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Having a website that converts your visitors matters just as much as getting traffic to it. It goes beyond that, though, because your site needs to make your visitors, first, want to stay there. The appearance of your website will greatly determine if people want to return, regardless of your content. You know... it kinda sucks, but people will pass judgment on your work, your site, in less than 3 seconds. How tough is that... to make your impression in so short a time. A website that makes it hard to navigate, or is hard on they eyeballs, will not do as well as a site that gets it right. So taking the time to do this right, the first time, will only help your online business efforts. And now, we'd like to offer some suggestions you can walk away and use in your business today.
If you want your website to be interesting and if you want your visitors coming back then focus on providing useful content that helps them. Your design's visual elements may work well to bring in the wow factor when they visit your site the first time but to make your site is sticky and to have people coming back, you need to have compelling content. Since people are always seeking fresh content when they are online, you can do this simply by making sure you add new information regularly. Also, make the content interesting and not boring, as many times you see useful content but no one wants to read it. Your writing shouldn't be flat and boring, you need to make it alive, just like you talk. Additionally, make sure your content is not too long and is easy to read because most people don't have the patience to read through lots of information at one time. Also remember to enquire what they think of your site. Reaching out and communicating with the people who visit your site will be beneficial in the long run.
It's a good idea to avoid being too radical with design, depending on your market. For instance, users are very much used to finding bookmarking buttons, links to RSS feeds, etc all across the web on the majority of the sites. So if you avoid using too many design components, you'll be increasing the chances of people not feeling comfortable with your site. It has to do with a feeling of security and familiarity, and that's important for people.
Never program any music to begin playing immediately with out visitor control. Visitors want to be in control, so let them decide if your cool tunes get played, or not. Similarly, a site that starts with somebody talking out loud can turn out to be a bad sign. Just hand over control to your visitors because that's what they want.
Once you know what you're doing, you'll soon see that web design isn't a difficult subject to understand at all.
Just always keep in mind that you'll get better success in the long run as long as you put a lot of effort into your web design efforts.
