Website Mistakes Done Even by Good Web Designers

0OPS! WEBSITE MISTAKES EVEN GOOD DESIGNERS MAKE EVEN THE BEST WEBSITE DESIGNER IS CAPABLE OF MAKING MISTAKES The key is knowing how to identify those mistakes and fix them before they cause too much damage to both traffic levels and the general impression left by the site Common Mistakes Made by otherwise excellent website designers Not Suitable For Mobile Devices Spelling And Grammar Mistakes If you want to completely decimate your profes- sional image, all you need to do is misspell a word or two. But if you like making a good impression, you'll need to proofread your content multiple times. Is your website a beauty on the computer X screen? Not only does your website need to function on a O PQR IYE smart phone or tablet computer, it needs to look just as good on a smaller mobile screen as it does on the computer screen Forgetting Social Media Lack of Site Map If you fail to link to Facebook or Twitter you're missing an amazing opportunity to connect with your website's visitors. There's no better way to frustrate website users than to make navigation difficult. Include a site map so that Currently, Facebook boasts 1.06 billion active monthly users. Don't let them slip all visitors know where to access the information they need. through your fingers. Not Testing Before Publishing Keyword Stuffing It's easy to make stupid mistakes in web code, but unfortunately, such mis- takes can prevent your page from attaining accessibility. It's tempting to stuff your page with key- word phrases, but resist at all costs! </> Test before you publish -- this will help you catch mistakes before going live. Good keywords are valuable, they get you to that top-ranking link. Only 8 percent of those viewers will continue on to click the second link Non-Adaptive Images Flash Adaptive images are effective in cleaning up messy HTML Avoid flash at all costs, especially flash on splash pages! That's double trouble This unwelcome addition makes Better yet, they work well with both mobile and tradi- tional computers. load time unbelievably long, and it's usually pretty tacky-looking to boot. References: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/25-percent-use-smartphones-not-computers-majority- web-surfing-122259 http://www.thedailytechnology.com/facebook-has-passed-1-06-billion-monthly-active-users/ http://www.pewinternet.org/Topics/Activities-and-Pursuits/Work.aspx Created by Incion. Visit us @www.incion.com