If you create a website, be sure to have valuable content you can offer. Try to find facts which cannot be found anywhere else on Internet. It can be a lot of hard work, but if you can deliver unique content, you will certainly have visitors which will appreciate this.

Especially, having dozens of banners at your homepage should be avoided. This is like to say to someone on street : "Give me all your money". Your visitor has not intended to come to your website to make you money but to find valuable content he can profit from.

Be Decent With Your Ads

Of course, this should not refrain you from making money with your website, but it has to be more decent than blinking banners everywhere on your page. One banner, a sponsor, should be enough for one page.

Once you have finished your pages and uploaded them to your webspace, be sure to check everything online as well. Often, links work on your local computer but if you want to access it on net, pages cannot be found, graphics are not loaded, links lead to nowhere-land, forms do not work correctly etc. ... etc.

Check Every Link Online

Most of times this is due to fact that links are automati- cally set to your local directories and not to your URL. So make sure, you test every link online as well, especially spelling of your linknames. This is a very common source for faults and testing is something I would really recommend.

Test The Functionality Of Your Forms

If you have forms on your web site, test functionality with your own contact information and e-mail address first. Nothing is more annoying to your visitors than if they want to contact you through form you deliver and then nothing happens or they get an errror messsage. This doesn't have to be that way.

25 Deadly Sins For Your Internet Marketing Website

01. Your page has so many advertisements on it that your content is hidden

Visitors should not have to hunt for your navigation or wonder where to find it. If you've done your job right, it will be right there when they are ready for it.

The struggle in creating good navigation is to figure out what type of navigation visitor is going to need, when he is going to need it, and where most effective placement will be.

Basically, you have to anticipate your visitors needs and have a solution ready.

Here are four key areas where you can squeeze out most effectiveness:

1. Global navigation.

Global navigation is a set of links to all main areas of your site that is available on every page of site in same place. Global navigation is a must-have, because it gives visitors ready access to key areas on your site.

If you don't have this type of navigation, visitors tend to get lost. They lose their ability to easily move around between main sections.

When you use global navigation, visitors develop a sense of familiarity with your site because site is consistent. When they need to find something, they know right where to look for it.

Global navigation should be across top of page or down left side, since these two places are where visitors will look first.

Also, it's crucial that global navigation be in first fold of page. This means it needs to be visible in first window visitor sees before they scroll down. Since these options represent most crucial sections of your site, it's imperative that visitors see them immediately. Never put your main navigation below fold.

2. Spotlighted navigation.

On many sites, there are a few navigation options that get spotlight in center of main page. The concept is great--hook visitors with key areas right up front.

However, many people completely miss boat because they focus on wrong links. Frequently, they link to company history or mission statement.

Wrong focus. Visitors don't care.