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To kick off the new year in Web Design, I thought it would be best to go through a couple of my tell-tale signs that can help you gauge if and when your website’s design sucks. Obviously, “Website design” in this concept does not only include the graphical elements of the page, but of course the Information architecture, usability, accessibility, etc. So without further ado– Let’s get going with round one of “Your website design sucks because…” with Your website design sucks because users can’t find crap!
1. What the heck are you thinking?!

Whether or not you are running a corporate information site or a 15,000 page e-Commerce store- your content should be easy to find! The biggest problem is people think that you ALWAYS need a search box. Search on a website comes in many flavours, and sure; a search box would be awesome- as long as the results are easy to understand and filter to the right place. Having said that, not all great websites have search boxes or website search for that matter – but most if not all of them [great websites, that is] make the user experience worthwhile by making their content easy to find. Here are a few tips:

* If you are running a blog, make sure there is at least a way for the user to find an archive of all your content. After all, one of the main calling-cards, if you like – of a blog, is the fact that it is a chronological listing of posts or entries. Other important elements that help users searching for content is Tags and Categories. Try to make sure your posts only belong to one parent category. I.e. Not “Sydney Web Design” AND “Web Design” — after all, 99% of the time, one of the two (or more) categories makes the most sense. Tags help users by allowing to search for other posts which they might find interesting based on a common interest; i.e. Usability.

* If you are running a website; other than a web log , make sure that there is a common, geographical structure to your pages. I.e. there should always be the same header and footer on all pages – including any side-navigation or side elements. Doing this makes sure that users learn where things are and helps elevate any problems in looking for things all over your website.

2. Some conventional wisdom

Most webmasters and/or designers usually get search from a UI point of view under control. I mean come on! It’s basically three elements– A label “search for:”, a text box, usually pre-filled with “type query here” or something of the sort, and finally a “go/search/find” submit button… Easy, right? Wrong! Whilst the front-end features of site search are seen as simple, most websites/intranets (even the big players) crash and burn on the search results page.
3. A case study in Search Usability: Australia Post

Ahh, good old Australia Post! I love the fact that they deliver to anywhere in the world and the prices are not too bad — and I haven’t had anything major get lost whilst sending out *so far*. However, one thing that drives me insane about Australia Post is their website; http://www.austpost.com.au — not only is this website in need of a “major” overhaul. Let’s start with the essentials of this particular topic; Search.

The search on AustPost is located at: http://search.auspost.com.au. Nothing wrong with that so far- In fact, it’s smart to have search on either a sub-domain or a sub-folder at search.domain.com or domain.com/search. Moving right along. Oh wait! That domain does not work (Under Construction!!) unless you append the following to it: “/cse/auspost/” making the FULL-URI http://search.auspost.com.au/cse/auspost/ – Tsk, tsk AP!

If you type “test” in the search box and click the search button of the main page you get diverted to a search results page; which is okay so far– However, the diverted results page is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT website (in terms of overall look and feel). Check it out for yourself.
Australia Post Search Box – Main Page

Australia Post Search Box – Main Page

All good so far… Let’s see what happens when we get diverted to the ‘actual’ search page.
Australia Post Search Results Page – Search.austpost.com.au

Australia Post Search Results Page – Search.austpost.com.au

Oops! Something went completely wrong. Did I, as the user kill the site? Or is it meant to be a completely different site followed by a completely different user experience? [Both valid questions you don't need a visitor to your website, especially your search page asking!].

As Homer Simpson would say in a time of crisis; Doh! Different Logo, Different colour scheme, Different tab system, Different IA… Well, at least the logo is generally in the same place as before. Granted, I don’t know the reasoning behind this– Maybe they are in the process of moving sites across to a newer(?) design – but nonetheless, I think being a government corporation, this is pretty bad usability!
Anyway, let’s move right along… As if that first problem wasn’t bad enough, let’s see the search results form. Below is a screenshot of the “general” search form. By general search form I’m referring to the non-advanced variety!
Search Results Box

Search Results Box

Wow, okay — where to start, where to start. Let’s rattle off some of the issues with this search box/form.

1. Why have a “Show search options >>” as well as “‘Advanced Search”. That is not only confusing, but a waste of visual space/real estate. Why not make general search easy to use with no extra-ordinary features, and leave advanced search for those people that need to dig deeper into the data mine. Ahhh, I slowly started to realise why, and you will see why soon!

2. See the “Select All” and “Clear All” check boxes? They only select/deselect one option — and that is the “Australia Post Website” check box. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AUSTPOST DESIGNERS/DEVELOPERS!!! Give me three good reasons why this is necessary on this page (in its current format) and I will stop using Facebook for a month… Okay, a week! Not only is this stupid from a usability/IA point of view, but it’s NOT needed here. Why?, you ask?

1. When you actually decide to click on “Search” you really DON’T end up having a choice in the matter, because the “Australia Post Website” check box is auto-ticked when the page has reloaded with the search results! Oh Oh!

2. It’s a waste of a control to begin with! The same thing could be easily achieved with one button which toggles through the selections. I.e. starts off as “Select all options” then changes to “De-select all options” upon click… However…

3. There is NO need for the control at all since there is NO other option/area to search from. I.e. If there was “Australia Post Website” and “Australia Post PO Box Search”, etc., then it would make sense — however, there is no other option!

