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To keep your visitors coming back, the main goals ofyour website are for visitor participation and benefits.Provide an interesting, beneficial and useful websiteand they will come back!

If your site is annoying you can be sure they will findanother site to visit, never to come back to yours.

Here are some ways you can be sure to annoy yourvisitors: (they might not annoy all, but probably the majority)

** Frames - Chopping up a site with frames is a great wayto get your visitors frustrated. These frames are very obtrusive and make navigation and reading your sitemuch harder. They are also disliked by the search enginespiders.

** Overbearing Graphics - Not only are these blinking and flashing graphics distracting and unnecessary, they canalso 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 knowingwhat your site has to offer.

** No Contact Information - I cannot stress enough howimportant 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 tobe assured that you can be reached when needed.

** Hard To Navigate -You want your visitors to be ableto get around your site without trouble. Have your links all together in a place that is easily seen. Havethem in the same place on every page.

** Inconsistent Page Design - I have been on some siteswhere after clicking on a link, I didn't even know if I was at the same site. The page was totally differentand did not have any of the same information or linksas the previous page. After trying to find what I waslooking 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 websiteis 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 writtenweb pages!

** Too Many Banners -If you want banners on your site,set up a banner exchange page for this purpose only. Donot have your homepage or other pages so loaded withbanners 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 darktext on a light background. Also, if you use a texturedor print background, be sure that it is not hard on theeyes. One site I visited had a weave look backgroundthat made the text so hard to read, after a few minutesof looking around I had to leave because I was gettinga 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 andmore 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. Peoplevisit a website to see what the site has that will benefit them. Useful, helpful, practical content can'tbe beat! This would include resources, freebies, tips,ideas, information, interaction, contests, etc.

One thing you can do is visit several sites that pertainto your business. Study these sites and write downwhat you find annoying. Write down any reasons youhave 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 nothingthat will chase away your visitors!

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