"Are You Scaring Visitors Away From Your Site Instead of Attracting Them
to It?"
Have you ever wondered why your "perfect" website is not generating
the kind of traffic you hoped it would? Time for a reality check! Maybe your website
isn't as perfect as you thought! Heart broken? Don't be it's not too late to correct
those mistakes...Begin Now!
Here are some of the most common mistakes people make while building their
websites:
1. PAGE CANNOT BE FOUND :
Broken links and dead links can cause a lot of damage to your website. Make
sure all your links work - There is nothing more annoying to your visitors than
clicking on a link only to find a ‘page cannot be displayed' error message!
2. PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION :
Don't put a link on your site that takes you to a ‘page under construction!'
Put the link on the site when you have something to offer. Don't toy with your
visitors' time, patience and emotions!!! Oh! And please take off that annoying
‘page under construction' logo right NOW!!!
3. MULTIPLE POP UPS :
Pop ups should be used wisely, if at all! Don't drive your visitors crazy with
multiple pop-up windows flooding their screen. They will never forgive you for
the time and effort they had to waste in closing those pop-ups!!!
4. BLACK / GARISH LOOKING BACKGROUNDS :
Avoid using black as your page background color. It not only makes it difficult
to read the content on your website but also makes your site look illegal and
spammy! Make sure that your site conveys useful information to your visitors
and in the process convinces them that you are worth doing business with.
5. ILLEGIBLE TEXT :
Make the content on your website easy to read, grasp and follow. Use font sizes
that will not strain the eyes while reading. The content should gel well with
your overall page format. Use slightly bigger and bold text for main headings
as compared to your body copy.
6. LARGE HEAVY IMAGES
If you want to use images on your website, make sure to optimize your image
size as much as possible. Do not make your site heavy by using big images that
take ages to download. Avoid using background images on your web page. They
look shabby and interfere with the user's experience of browsing through your
site. Too many moving logos, rotating images and other add-ons can work negatively
for your site. So be careful not to overdo.
7. FLASH INTRO'S WITH NO ESCAPE
If you want to use a flash introduction on your site, go ahead use it. But
do not forget to provide a "SKIP INTRO" or "HTML Site" link
as an option along with your flashy flash movie!! Be thoughtful! Think of all
those visitors who want to skip right through to the real information on your
site. This way you have a nice intro running for those who care to see it and
a direct link to your site for those who don't.
8. LONG NEVER ENDING PAGES
Avoid making your pages too long : It is very frustrating for visitors to your
website to scroll down endlessly each page to read what you have to say.....What
adds to the problem is when you have badly laid out content. Don't make them
hunt for information - lay it out well, structure it.....
These are just some of the mistakes to watch out for....don't forget that building
a good website is an on going process...so hang in there and all the best!!
About the Author:
About The Author
Akanksha Sinha - is a freelance Web Content Writer and Web designer.
http://www.mygoogly.com/akanksha.htm
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