Portfolio
Sea Life Park Hawaii
SEO
Known for its interactive "Swim with dolphins" programs, Sea LifePark Hawaii is a popular tourist destination on the island of Oahu. However, its website appeared on the 10th page of Yahoo! Japan's search results in a search for "Hawaii dolphin". Since we began to work on the site, its rankings have steadily improved. As of April 2008, the website has moved up six pages to appear on the 4th page for the same keyword in Yahoo! Japan.
Jack's Tours
SEO, PPC Management
Jack’s Tours provides tours and transportation on the Big Island of Hawaii. We took over their Japanese SEO and PPC management from another SEO provider and the website is on its way up on the rankings. As of April 2008, the website is listed 13th with the big and competitive keyword "Hawaii Tou (island)" search on Yahoo! Japan.
Writing English
Website Translation
Writing English specializes in English writing editing and proofreading for its customers around the globe. In translating the website to Japanese, we made numerous suggestions to modify and customize the proposed Japanese version of the website so that it would work and bring in customers.
Kotero Design
Website Translation
Kotero Design is a Honolulu-based interior design company. It is in the process of expanding its business base globally with its new line of chairs, tables and booths for commercial dining facilities. In translating the Kotero Design website to Japanese, we left many words in English for visual appeal but changed the navigational links and buttons to Japanese for functionality.
Hawaii Kai Golf Course
Complete Website Re-design, SEO
Hawaii Kai Golf Course had a 10-year-old website that enjoyed great search rankings, but needed a re-organization of its content, as well as an update in look-and-feel. We successfully re-designed the site without losing search rankings. The client is happy to find that his site visitors stay longer and peruse more pages than before, probably because of the newly-installed and streamlined navigation.
Kato Golf Tours
Complete Website Re-design, SEO
Kato Golf Tours serves golfers visiting Hawaii from Japan. We re-designed its 12-year-old large site to organize the content, to improve navigation and to update the look. SEO is built-in throughout the design. As a result, the website moved up from the 8th to the very top with Yahoo! Japan for its most important key word "Hawaii golf."
Coral Creek Golf Course
Website Design, SEO
Coral Creek Golf Course has had its English website for a few years. They wanted a Japanese site with its own design. The website links to a third party online tee-time booking service that is very simple to use.
Ward Centers
Website Translation, Contents Update
The website for one of the largest shopping centers in Honolulu has administration panels where the property management staff can update merchant and event information. Since no one at the management writes Japanese, the Japanese section was built in static HTML and we provide the updating work.
Kona Country Club
Website Translation, Contents Update, SEO
Kona Country Club wanted its Japanese website to be a simplified version of its English website. The client has found that many of its players from Japan mention the website as part of the reasons of their decision of choosing the course. The website is listed at the very top with "Kona golf" search, and 3rd from the top with "Hawaii Tou (island) Golf" search on Yahoo! Japan. (as of March 2008)
UI Production (video division)
Website Design, SEO
The objective of the website is to showcase wedding video packages and options with lots of sample clips. With "wedding, video, Hawaii" and "Hawaii, wedding, video" as keywords, the website appears on the top page, 2nd from the top, on Yahoo! Japan. (as of March 2008)
UI Production (church booking division)
Website Design, SEO
The objective of the website is to showcase the four churches in Honolulu that UI Production represents for wedding bookings from Japan market. The website is ranked between the 1st and the 4th on the first page on Yahoo! Japan when you search for any of the four church names. (as of March 2008)
Heritage Health
Website Design
Heritage Health had its English website but the client was not happy with it. We listened and worked with the client to sort and develop the right contents. The new Japanese website features clean, soothing look-and-feel with well organized and easy-to-follow navigation.
Leilani Wedding
SEO
Among other things, we carefully crafted copy to appeal both human visitors and search engine robots and added the copy to the top page of Leilani Wedding's website. The website is listed on the top page (8th from the top) on Yahoo! Japan with "Hawaii wedding" search as of March 2008.
The Factory
Website Translation, PPC Management
The Factory produces and sells hand-shaped and custom made surfboards to discriminating surfers in the U.S. and other countries. In developing a Japanese version of the website, we recommended and created a testimonial page that features Japanese customers' comments and their photos. FAQ page and About Us pages are also altered specific to the Japanese customers.