About Me: Freelance Web Designer | Web Developer

About Me

My name is Yohannes A., a web designer and owner of www.yansweb.com. I have been designing web sites for about three years now and have been constantly learning and expanding my skills in accessiblity issues and search engine optimization.

For the most part, I work as a contract and freelance web designer. My most recent projects involve the design and development of websites for a non-profit organization and a consultancy firm based in Germany. Please see my web design portfolio for projects I have worked on.

Skills Set

Web Design and Accessibility

I specialize in:

Hand coded and Valid (X)HTML and CSS;
Designing accessable websites - complying to Section 508 accessibility standards;
Cross-browser compatibility issues.
Image editing softwares - Adobe Photoshop 7

I earned skill assessment certificates in Web Design Concepts, Web Design for Accessibility, and Dreamweaver 4 from Brainbench.com. You may view my Online Transcript (Brainbench transcript ID # 4286607).

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing

Keyword research and keyword strategy;
On-page and off-page site optimization;
Rank monitoring and analysis;
Link popularity and link profile analysis;
site quality assessment and site quality management; and
Web Analytics, traffic analysis, and conversion analysis.

My SEO and SEM skills are certified by WEBCEO (unique certificate no. 46731519). Please view my Online Certificate - a certificate of Competent Search Engine Marketer.