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Monday, January 9, 2012

Web Building Tips for Success

It is very easy to build a website these days, especially with the help of a good website builder. But there are some pitfalls you can still encounter, even with these easy to use site builders. Keep in mind the following tips, and you will be able to create a great website easily and in no time at all.
  1. Use colors and fonts that are easy on the eyes. A flashy site can gain attention, but if you over do it you will lose your visitors as soon as they hit the page. It has to be easy to understand and read, not cause headaches.
  2. Plan out your keywords before you start building. It is much easier to do this now than to try to change file names, URLs and domain names later on. Know which keywords you want to use where, then start building.
  3. Write your own content, unless you just dont feel you are a good enough writer. While you can certainly pay someone to write content for you, you know exactly what you want your website to say and how you want to say it. It is much easier for you to write the content yourself than to try to explain your vision to someone else.
  4. Do not engage in keyword stuffing! If you do not offer the information that people came to your site to find, you will lose them. Be informative and enticing in your content so that people take the action you desire before leaving your website.
  5. Be wary of which website builder you choose. Some of them claim to be great, but offer few design options or templates. Others offer a wide world of templates, but have few other features. You dont want to sign up and start building a website only to find that you cannot do what you wanted to with it. Research your site builder carefully before making a decision on which one to use.
  6. Make your site easy to navigate. If you are using a good site builder this should be easy to do. The natural progression of your site should be to start out with a little information, provide more information, provide a call for action, and then provide a way to take that action. However, all pages should be linked to each other, and no page should be orphaned or stand alone.
  7. Have fun with it! No one likes a boring website. If you have fun creating it, your visitors will have fun navigating it. Keep your content lighthearted and interesting, and dont be afraid to get creative. Make graphics fun and vibrant but relevant, and use fun tools like a guestbook or surveys to help make your site more interesting and fun to use for your site visitors. The more fun you have creating the site, the more fun your visitors will have using the site. Keep this in mind as you plan and build the site and you cant go wrong.
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