“Holistic” Web Design?
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I got involved with ”holistic” web design as an acupuncturist who was looking to learn a new skill, and also augment the status of my fellow holistic medicine practitioners in the world of business. All the sites I built at first were in the field of holistic medicine, such as acupuncturists, massage therapists, psychotherapists, and yoga instructors. I loved promoting the message of natural healing, but felt like something was missing from the way I was looking at web design.
Holistic web design gradually came to mean something different to me- I started looking at websites like I do patients in my acupuncture practice. I look at the WHOLE website- body, mind, and spirit. For example, many websites I looked at by other holistic medicine practitioners were very nice to look at, but not doing so well on the search engines. Other websites were, well, less than beautiful. And others were less than functional, or provided a less rich interactive experience.
I started to think in terms of providing a value for my customers by becoming more “holistic” in my web design and development. I decided that every project I worked on from now on would have to be” healthy” in all ways- body (correctly coded, based on current web standards), mind (rich css and javascript that attract the users attention), and spirit (interactivity that pulls the user into the experience).
Also, all the websites I create now are automatically optimized for the search engines with proper meta-tags, keyword density, and no duplicate content found anywhere else on the interent. I make sure all my markup is semantic and complies to current best practices.
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I like the thought process you go through with your holistic web design. Well done …