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More than ever before in the marketplace, that more and more people find themselves operating in is going global. For many businesses this is a good thing, because it gives them a broader customer base to cater to and to reach them they have to have a website on the Internet. For many people, having a website designed means that they have to learn on the fly all of the details that go into a successful website. If you take the time to browse through some websites on the Internet you will find that there are some pretty bad websites out there with bad graphics and uninteresting script written in them. If you wish to avoid having your website grouped in with all of the bad websites on the Internet, there are a few preventative steps that you can take.
Use a reputable website design company to do the work and it will help to ensure that your website is effective and pleasant to visit. There are a lot of reputable website design companies on the Internet and they all have examples of their work to show you. They will also have references that will verify their credibility. They avoid using splash pages as they take much time to open and most people who visit the website turns impatient as the website takes time to open.
The Internet is full of new website designers, because of the recent availability of inexpensive website design software. Excessive banners and advertisements should be avoided as far as possible; instead usage of more and more valuable content and let your visitors feel that they want to buy instead of being pushed to buy.
Website design companies use teams of experienced experts in a combined effort to create their websites and each person is a specialist in their particular craft such as graphic design and content writing. Trying to save a few bucks by handing your website design job to just anyone on the net is just asking to be left having to have their work redone, while your competition is busy promoting their finished product on the Internet. Providing simple and clear navigation will help one to stay away from complicated flash based menus or multi-tiered drop down menus. If your visitors don't know how to navigate your site you will lose them.
It is advisable to keep the typeface of the headline copy simple and easy to read by using Arial or times roman for website design, as fancy typeface is hard to read through and can be ideally used for company logo. Make sure that you avoid using background music on your site. If you insist on adding audio, make sure they have some control over it -- volume or muting controls would work fine, as your visitors may not be cool with it and may find the audio monotonous. The images in the website are also suggestive to be small enough so that they can be easily downloaded and the website can open quickly.
The layout of the web pages and the consistency in their design are the major concerns for a website design. Technologies such as the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can be used for maintaining a uniform layout throughout the website. Avoid cluttering the web pages with too many links. Underline the links and preferably present them in a different colour so that links can be distinguished from the page content.
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