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Outsource Your Web Design if you Don't Know What You Are Doing
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by: BillD.Sheers
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When you are building an online business, reliable web hosting is one of the things you are going to have to have. Companies like Bluehost, Hostgator, and Dreamhost will usually do the trick for most web businesses, but make sure they can handle the 6 things below.
1. Your website is where your business resides -- it's like the headquarters of an offline company. Hence, it is important to practice good design principles to make sure your site reaches out to the maximum number of visitors and sells to as many people as possible.
2. Make sure you have clear directions on the navigation of your website. -- The navigation menu should be uncluttered and concise so that visitors know how to navigate around your website without confusion.
3. More pictures is definitely not better -- You want them on your site to check out the information you have or the product you are trying to sell, NOT look at all the pretty pictures you uploaded. Cut it back to the most important, must have photos and they will be able to keep their eyes on the prize.
4. Keep your text paragraphs at a reasonable length -- If a paragraph is too long, you should split it into separate paragraphs so that the text blocks will not be too big. This is important because a block of text that is too large will deter visitors from reading your content.
5. You site needs to be cross-browser compatible -- Explorer and Firefox are two of the biggest browsers, but there are more. Check out w3.org and make sure your site will work the same on each browser. It probably will, but it doesn't hurt to check.
6. Please, back away from the scripts -- I would say just stay away from them all together. They slow the loading of your site way, way down. Remember, keep things very simple. You don't always need all the fancy flashing lights. Let people find what they are looking for.
These basic, but powerful, web design strategies will help make your website the success you want it to be. Remember, keep things simple and you will love the results.
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