Everyone is talking about going online, splashing their business on the web and earning revenues by going online. Search engine optimization, viral marketing are no longer jargons for most business but things that people understand and value. It is true that web designing looks easy especially with the many content management systems giving you a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) user interface. However, there is more to web designing that just copying and pasting text and moving images from the left to the right. You can use a template to easily publish a website but this technique cannot assure you anything in return- neither traffic nor revenue. Thus it is important that you take the help of a web development firm and build a customized site that is picked up by search engine crawlers and helps increase revenue.
While assigning a web design firm to help with a site, there are a few common web design traps you should avoid:
• Cluttered look: If you think that you need to present all information on the home page, think twice. A cluttered page with too much on it irritates the user and it will only take him second to move out of your site. Remember to keep in simple.
• Overusing flash: Flash may make a page attractive but it also makes a page unnecessarily heavy. Moreover when a flash video or audio starts playing automatically, it is irritating. Let the user be in command and use the play/stop command according to his will.
• Lengthy text: Do you like scrolling on the same page to find endlessly paragraphs of content? In most case the answer will be in a no. It is time-taking and cumbersome to keep scrolling on the same page. Avoid fitting in too much text on the same page. Instead provide links where the user can continue reading.
• Advertising: Do not try to blend ads with content. At first it may seem a great trick to increase your revenue but over time you will realize that it hampers smooth navigability of the site.
When you are inking the deal with the Web Development Firm, make sure you tell them to avoid these things. They may convince you that it looks good on a site, but you need to stick to your stand.
While assigning a web design firm to help with a site, there are a few common web design traps you should avoid:
• Cluttered look: If you think that you need to present all information on the home page, think twice. A cluttered page with too much on it irritates the user and it will only take him second to move out of your site. Remember to keep in simple.
• Overusing flash: Flash may make a page attractive but it also makes a page unnecessarily heavy. Moreover when a flash video or audio starts playing automatically, it is irritating. Let the user be in command and use the play/stop command according to his will.
• Lengthy text: Do you like scrolling on the same page to find endlessly paragraphs of content? In most case the answer will be in a no. It is time-taking and cumbersome to keep scrolling on the same page. Avoid fitting in too much text on the same page. Instead provide links where the user can continue reading.
• Advertising: Do not try to blend ads with content. At first it may seem a great trick to increase your revenue but over time you will realize that it hampers smooth navigability of the site.
When you are inking the deal with the Web Development Firm, make sure you tell them to avoid these things. They may convince you that it looks good on a site, but you need to stick to your stand.
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