Improve your web site with these tips

Published on June 2, 2004 By Clonmelchat In Internet

Improve your web site and follow these tips. I have been studying web developement at Tipperary Institute Link Clonmel for the past year. The main thing I found was once you create a fantastic site how do you get it noticed.

Many web sites don't attract user devotion at the first word, let alone after scanning the home page.
How many times has this scenario happened to you? You've performed a search in a search engine or directory, reviewed the results and found a page description that fits your needs. When you clïck on the page that looks the most promising, you often arrive at the web site's home page, where one or more things might happen:

1. The page loads slowly due to too many graphics, dynamic applications or scripts.

2. There are terms used on the page that you don't understand.

3. It promotes products or services that were not mentioned in the page description from the search engine.

4. The products or services are unrelated to your search.

5. The page is "amateurish" in appearance and you're not feeling confident about things like customer service, user privacy and security, experience with the product, or other credibility issues.

6. The page is so busy you don't know where to go to next, or distractions caused you to forget your original mission.

7. Something has turned you off, such as swimsuit models that don't look like you do, corporate images of businessmen, not women or multiple animated things.

8. An invasive advertisement appeared that you had to clïck away so you could read the content underneath it.

9. The page loads but your scumware radar starts beeping like crazy or popup and security alerts appear.

10. You need a magnifying glass to read the content.

If a keyword search brings back an inside page, more common frustrations occur to drive people away from the web site. They include:

1. There is no navigation to the rest of the web site.

2. There is navigation, but no visible, easy-to-locate link to the main home page or main web site.

3. A link "home" is offered, but sub-navigation is missing, so that the user must start at the beginning to figure out where they landed inside the web site.

4. Link labels do not explain what the web site is about, so the visitor may not be inspired to clïck around.

5. There is no suggested clïck path to follow. For example, if the page happens to be an article, it might be useful to say "Did you find this article helpful? Hëre are more articles that may interest you."

We often forget that search engines index more than our homepage. People often stumble into our web sites while searching for other things, linking from another web site, or receiving an email link from a friend. The starting place isn't always home base.

So, how do you make a web site page approachable in a crowded room of search engine results? First, make sure your title tag is accurate. Every page requires a title tag unique to the content it represents. The home page is an overview page, so focus on the main goal, which is often also your primary keyword(s).

Next, write a genuine, honest description that isn't all hype and glorified self-worship about your great website. If the site is going to sell something, what does it sell? Does it specialize? Avoid words like "unique", "amazing", and "special" because, frankly, everybody makes these claims.

It's important to not "stuff" keywords in your title and description tags because these are displayed in search engines as your site or page description. When read by humans, they don't make sense. People are getting wiser. They know that you are trying to get higher rank but it doesn't mean your web site is any better in quality that those lower in search results.

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