Burton has been designing websites since 1997.  He says he ended up there by default... 

You see, he has been in the mortgage business since 1986.   In 1995 he became the owner of a local mortgage company in Stevensville.  Back in 1997 he contacted a company to design his first mortgage company web site.  He had tried to do it himself and gave up.  He knew what he wanted for the layout and color scheme and put it on paper.  And he got what he asked for.  Well sort of... 

The website turned out well, on time and on budget, but  there were things that needed to be tweaked... and updated.  So he learned how to do it himself.  The hard way.  By trial and error.  He hit the books.  Books on Web Site Design, HTML, Javascript, graphic arts/ graphic editing, CSS, SEO, meta tags and a lot more. 

Soon he was able to alter the various website pages to match what he envisioned.  Did he stop with just one company website?  Heck no, he went on to build several other company websites that brought him thousands of inquiries to his mortgage business from the Internet...

Word got around and he had other site job requests.  American Web Page Design was now officially in the business of website design for others, but...

Burton was extremely busy managing his mortgage business and was not that interested in designing for others...

As luck would have it, his step son was excited about web site design and was learning website design himself.  So when Burton offered him control of the business, he jumped on it.  Well sort of...

His step son did great work, but the work was not steady, and it was not an hourly position.  He needed a weekly paycheck. So he decided to accept a full time job with a steady paycheck.  So less than a year later, Burton found himself managing his fledgling web site design business again, but...

He was still busy managing his mortgage company, so the website design business once again took a back burner.  He did an occasional site in his spare time, and was constantly tweaking and updating his own sites, learning along the way.  As Burton designed sites for other businesses, he discovered that he enjoyed it.  He was constantly reading and learning...

In 2007 when the mortgage meltdown began, he turned to website design for additional cash flow.  The mortgage business got worse, and in early 2008 he chose not to renew his Maryland Lender's license and closed his mortgage business of 13 years...

Luckily for him he had something to fall back on... 

Fast forward to the present.  He recently obtained more domain names and is building more websites for company use, such as Talisman Website Design.  He figures what worked for the mortgage business should work for his website design business.  Who said you can only have one website for your business?  It sure wasn't Burton. 

Burton is still designing websites.  (He has designed several dozen websites since the early days).  In addition to that, he offers an inexpensive website update service.  His update rate is $20 an hour under most circumstances.

Talisman Website Design specializes in Google Top Ten Search Engine Placement, without using Pay Per Click.  The search results are all organic, meaning there are no costs to be listed on the search results.

Burton says:  "If a business is not worried about placement in the search engines, meaning their potential customers already know what they want, (such as information about a particular Paul Reed Smith guitar from PRS Guitars here in Stevensville), then the layout/ design should have top priority, without regard for placement in the top 10.  A person looking for information on PRS Guitars will type in PRS or Paul Reed Smith guitars, if you get my point, and their site will be in the top ten, most likely number one. 

However, if someone is considering buying a PRS Guitar, then a dealer or seller of PRS Guitars had better think long and hard about search engine friendly website and web page design". 

Which he did.  Burton had a PRS guitar for sale, a CE 24 model in Scarlet Red.  He did a search on Google March 3, 2010 and a search for "red prs ce 24 ", "red prs ce-24 ", "prs ce 24 red", and "prs ce-24 red"; all four searches came up #1 of more than 17,400 possible pages.  Number One out of seventeen thousand, four hundred possible results.  PRS Guitars were #3 & #4.  A search for a "red prs ce24"  (no space or hyphen between ce 24) has his site #1 of 3,100; the PRS website is #5.  How is that for results?  The guitar has been sold to someone who found it looking online for a PRS CE 24 guitar.

What is Burton's secret.  He won't say.  But he does say this: 

"It is not an exact science, and some try to call it luck.  I don't consider it "luck", it is methodical hard work with specific results in mind.  My results speak for themselves.  View my testimonials.  I have been very successful in getting businesses into the Google Top Ten, with many at Number 1 for specific search phrases used by someone searching for the products or services provided by their business". 

He adds:  "If you have a business and are not yet on the net, you owe it to yourself and to your business... please call me.  I can get you online quickly, at a price you can afford, and maybe into the Google Top 10 for your type of business just like I did for My Various Company Websites; Atlantic Shoreline;  Eastern Bay Trading Company; Backyard Billy's; and others.  If you already have a web site and are not satisfied with the search engine placement, please call me". 

You can view many actual results here

You can reach Burton at 410-643-0222 or mojo@talismanwebsitedesign.com.  You can check out his main site at www.AmericanWebPageDesign.com.  There you can view samples of his design work and a lot more. 

Talisman Website Design is located in Stevensville, MD on Kent Island.  We are able to service a client anywhere in the world.  Our main service areas are Central Maryland and the  Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. 

The Eastern Shore of Maryland includes Stevensville, Chester, Grasonville, Centreville and other towns in Queen Anne's County.   Areas of Talbot County served are Easton, St. Michaels, Oxford, Cordova and other towns in Talbot County.  Denton and other areas of Caroline County such as Ridgely and other towns are covered.   Ocean City, Maryland is also served.  Anywhere on the Eastern Shore of MD can be serviced by Talisman Website Design. 

For all your website design needs.  Please send email or call Burton at 410-643-0222 or Toll Free 888-637-5800 for your website design, website updating, and search engine placement  needs.