621. Domain Registered? Now What? - 09/12/2005
I own a company that, among other things, develops web sites, and I've had my own business and personal sites since the early 1990's. While each web site project has its own challenges and rewards, there are some common elements to all of them...

622. Inital Factors of Web Page Constructions - 09/12/2005
So you have a product that you want to market, and now you want to start promoting it through your own web page. You have all the information your audience might need, so all you have to do is put it on the page, right? Well, you probably...

623. What's Really Going on With Your Web Site? - 09/12/2005
With any good business plan, the defining of a primary goal and primary audience goes hand in hand with deciding what product or service you will market. However, with the flood of entrepreneurs to the Internet, I have watched an interesting ...

624. Let's Get Navigational - 09/12/2005
Navigation is extremely important for your website. It's part of your design, look, and feel. The right navigational tools will create a user-friendly website, while a poorly mapped out website can crush your success. The following are some ...

625. Flash Design Does It Really Deliver What... - 09/12/2005
Flash design? Is it all it's cracked up to be? In this article, we'll be confronting all the questions head on: What is Flash? What's good about it? What's bad about it? And, most importantly, what will it do for your online business? INTROD...

626. DesignSmarts: Three Terrific Tips for Site Design! - 09/12/2005
Terrific Design Tip # 1 Place the most important offer, feature or product of your site closer to the top of the page. Give it prominence so visitors will not miss it. Having a big logo taking all the valuable space at the top of your we...

627. The First Step - 09/12/2005
What is the First Step? The first step in designing a website is most likely the most crucial step in determining the success of a website. Let's compare a website to building a house. Everyone knows the first step in building a house. Y...

628. Enough "Stuff"! - 09/12/2005
Did you know that the English language has an estimated vocabulary of 800,000 words? (Words R. McRoberts) We have words to describe every object, movement, feeling and thought on the planet; we can pinpoint each little nuance of meaning, s...

629. Web Design for the No-Talent Artist - 09/12/2005
Not everyone can hit a 90 mile per hour fast ball 400 feet. That's why there are so few major league baseball players. Most everyone enjoyed art class while in school, but we also realized there was probably only one in each classroom who ac...

630. WHERE IS EVERYBODY? - 09/12/2005
I was recently reminded of a TV advert promoting a travel company. In the ad a character was wandering about a wilderness calling out "Is there anybody there?". The idea of the ad was that everyone had gone off on cheap holidays bo...

631. Viewpoint on Usability - 09/12/2005
It's a sad truth that very few Web integrators and interactive agencies have integrated performance engineers -- those folks who can analyze, assess, design and test Webb sites for usability -- into their overall work practices and methodologi...

632. Do You Really Need a Web Site? - 09/12/2005
Having a website is the one form of marketing for your business that just keeps on giving! But how do you know if you need a website? Well, with the amount of information that is available with just a few keystrokes or clicks of the mouse,...

633. A Visit Isn't REALLY a Visit if Your Company... - 09/12/2005
"A Visit Isn't REALLY a Visit if Your Company Leaves on the Porch" What good is your website traffic if your visitors are leaving at the home page? You don't want visitors ON your site, you want 'em IN your site. Use these five pa...

634. Web Site Design: Things You Should Avoid - 09/12/2005
Time and again I come across a web site with ages of load time, nearly illegible copy and a lack of content but full of irritating gimmicks. Often I cannot help wondering: "Horrible! Didn't they see how their Internet appearance does th...

635. You CAN Get Over 50,000 Hits To Your Web Site... - 09/12/2005
"You CAN Get Over 50,000 Hits To Your Web Site Every Month!" Naturally, you ask "how?". You might think this is a lot of hype, but its not. My Ecommerce web site gets well over that number of hits every month and I don't...

636. Frames and Tables - 09/12/2005
Frames Some of the most god-awful sites I’ve ever seen have used frames. To be fair though, I’ve seen some that used tables that were just as bad. Frames require what is called a "Frameset" page. This is the most im...

637. Whatever Happened To Keep It Simple? - 09/12/2005
I don't know, maybe it's just me, but it seems the KISS formula has been tossed out the window. I visit various sites that are supposed to be selling a product or service and get various messages such as: <> We'd like to let you kno...

638. 11 Web Site Design Tips to Keep Your Visitors... - 09/12/2005
"11 Web Site Design Tips to Keep Your Visitors Coming Back" 1. KEEP IT SIMPLE While Java and Shockwave animations may look neat, they rarely increase your marketing results. More often than not, they will distract your visitors f...

639. 6 Web Site Content Tips to Attract Potential... - 09/09/2005
"6 Web Site Content Tips to Attract Potential Customers Like a Magnet!" 1. PROVIDE LOTS OF FREE CONTENT The lure of the Internet is the promise of unlimited information--for free. Information on any and every subject known to man i...

640. 10 Web Site Add-Ons That Can Catapult Traffic - 09/09/2005
1. Add a message board to your web site. People will visit your web site to ask questions and answer other people's questions. 2. Add a directory of web site links to your web site. People will visit your web site to find related web site ...