5 Important Rules in Website Design
When it comes to your website, extra attention should be
paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its
purpose. Here are seven important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your
website performs well.
1) Do not use splash pages
Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive
at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like
"welcome" or "click here to enter". In fact, they are just
that -- pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a
reason to click on the "back" button! Give them the value of your
site up front without the splash page.
2) Do not use excessive banner advertisements
Even the least net savvy people have trained themselves
to ignore banner advertisements so you will be wasting valuable website real
estate. Instead, provide more valueable content and weave relevant affiliate
links into your content, and let your visitors feel that they want to buy
instead of being pushed to buy.