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A continuation of what NOT to do on your site: common mistakes that I see
daily during my work as I surf the internet.
Although this is becoming more popular, I am not a fan of framed pages. I find
it annoying when various parts of a page move, and other parts don’t. This also
restricts the amount of information that can be available at once.
TIP: If you are looking for link partners, and your links are on a framed page,
many people will reject you immediately.
Shorter pages are always better. People don’t often bother to scroll down.
Spiders don’t go down very far either. If you have several ideas, make them into
several pages.
If the site you are making is personal, and only for the benefit of your
friends, then you can ignore this next part. Do not include pictures of
yourself. To be blunt: no one cares what you look like. Unless it is a
professional photograph and you look like a model, this will detract from the
appearance of your site.
When sites have fancy ways to switch between pages and it occurs every time I
click on one of their links, it looks amateurish, and it takes a lot longer to
get from page to page. I’m going to leave their site right away.
These tips are to help you make your site look professional. A more positive tip
is: pay for a really good logo. Avoiding all of the above mentioned mistakes,
and using a good logo, your site will be attractive to all customers, and can
still be spider-friendly.
Rebecca Naylor has been building websites part time for over two years, resulting in six high-quality information sites related to home décor. These three articles have been written from a list she compiled of things she would avoid in her own sites. Three of the home improvement sites include Personal fitness trainer, Wooden garden benches, and Futon bunk beds
