10 Things Every Business Web site Should Have

Written by Abdillahi Abdillahi


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I find this very unprofessional language for a business web site to use , I mean when you see a business web site which uses this language - wazz up instead of what's up , we have 2 instead of we have to ,you can find a lot of examples if you look around and mostly in chat rooms - would you buy something from it?

You should stay around from using this language in any part of your web site and make sure you spell checkrepparttar text on every page even if you checked it you need to double check or use some spell checker software because after all we are humane and we make mistakes!

7 Design, Colors, and Images.

These three are also important for every business web site . Business web sites should have an easy to use design and all of your products should be easy to find. Ifrepparttar 132217 potential customer don't find all ofrepparttar 132218 important information about all of your products then they will just leaverepparttar 132219 site and visit a competitor's site.

And aboutrepparttar 132220 colors you should use them carefully. Business web sites should have a bright colors . Stay away from dark colors not all but likerepparttar 132221 color black shouldn't be used for any business web site .

Now forrepparttar 132222 images you should use images that have something to do with your business and products . If you have a lot of images , big ones then you should make small thumbnails and link them torepparttar 132223 big ones so they load faster.

8 Free From Broken Links.

Well basically every web site shouldn't have any broken links but it is very important for business web sites to be free from having broken links. I remember one day when I was on a site selling something online and I wanted to orderrepparttar 132224 products it was selling so I clicked onrepparttar 132225 order link and guess what did I get? A 404 file not found page .

At that time I no longer wanted to buy their products because I said to myself if I need help later how will they help me when their own order links are not working? It was a very important question to me and I needed an answer but I know I had to answer it to my self and said they will not be able to help you

Now I guess you gotrepparttar 132226 point but if you didn't get it then it is because of those broken links you are going to lose sales just like that site which I was trying to buy something from did. For that reason and so many other reasons which I can't gather them together here your business web site shouldn't have any broken links.

If you ever change your file names then make sure you make a custom 404 file not found page designed as a site map so if a visitor visits a removed page from a search engine or a site then he will have that site map as a new guide torepparttar 132227 new page.

9 Use Live Support and Ticket Tracking System.

Using live support system and ticket tracking system is very useful for every business web site . Sometimes potential customers want to get quick answers torepparttar 132228 questions they might have so by using a live support system then they will be able to talk to a sales representative live. There are some good free ones and low prices ones which you can get and install and use within minutes .

And aboutrepparttar 132229 ticketing system , it makes email management a lot easier . You can track every email with a special ticket number and allrepparttar 132230 answers will be organized as threaded discussion. Most live support systems come with a ticket tracking feature so make sure you getrepparttar 132231 best one out there for your business web site.

10 SSL(Secure Socket Layer) Certificates.

Even though they can be used for certain parts ofrepparttar 132232 web site but inrepparttar 132233 same time they can be used throughoutrepparttar 132234 site.If you use some third party scripts and softwares to make payment processing etc then you don't have to use SSL because they are used for sending sensitive information such as banking information, credit card information etc and anything else you find sensitive throughrepparttar 132235 internet . You decide it whether or not you need to use one for your business web site

Conclusion.

That is it, These were ten things every business web site should have and you should consider them whenever you design a business web site Of course any site can have them all but they are very important for business web sites to have. Until next time make sure you userepparttar 132236 list :)

Abdillahi Abdillahi is a web designer, founder and president of http://kooshin.com , a company providing affordable web hosting and web design solutions to small to medium sized businesses and individuals. For more information , please visit http://kooshin.com


If Content is King who is Queen?

Written by Trevor Lewis


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Graphical design What you do with your design is generally down to personal taste and branding requirements. Take a look onrepparttar Internet and you'll see successful designs fromrepparttar 132215 extremely detailed torepparttar 132216 minimalist.

Note that whilst people will say 'but look at Google' to justify a plain (ugly!) design, well chosen colour schemes and visual interest will give your site a positive boost.

No matter what style you go for, there are some rules that will always apply:

  • Be consistent,repparttar 132217 look shouldn't change acrossrepparttar 132218 site
  • Busy backgrounds hardly ever work
  • Take it easy onrepparttar 132219 flashing ads and graphics
  • Watch out for clashing colours
  • Dark text on light backgrounds work best
  • The fewer fonts and text colours there are,repparttar 132220 better
  • Use high quality images and graphics

Logical structure and pleasing design make for intuitive navigation and an easier more enjoyable browsing experience. With just a little thought you'll be rewarded with visitors who pay more attention to your content and notrepparttar 132221 pain and effort needed to get to it.

Trevor Lewis has over 10 years in the Software Industry. He is currently a Senior Consultant at EMNM. EMNM offer a range of new media design services including interactive CD presentations and website design.


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