How to Get Rid of Your Visitors
To keep
your visitors coming back, the main goals of your website are for
visitor participation and benefits. Provide an interesting,
beneficial and useful website and they will come back!
If your site is annoying you can be sure they will find another site
to visit, never to come back to yours.
Here are some ways you can be sure to annoy your visitors: (they
might not annoy all, but probably the majority)
** Frames - Chopping up a site with frames is a great way to get
your visitors frustrated. These frames are very obtrusive and make
navigation and reading your site much harder. They are also disliked
by the search engine spiders.
** Overbearing Graphics - Not only are these blinking and flashing
graphics distracting and unnecessary, they can also cause your site
to download very slowly. Most people do not have the time to sit and
wait for an extremely slow site, and will leave before even knowing
what your site has to offer.
** No Contact Information - I cannot stress enough how important it
is to have your email address and other contact info on every page.
This will add credibility to your site and always give your visitors
a reason to be assured that you can be reached when needed.
** Hard To Navigate -You want your visitors to be able to get around
your site without trouble. Have your
links all together in a place that is easily seen. Have them in the
same place on every page.
** Inconsistent Page Design - I have been on some sites where after
clicking on a link, I didn't even know if I was at the same site.
The page was totally different and did not have any of the same
information or links as the previous page. After trying to find what
I was looking for and not finding it, I left. Please keep your site
design uniform and consistent. This will make it much easier on your
visitors.
** Spelling and Grammar – Always proofread your web pages. Designing
and building a professional website is a waste of time if it reads
like a five year old wrote it. With spell checker, grammar checker,
dictionaries, etc. there is no excuse for poorly written web pages!
** Too Many Banners -If you want banners on your site, set up a
banner exchange page for this purpose only. Do not have your
homepage or other pages so loaded with banners that there isn't room
for anything else.
** Hard To Read Text - Do not use fancy text or pale text on a pale
background. The easiest to read is a dark text on a light
background. Also, if you use a textured or print background, be sure
that it is not hard on the eyes. One site I visited had a weave look
background that made the text so hard to read, after a few minutes
of looking around I had to leave because I was getting a headache.
If you think it is easy to see get a few more opinions just to be
sure!
** Music - Music used to be very common on the web. Practically
every site you went to had music. More and more people started
realizing that this was a major distraction and annoyance to a lot
of people. If you really want music, have a choice for your
visitors. Let them decide if they want the music.
** Lack of Content -You've got to have content. People visit a
website to see what the site has that will
benefit them. Useful, helpful, practical content can't be beat! This
would include resources, freebies, tips, ideas, information,
interaction, contests, etc.
One thing you can do is visit several sites that pertain to your
business. Study these sites and write down what you find annoying.
Write down any reasons you have for leaving the site. Take note of
what you like about these sites. Incorporate all these findings into
creating a sharp, clean, useful website with nothing that will chase
away your visitors!
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Terri Seymour has several years online experience and has helped
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