Extra Income Work At Home Mom

Site Design...Or Site Disaster...What Do Your Visitors See???? 

So you got your own website now. Exciting isn’t it? You're ready
to start putting your website to work for you. What will you do
first? So many ideas going through your head...you want to make
it the best website on the internet. You want to make it unique
and different from anyone else's. 

So many ideas popping in and out of your head you want to do so
much. After all besides things in our home, when do we really
get to design anything? Before we know it we have added a little
of this and a little of that and maybe some more of this. It's
almost like waving a magic wand over everything giving it color
and making it pretty. To us, our web site looks great we have
color and we have animated graphics we also have a lot of
content, after all that is what gets website recognition, isn‘t
it? 

But wait, take a closer look, is all that content really
necessary? We know google likes content but maybe some of us are
confused as to which kind of content google is looking for. I
admit, I once thought content is content. But I was very wrong,
not all content is created equal. If your website is a business
related site then your content should be business related as
well. Your content should be interesting and helpful. Something
you know your visitors would enjoy. Color and graphics is not
useful content. 

Many websites have articles on their site. This is probably one
of the best contents to have on your site. Most articles are
interesting and provide useful information. What makes articles
on your site even better? If they are your articles. Articles
are not hard to write just pick a subject you are familiar with
and write an article about it. Just remember to keep your
article topics related to the type of site you have. 

Let's talk color, is all that bright color really what our
visitors want to see? Some colors are way too bright and can be
sensitive to peoples' eyes. If you need to have color make them
more down to earth colors not something that is going to make
your visitors want to run from your site. Not having any color
is also good . Color is optional, just choose it wisely. 

Animated graphics, who is guilty of those? I know I am, and it's
understandable as they are cute and neat to look at. Or are
they? Too many things flashing on your site is not appealing.
Also, too many graphics will draw the attention away from what
is really important - and that is your text. Your text is your
message to your visitors. If you insist on having them on your
site then I suggest just having maybe one. Make sure your
visitor focuses more on your text, not the graphics. 

Another point to keep in mind is “keyword rich text”. You want
to mention your keywords throughout your website. Every chance
you get mention your keywords. Work them into your sentences.
When writing articles make sure you add some of your keywords to
your article title. This also helps your website get noticed by
the SE (search engines). 

I write this article because I want everyone to learn from my
mistakes. I am guilty of all of the above. It took a new
computer to realize how loud my color was (old computer color
looked dull) . After realizing how bright it was I panicked. It
was like a slap in the face because I thought what an awful
color and if I thought that of my own site what were my visitors
thinking? I asked the advice of a good friend and thank god this
friend is open and honest in her opinions. She helped me to take
a step back and really look at my site. My only thoughts were,
“What have I been thinking?” 

I don’t even remember when or how my site got the point it did.
I felt like I had this whole other life I knew nothing about and
that person was taking over the designing of my site. But thanks
to the new computer and my good friend, I have taken the control
back of my site and since I have done so the visitors to my site
have actually doubled and the length of the visit has also
increased. I am back on the road to success.