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Top 5 Bad Website Design Ideas You Need To Avoid
Top 5 Bad Website Design Ideas to avoid if you are new to the online marketing game. And if you are not so new to the business you should avoid them too. Think of your favorite websites and pattern your website after your favorites. Here are some things not to do.
Firstly, refrain from too many website colors. In grade school we were told blue or black ink only when writing out our assignments. Our teachers did not want to have eye strain from wild lime and fire engine red ink. Your website visitor feels the same way. Multi colors might work for modern art, but if you overload your website with the colors of the rainbow she will leave quickly and not return.
Second, if you do not have a way to capture your visitor's contact information you are missing a great opportunity. You might have the most interesting compelling website around but chances are your visitor will not be back. Even if he or she book marks your site, it might be a long time if they ever come back. There are simply too many other websites to visit.
So you want to offer your visitor a free newsletter or free ebook in exchange for her email address. This way you can contact her with your auto responder and inviter her back to your website to check out the changes you have made, and of course to check out your latest special offer.
Third, in your mind see your visitors logging on the old fashioned way. Assume they all have dial up. That way you will not load your website with files that take forever to download. The slower your graphics load the faster your visitor will click you goodbye and be off to a faster loading website. Keep your graphic files size to a minimum.
The fourth tip is about the small print. Most website owners who follow the rules have at the bottom of their website home page contact information, an about us link, and legal information. Do not get scared about the legal part. You simply need to have basic information about no spam and no intentional collection of contact information of minors who visit your site. Look up the legal requirements for a website online and you will find all you need to know. Some try to get away without putting this basic information on their website. But you will sleep better at night if you have it.
Fifth, if you have links on your website which lead to other websites, use anchor links. These links open in another window so your visitor does not leave your site by clicking a link on your site. You do not want to your visitor to forget what site he or she was on and never come back to your website.
Remember a simple website is sometimes the best website. You do not need to dazzle people with your design. Keep it simple but effective. And avoid these top 5 website design ideas and you will be off to a great start.
About the Author Dhruv Patel is a happy DreamHost customer. He has a web site to promote DreamHost. Use the dream host free unique ip to get a discount at DreamHost sign up.
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