Top Five Web Design Mistakes

The Internet today is a highly competitive, vastly diverse medium for business and personal ventures. Creating a successful Web site is extremely challenging for any Web site designer. One of the first skills a successful designer learns is how to determine what makes a great Web site and what makes a mediocre or bad one. Listed below are some of the top Web site design mistakes in use on the Internet. Learning to avoid these mistakes can give your Web site the edge it needs to succeed.

Five Top Web Site Design Mistakes

1. Poor Navigation Features

Make sure your navigation links are consistent and clear. They should appear in the same place on each page, and should clearly define where the visitor will go when clicked.

2. Graveyard Links

Dead links waste time and frustrate visitors. If you include links on your Web site you consider relevant and important to the content of your site, make certain they are valid and working.

3. Size Does Matter

Don’t bombard the pages with large, slow loading graphics. You’ll sacrifice visitors. Many people today still surf the Web on dial-up connections so design your Web site with those speeds in mind.

4. Browser Prejudice

Make certain your Web site is cross-browser friendly. At least 30% of Web surfers use a browser other than MS Explorer. Design your site so that it displays well in all browsers.

5. Content With No Purpose

Decide the purpose of your Web site and offer frequently updated, fresh content that serves your target audience. Superior, current content keeps your visitors coming back.

By following a few basic principles and not burying your Web site in useless information and unnecessary graphics or scripts, you can provide your visitors with a reason to stay and just as important, a reason to return.

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