Does your website not do what you want? Does it repel your the few visitors that you get. I've compiled a list of possible reasons why your website stinks
No Planning
Out of the many reasons for not planning out your web design, all of them lead to a stinking website. Plan, Plan and plan some more unless you want your to end up in a mess. Save yourself time and money, come up with a plan and do it right the first time.
Your Budget Stinks
No matter how large your budget is, if you don't designate a portion of your budget to more than just web design your website is as good as a ghost town. Your website needs visitors, why else have a website if you don't plan on anyone visiting it. But too often people just build a site, and wait for eager visitors to seek them out. The problem, the visitors have no way of finding them. Put a portion of your budget into branding and design, a portion into content and development, a portion into SEO and a portion into Internet advertising.
Your Website only works with FireFox
Your website looks great in Firefox, but looks awful in Internet Explorer or vice versa. With problems like this, you are presenting a destructive image to half or more of your audience. Make sure your website works in Internet Explorer 6-8, Firefox 2-3, and Safari browsers. Heck, It couldn't hurt to check it out in Google Chrome as well.
Cluttered - Too Many Voices
You thought you could create a site with no thought to what you wanted to accomplish with it. As the cat from "Alice in Wonderland" said to Alice when deciding which road to take, If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." If you have no end destination, it means your website has no purpose; so congratulations, you've wasted your money. One of the most lucrative steps you can take in creating a website is to determine the prime purpose of your website and gear every effort towards accomplishing this goal.
Your Website is Worthless
Do you find that your customers come and go but never stick around very long or return to your site? You'll find the most probable reason for this problem is your website has no apparent value to your audience. You need to understand who your audience is and what they are looking for on your site in order to make your site of value to them.
You Make Your Visitors Stand in Line
Either you chose a poor hosting service, have terrible programming for your backend or decided to do your website with media intensive flash; so it's slower than snails and you are losing your audience. Making your audience stand in line so you can pitch your business ideas to them is a poor start. If you must use the search engine enemy Flash, make sure it loads quickly or you'll lose your audience's attention and interest.
Your Web Design Needs Direction
Did you choose a template for your site? Or could the same design for your website be used for any other company? What you're lacking is a brand, meaning a specific image or voice for your company. By creating a generic design, you haven't given your customers any reason for choosing you over your competitors, which means you're losing more business than you should be. Pick a designer who has an in depth understanding of branding to avoid this deadly mistake. - 16003
No Planning
Out of the many reasons for not planning out your web design, all of them lead to a stinking website. Plan, Plan and plan some more unless you want your to end up in a mess. Save yourself time and money, come up with a plan and do it right the first time.
Your Budget Stinks
No matter how large your budget is, if you don't designate a portion of your budget to more than just web design your website is as good as a ghost town. Your website needs visitors, why else have a website if you don't plan on anyone visiting it. But too often people just build a site, and wait for eager visitors to seek them out. The problem, the visitors have no way of finding them. Put a portion of your budget into branding and design, a portion into content and development, a portion into SEO and a portion into Internet advertising.
Your Website only works with FireFox
Your website looks great in Firefox, but looks awful in Internet Explorer or vice versa. With problems like this, you are presenting a destructive image to half or more of your audience. Make sure your website works in Internet Explorer 6-8, Firefox 2-3, and Safari browsers. Heck, It couldn't hurt to check it out in Google Chrome as well.
Cluttered - Too Many Voices
You thought you could create a site with no thought to what you wanted to accomplish with it. As the cat from "Alice in Wonderland" said to Alice when deciding which road to take, If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." If you have no end destination, it means your website has no purpose; so congratulations, you've wasted your money. One of the most lucrative steps you can take in creating a website is to determine the prime purpose of your website and gear every effort towards accomplishing this goal.
Your Website is Worthless
Do you find that your customers come and go but never stick around very long or return to your site? You'll find the most probable reason for this problem is your website has no apparent value to your audience. You need to understand who your audience is and what they are looking for on your site in order to make your site of value to them.
You Make Your Visitors Stand in Line
Either you chose a poor hosting service, have terrible programming for your backend or decided to do your website with media intensive flash; so it's slower than snails and you are losing your audience. Making your audience stand in line so you can pitch your business ideas to them is a poor start. If you must use the search engine enemy Flash, make sure it loads quickly or you'll lose your audience's attention and interest.
Your Web Design Needs Direction
Did you choose a template for your site? Or could the same design for your website be used for any other company? What you're lacking is a brand, meaning a specific image or voice for your company. By creating a generic design, you haven't given your customers any reason for choosing you over your competitors, which means you're losing more business than you should be. Pick a designer who has an in depth understanding of branding to avoid this deadly mistake. - 16003
About the Author:
One of Utah's leading expert Web Designers, Matthew Henage, has shared his knowledge of how to craft a superior web design and market it to a target audience. His knowledge has made his Utah web design company known as a one of the top Utah web design companies around.
