled us to achieve our desired results. I highly recommend them. I truly enjoyed working with her."
Donna Ihnatowycz, President
Affinity Resource Management Toronto
"Your blend of enthusiasm and tremendous results oriented SEO has, in collaboration with our team, yielded a highly visible and dynamic website that has drawn rave reviews and delivered new business prospects to our doorstep."
Walter Palisca, President & CEO
Palcam Technologies Newmarket Ontario
"Thistle Site Design has been looking after our website design and maintenance since 2003 and we couldn't be happier with their knowledge, commitment and dedicatio. Their level of attention, response time and constant advancement has kept our site on the cutting edge. Our business has been significantly enhanced by the Thistle Team. You are a huge part of our success!"
Dr. Sender Deutsch
SHAPE Toronto
"I really appreciate how you were always very prompt and responsive to my needs and to the changes which were sometimes necessary during the design process. My website, through your efforts, is a very striking design which ranks well in the search engines. I recommend you highly to all who need an exceptional website."
George J. Kubes Barrister & Solicitor
Kubes Law Firm Toronto
My first contact was with Jay and there was an immediate rapport with this patient, highly-skilled woman, dedicated to her job and possessing a wicked sense of humor. Whatever I wanted, her team, made it happen. My needs and ideas were fully discussed, understood and implemented. The support amazing – the daily contact incredible! I can confidently recommend Thistle Site Design.
Jeni Shaw Vancouver Reflexology
Harmonic Frequencies
"Thistle Site Design created a most professional and efficient website plus a large shopping cart for my company. Jay, was always available to answer questions and make changes to suit our needs. Our site is a true masterpiece which we constantly reap rewards from. We highly recommend Jay and her team for their outstanding work and customer service."
Gill Bradfield, North American Distributor
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"Jay and her team were able to quickly and efficiently take some rudimentary ideas I had and run with them to create a website that is everything I hoped for and much more. It has generated nothing but highly positive feedback. Not only am I extremely satisfied with the result, but Jay was able to make the process smooth and completely painless. The Thistle team’s blend of technical expertise and creative genius, together with unparalleled response time and patience, cannot be surpassed."
Peter. J. Reiner
Reiner Law Toronto
"Working with the team at Thistle Site Design was an absolute pleasure. They were able to envision my ideas and make them even better! The resulting site is one I am extremely proud of. Their level of professionalism and creativity is astounding and refreshing. I eagerly recommend Thistle Site Design to anyone who requires a beautiful and functional presence on the web."
Trudi Barrett, Motessori Educator
Love of Learning
Kindergarten & Tutoring
Barrie Ontario
"Thank you to your entire team for doing such an amazing job designing and building my website. The feedback I am getting is great. You did a great job!"
Dr. Jason L. Skolar , Montreal
"The main thing I have noticed when working with Thistle Site Design versus other web design companies I have worked with in the past is their incredible work ethic as demonstrated by their prompt replies and resolutions to all my concerns. They really make the design process effortless for the business owner which allows you to concentrate on other things. I highly recommend their services."
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Functional Anatomic Palpation Systems