| Here are 10 common minister design mistakes most web owners or webmasters make and how to fix them. Web design factors overlap with design elements and principles in general.
Not sitting down to plan your overall minister structure and site layout including linking and navigation. This is also the best time to start thinking about your search engine marking.
Not doing your keyword research from the get goes. For more help visit to: www.great-links-toyour-website.com. Don't assume anything; get it right from the right start. Keyword is your rootworm or the foundation of your minister structure. If you miss this crucial step, every other part of your building structure falls apart including search engine optimization. Don't spend time, money and energy on a keyword nobody is searching for. That's a sure way to have a failed web business. Or, some people don't even have a specific keyword or phrase that will attract prospects to their site. Use keyword tools like wordtracker, good keyword, and overture or Google keyword suggestion tool.
Don't clutter your minister with too many distractions like graphics, flash animations, bells, and whistle. All these are good if you want to impress a kindergarten child but bad for your traffic flow and cash flow. Minimize the use of Java scripts, flash animations and graphics. Search engines don't index them well. Just know that search engines love words and keywords or key phrases are what counts and that’s what sells. Words are what your visitors use to query the search engines.
Your minister should load in 8 seconds or less. Beyond this time frame, most visitors lose patience. Sorry, we are in an instant, microwave society and nobody wants to wait. Besides, there is over information and too much to see and navigate, so your visitors are happy to hit the back button.
Not knowing and applying "the rule of 3" in minister design. This rule is like a guide that should be at the back of your mind while doing any design work in a given space. The more you apply this rule, the more dynamic, lifelike and professional your design becomes. Three is the number of trinity. It states that it is safe to use 3 colors, 3 fonts, 3 tables’ rows, and three design elements in any given space. This rule also applies to your graphic panel design, banner ads and recovers.
Not knowing color contrast and harmony. In other words, your design did not consider color theory and emotion of colors. For more detail go to: www.video-web-wizards.com. Never use a dark color on a dark background. Even a light color on a dark background is suspect. It does not print well if you decide to download it. The best contrast is dark on a white background like black or blue on white background. This offers great visual appeal, and readability.(Details about colors are treated in my other articles).
Also red is a warm or shouting color--use with caution and use sparingly because it call for attention that why red headlines tend to convert better than other colors. Yellow is best suited for highlights. Avoid the use of blacks or gray if your are not advanced in minister design. Use a lot of white space (negative space) for blending, color contrast and harmony.
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