design
Professional look is desired. Although simplicity has got
its own charm, unusual look helps. Enticing a ‘How
did they do that?’ helps. Rather than bland red green
etc., choose intermediate colours. Moving items do
attract. Chose multiple squares of different colours.
The texts should not be difficult to read due to bad
contrasts but should be clear. Picture conveys a
1000 word. Brighter made pictures mesmerises. Use
photo editor.
The first page can be ‘Enter’ or ‘Home’ page. Surfing
time span is very short as people make up their
minds about a web page within seconds. People
focus on the left side of the page more. So should
you. Turning back from the first page is called
bouncing and 70% bounce rate is always bad.
Although Meta tag, that offers a brief description of the
site, was important before, now powerful search
engines scan every bit of the site. Making a sitemap
is, however, said to be useful. Links between pages
helps but don’t overcrowd a page with links though.
Flash sites are not generally Google friendly unless
they have an associated version.
Having to download the whole site instead of a page,
flash site are notoriously slow to download. Flash
items fare better. Although plain html is the fastest to
download, inserting many gadgets and graphics can
slow even that single page.
Have Tabs and links to go to different pages.
Make drop down menu in tabs if you have
more pages than tabs can accommodate.
FAQ page helps in understanding of your
products and your company.
With their being many fake sites, confidence
building is a must. These help:
Express your goals and motto here. People
may have sympathy for your cause.
Giving telephone number is the best. If not
yours, you can give a shared telephone
number. A shared telephone can have a staff,
who can answer queries posed by customers.
If not telephone postal address is second
best. For easy communication email address
is very useful. Since emails can go missing
companies today offer ticket system, where
the answer is posted in the company’s
website itself.