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Website Information

Your website is a direct reflection of you and your business. Your website's appearance is the most important factor in determining it's value. If your website doesn't look professional or pleasing to the eyes it will be perceived as having low value and so will your products or services.

You may have a great looking website but if it takes too long to load, people will click away and this will cost you business.

A large part of making a good website is knowing what makes a BAD website and avoiding them. Here's a short list of things to avoid:

Poor load time
Poor overall appearance
Spelling/Grammar
No contact information
Poor content
Poor navigation
Broken links and graphics
Poor browser compatibility
Large slow loading graphics
Too many graphics
Pages scrolling to oblivion
Multiple use of animated graphics
Animated bullets
Too many graphic and/or line dividers
Busy, distracting backgrounds
Multiple banners and buttons
Poor use of frames
Large fonts

Pop up messages
Over use of java
Poor use of tables
Poor organization
Different backgrounds on each page
Over powering music set to autoplay
Confusing
Too much advertising
Large Welcome banners
Multiple colored text
Text difficult to read
Multiple use of different fonts
Under construction signs
Scrolling text in the status bar
Large scrolling text across the page
Poor use of mouse over effects
Flash movies
Intro pages

Websites that are simple and well designed are the most successful at helping businesses grow. Among the things to be carefully considered when designing your website is the:

Size and Layout
Colors
Font Style and Size
Navigation Links
and the most importantly - Your Content (Information)

A fast loading and professional looking website with easy to read and informative content is important. It instills a sense of value and lends credibility to your business, which will cause visitors to want to explore your site further and learn more about your products or services.

Contact me today about getting your business on the Web with a professional quality website.

Website Hosting

Many people will often purchased a domain name as soon as they decide to get a website, but this is not the best way. A domain name isn't much good without a website and a website isn't much good without a place on the Web to put it.

If you're serious about getting a website you should purchase a good Web hosting plan from a good Web hosting company.

A Web hosting company has powerful computers that houses websites and makes them viewable on the Web. And a good Web hosting company will give you a free domain name when you purchase a hosting plan.

Not all Web hosting companies are the same and not all hosting plans are good. My websites and the websites I make for others are business tools used to help us grow our business and make money, and I would not trust this to just any website hosting company.

I use IXwebhosting because they are one of the best Web hosting companies available.

Click the above image for Website Hosting Plans. I personally recommend the "Business Plus" plan.