Slow Page Loading
Internet Research shows that more than 50% of surfers are using
dial-up connections to access the world wide web. Thus if your page does not download
rapidly, visitors will quickly move on to your competitors site. Take
action now to optimize web pages by engaging a professional web page designer.
Optimize JPEG's and GIF's for the web
Each image on your site must be correctly sized and optimized for
web use. The best method for this process is dependent entirely
your actual editor.
If you do not have an image editor, there are some decent free
programs available on the net.
- IrfanView Image Editor
- Free Online GIF Optimizer
- Free Online JPG Optimizer
W3C compliant HTML code
W3C compliant code will load faster.
Using Free Web Hosting
If you want to run a successful online
business, you absolutely must have a reliable domain host. Customers that will trust
a small business owner with their credit card information, who cannot
invest $3.00 to $7.00 a month for proper web hosting, are rare. If you are having a hard time finding affordable web hosting that
you can trust and depend on, avail the services of DIS
Web Design for Hosting. Over 500 website owners have found them to be extremely reliable.
Using Free IMAP E-mail Addresses
Using a free IMAP email address, such
as Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, is never appropriate for your website correspondence.
The business looses its Website Credibility. When it comes to
serious online business, a domain email addresses is the perfect
choice. POP3
email accounts come free with all professional hosting plans.
Background Music
This slows the site. Not recommended unless your site is not
relying on search engine positioning and generates business from
offline campaigns.
Website Best Viewed
On many beginner websites you will see a disclaimer statement
added to the bottom of a page, concerning which web browser and/or
screen resolution they designed the site to be viewed with. Invest the time in learning the skills necessary to design an
accessible website
that renders well in all browsers and all screen resolutions.
Horizontal Scrolling
An accessible website should be without horizontal scrolling
in both smaller and larger screen resolution. Vertical Scrolling
is acceptable and surfers expect
to scroll from the top to the bottom of web pages. But horizontally
scrolling is disturbing and can make it extremely difficult to read the content on
web pages, making visitors to loose patience and go away. Check your
website in a site resolution viewer.
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