Your Website Visitors - Will They Stay?

Written by Randy Justason


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I'm not saying not to use colors in your site, there have been many studies that indicate certain colors trigger certain responses, however, you really need to experiment to getrepparttar right combination.

5. Animated Banners - DO NOT put animated banners on your home page.

Banners, animated or not, are images and can slow downrepparttar 132165 loading of your page. Also, animated banners are distracting and if you distract your visitor fromrepparttar 132166 main purpose of your site......there goes a possible sale.

I know that many people just starting out are using Banner Exchanges as a means of getting visitors to their site. That's OK just don't put them on your home page. Put them atrepparttar 132167 bottom of allrepparttar 132168 rest ofrepparttar 132169 pages if you want, just not on your index page. Remember, if your home page is strong enough to capture your visitors' interest, they will click on more pages and you will get your banner impressions.

6. Too much on one page - I've seen some sites whererepparttar 132170 owner has just about every affiliate program he belongs to on his home page.

If I type a keyword into a search engine and click onrepparttar 132171 first site that comes up, I want to be able to find what I'm looking for without having to sift through paragraph upon paragraph of other advertisements and affiliate links. If your visitors don't think they will find what they came to find, you'll lose them.

You should use your home page to welcome your visitors and tell them exactly what they want to know. If your site is about pet grooming, tell them that right fromrepparttar 132172 start. Let them knowrepparttar 132173 kind of information they can expect to find on each of your pages. Make sure your navigation is easy to follow by havingrepparttar 132174 main navigation bar atrepparttar 132175 top left of your page and putting links throughoutrepparttar 132176 text.

Your home page should lead your visitors torepparttar 132177 rest of your site, that's where you do your selling.

Those are a few ofrepparttar 132178 deterants that I have found while searching for information onrepparttar 132179 internet. I hope you will be able to use this information to make your own sites more user friendly and keep your visitors from clicking away.

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Basic Rules on Page Layout and Color

Written by Granny's Mettle


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The Rule – Use color sparingly.

For impact, designers choose to create their design on more than a single color. But color thrown around everywhere also loses its impact. The rule of thumb: for maximum impact, use color on headings, andrepparttar most important words in headings.

The Rule – Do not use complementary colors.

Colors that can be found opposite each other inrepparttar 132163 color wheel are called complementary colors. For example, blue is opposite orange inrepparttar 132164 color wheel. When used side by side,repparttar 132165 complementary colors can create havoc in our eyes because it would be difficult to focus on both atrepparttar 132166 same time. In addition,repparttar 132167 colors may seem to vibrate when viewed together.

The Rule – Do not use color screened more than 40% with text.

Anything darker than 40% color against a text can make it harder to read. However, you can vary this rule somewhat by calculating how darkrepparttar 132168 color will be. For example, green can be screened darker than blue to makerepparttar 132169 text stand out.

For best results, use a Pantone book for tints to show you different screens for every color. In addition,repparttar 132170 Pantone book will help you see what is readable and what is not with both text and reversed text onrepparttar 132171 screens.

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