6.LARGE HEAVY IMAGES

If you want to use images on your website, make sure to optimize your image size as much as possible. Do not make your site heavy by using big images that take ages to download. Avoid using background images on your web page. They look shabby and interfere with user's experience of browsing through your site. Too many moving logos, rotating images and other add-ons can work negatively for your site. So be careful not to overdo.

7.FLASH INTRO'S WITH NO ESCAPE

If you want to use a flash introduction on your site, go ahead use it. But do not forget to provide a "SKIP INTRO" or "HTML Site" link as an option along with your flashy flash movie!! Be thoughtful! Think of all those visitors who want to skip right through to real information on your site. This way you have a nice intro running for those who care to see it and a direct link to your site for those who don't.

8.LONG NEVER ENDING PAGES

Avoid making your pages too long : It is very frustrating for visitors to your website to scroll down endlessly each page to read what you have to say.....What adds to problem is when you have badly laid out content. Don't make them hunt for information - lay it out well, structure it.....

These are just some of mistakes to watch out for....don't forget that building a good website is an on going process...so hang in there and all best!!

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Online Ranking Tools

The following sites provide free online tools for checking your position at major search engines:

http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/search-engine-position-checker.shtml

www.gorank.com/seotools

www.netmechanic.com

Offline RankingTools

Search engine positioning software like WebPostion Gold and Web CEO also incorporate tools for checking your ranking at search engines. As you would expect they offer far more features than online tools and will check your position at far more search engines than online tools.

Get a good Website Ranking

Your choice of Website theme is main factor determining ease of achieving high ranking. A Website theme that very few Websites are targeting will be easier than themes that have a lot of competition.

How to Improve Your Website Ranking

There are two principal ways of improving your website position: Web Page optimisation and Link generation. Web page optimisation requires you to carefully construct your Web page around you keywords whereas link generation involves getting other websites to link to your website.

For information on how Meta tags affect your website ranking see Meta tags explained.

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