Websites can make your presence felt in the cyberworld in a big way. You can showcase your unique features, products and services through them. But designing websites that can catch the attention of visitors is not a child’s play. If your website contains some of the big blunders in terms of design, it can lead you to lost visitors and profits.

Many online business owners give more importance to the success of popups and popunders for getting more customers, making sales or earning profits. At the same time, a substantial number of users claim that they dislike popups and popunders. Because, many of us have been witnessed the trauma attached with popups that produce even more popups when you try to close them, until your screen is filled with windows and you are utterly annoyed. Most users simply do not welcome multiple popups or popunders. So you can use them only when they appear only once in the beginning or at the time of exit.

Particular formats are easier to read than others like that black text on a white background. The reverse, light text on a colored background can cause exhaustion when reading large blocks of text and is better used to highlight a portion of the page. In the same way, text that is too small can cause problems. Although it is possible to change the displayed text size on a browser, many Internet users don’t know how to do that.

Indecently designed frames can leave your visitor get caught on your site, unable to use the back button on their browsers to leave. After experiencing this bad experience, they will never come back to your site.

Users get irritated if they can not get an access to their desired information quickly and easily. So make your navigation clear and simple. Similarly regularly verify your order links to make sure that they are still working.

Splash pages that appear while opening your website can make your visitors lost patience, particularly when they are forced to wait for it to load. Similarly, Flash movies are frequently used on websites now-a-days. However, to view them users requires downloading a plug-in, if they don’t already possess it. It can consume your machine’s resources and make it nearly impossible to get out. Even a ‘Skip Intro’ link can not help you to get out if your computer is too busy with Flash. Apart from that, the load time can be far too long for those without high-speed Internet connections.

You may have come across websites that prompt you to enter an email address, a name, or other personal information before you’re allowed to enter the site. This leads to visitors running away from your sites. There is no reason why a user will provide his personal information without knowing anything about the site. Give your visitors the option to sign up for your newsletter, product updates, etc. But allow them into your site first. If they like what they see, they will eagerly provide you with contact information. This helps you in identifying potential customers who can contribute to your business.

Some of the other more commonly seen design problems include: spelling mistakes, too many colors and excessively bright colors, use of so many fonts, a shoddy or messy look, too many banners or graphics, many broken links and horizontal scroll bars.
So apply thought while designing your website, as a well-designed website brings visitors as well as business for you.

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