Creating An Effective Website

Keys to effective website design:

1. Clean straight forward design
You are selling a product or providing a service, so your main goal is to communicate this information in the simplest manner possible. The simpler the design the easier it will be to understand the content therein. Try to avoid to many images and "features" that could clutter your website and slow the download time. Your website should look professional and neat.
2. Consistency
Maintain a consistent feel throughout your site. All pages should ideally stream into each other as the user clicks through viewing the information they are looking for. Help the visitor to your site find what they are looking for easily and quickly.
3. Navigation
Ensure that your navigation bar is easily understood and clear. Establish that all the pages in your website are accessible from all pages. Perhaps create a sitemap.
4. Usability
Ensure that the website loads quickly in a browser. It should work well across all browsers.
5. Search Engine Friendly
Your website should be built to be search-engine friendly. Go to our article on SEO for more information.

The Internet has been the most fundamental change during my lifetime and for hundreds of years. Someone the other day said, "It's the biggest thing since Gutenberg," and then someone else said "No, it's the biggest thing since the invention of writing." Rupert Murdoch