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 (also known as "The eBook Lady") has over ten years online experience and has helped many people start their own business. Visit her site at http://www.seymourproducts.com for resources, $1 resell ebooks & software, free tutorials, affiliate programs, free ezine and free business ebook with Master Resell Rights. http://www.seymourproducts.com/free.shtml



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