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Building_Good_Websites
| Building Good Websites
Websites, there’s literally billions of them out there in
cyber-space. How many of them do you go to and just think this
is boring, bland, or hard to use? It seems like too many to
mention. So what makes a good website? I reckon it’s about
interaction. You’ve got to make the visitor interested. You’ve
got to grab their attention. Many sites use plenty of bright and
shiny gimmicks to attract you, but once you make it through to
the content of the site it’s just not worthy. A good site uses
easy navigation, relevant content, and interactive media like
comments and message boards. If you’re fortunate, whoever builds
your site may even have a few tricks up their sleeves to make it
really fun with sound, video, and other interactive fun stuff.
Do you want people to come to your site and then tell their
friend and family about it? Do you want to have huge amounts of
visitors? Do you want to succeed in making your dreams come to
fruition on the Web? Make your website exciting! It might be
easier said than done, but there are people around whose job it
is to construct and design sites for a living. If you can afford
it, go for the best. How great is it when you come across a site
that has some special feature that you’ve never seen elsewhere?
Isn’t it great when you find a site that relates to one of your
interests that is simple and easy to get to the information you
want? If you want to have people to come back again and again,
you’ve got to keep updating the content to keep it fresh and
interesting. Have a way for people to communicate with yourself
and others who are into the same things. E.G. Forums, message
boards and comments. The aim is to catch the ‘viewer’s’ interest.
A lot of sites just look like giant advertisements and you have
to search for the needle in the haystack to find out what the
actual site is for. I know advertising is a way of making money,
but if you want your site to have an authentic, respectable
atmosphere that exudes a feeling of integrity, you better be
careful. People are becoming wary of this consumer driven,
mindless attack at the average civilian’s wallet. Some people
will automatically leave a site if a bunch of commercials pop-up
on the screen. Pop-ups, don’t even make me go there…
So, the aim of the game is to make a site that offers the public
to be part of the action as well as being a source of knowledge
or information that is in demand. A simple to navigate, good
‘feel’, and if possible-innovative site is the means to becoming
the popular Internet magnate you’ve always dreamed of becoming.
Another important fact is the idea of ‘you’. Your website is a
chance to put your identity out there in the world. Be yourself.
If you try to appeal to an audience in a way that doesn’t
reflect your true self, you’re destined to fail. Be honest and
speak from your real perspective on life. Give it to us from the
heart.
About the author:
Jesse S. Somer M6.Net http://www.m6.net Jesse S. Somer is some
guy from somewhere wondering when the Internet will become the
beacon of light it is destined to be. All it will take is a bit
of accountability and honesty.
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