3. The “Exact Phrase” check box control is USELESS in all formats of the word! In theory, the “Exact phrase” should let you search for the term “test” instead of the term test. What this ultimately means is that in reality, “Exact Phrase” should only find the search query if it exists EXACTLY in that format, and not part of other words, or as part of a phrase, etc. The only problem with this is that selecting “Exact Phrase” does NOT change the result set; in essence, returning the SAME number of results as well as in the same order! Yay for happy searching — Not!

4. Clicking “Show search options >>” reveals two fields/controls which are apparently meant to help the user whilst searching but not be enough to warrant the name “Advanced Search”. When you click this link, two new fields pop down; a) Format, and b) Modified. Fair enough, you say. They are letting the user choose what type of file format to search; i.e. PDF, Word, etc. as well as the ‘age’ of the document(s) in question or when they were last updated. So what’s the problem here? Let’s take a peek!
Search Results – Modified drop-down

Search Results – Modified drop-down

Wow! That’s probably the best word to describe this drop-down. Sure, Australia Post must feel great giving thier users so many options to choose from, but on what planet would you be from if you need THAT many options in sorting last modified periods? Surely, a) “Anytime”, b) Past 24 hours, c) Past week, d) Past month, and e) Past year – would suffice? No? Granularity of options is something worth your time as an Information architect or Website designer/developer investing in! The more options you give the user that they don’t necessarily need or will never use, the more they have to think. The experience should not make them think! Just give them results, and quick!

5. Don’t even get me started on the “Advanced Search” link! Let’s just say that it’s a little more advanced than what an “advanced search” needs to be. So much so that a PhD in Comp. Science would definitely help! I mean for Pete’s sake, there is a field called “Custom query” which lets you, quote “Create a query using search operators (and, or, not, near, quotes and parenthesis) and system fields.” unquote! WHAT THA?!?! Sure, I may get it, hell you might even get it as a developer or designer, but your average Joe who might need just that little bit more input into his or her search would most likely freak out! Take it off PLEASE! I’m not searching the CIA Central Repository here, people!

3. In conclusion…

Okay, so I must admit at this point in time that I’m getting a little bit more critical and more importantly a touch “harsher” in my blogging and reviews — but I think it’s important to look at problems like these that normal web browsers would AND DO encounter on a day-to-day basis surfing the Interweb! So hopefully you have picked up a few pointers from this blog post that will help you with your upcoming search page design/re-design. Remember, these are above all just some ideas of what not to do, but the field is huge! Make sure you get people with limited Internet experience to trial all software you create (if possible!) but more importantly, keep in mind some of these ideas for next time and I’m sure your users will thank you!

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Useful Tips for Effective Web Design

Listed below are some useful and rather important tips for designing a professional and high quality web site:

*Neat and Easy Navigation: Navigation of links on your site plays a big role in determining the stickiness of your site (how long your visitor stays and explores your site). Ask yourself this, What do visitors do as soon as they open your site? They would probably read the content of the present page and then look around to find any other page that interests them. Read our article on Web site Navigation Tips.

*Clean Layout Design: A clean layout that uses a lot of white space enhances a site’s looks. Try to keep the focus on your content, use dreamweaver templates for this. Use fonts that will be available on all computers to prevent your site looking messed up.

* Program using pure CSS: The world is moving away from table based websites to pure CSS websites because it offers accessibility, reusability and considerably reduces file size apart from giving greater control over the look of your website. The single most important skill you can learn today to become a quality web designer is CSS programming! Even if you are not an expert at CSS you can learn to use the following simple CSS Styles Effects to enhance your website:

1. Cool Text Effects using CSS Styles: Text Links Rollover, Text Case Setting, Text Spacing, Line-through Effect.

2. Bullets in HTML or Deamweaver: Using CSS Styles with bullets (shapes, decimal, roman-numerals, images, etc.)

3. Links without Underline: Use CSS Styles to display links without the appearance of the underline.

*Optimum Load Time: Make sure your load time is low. For this you must:

Minimize Graphics, Flash and scripts: They hugely increase your file size.

Optimize your HTML & script code: Make sure that your site doesn’t have any unwanted tags or unused scripts.

Use Server Side Include (SSI) files where ever possible. SSI files once called from the web server reside in its cache so on subsequent requests they load faster.

* Website Layout for all Screen Resolutions: A site that is easy-to-use always encourages visitors to stay and read your content. For site with long pages of content this is very crucial as the amount of scrolling required is reduced. Suppose your site doesn’t look good for a particular resolution it is very probable that the visitor will close the browser window feeling that the web page is not for their viewing. Designing stretch layouts that fit any screen resolution ensures that you know all your visitors see a visually appealing and professional site.
Read our article Designing for all Screen Resolutions for more.

*Ensure Web site scalability: Make sure your code and design is scalable. As technology advances and configuration of computers & their monitors keep increasing and varying it is impossible to test your site in all screen sizes and platforms.

*Cross Browser Compatible: Make sure you check your site for Internet Explorer 5+, Mozilla Firefox 1+, Opera 7+, Safari 3+ and Netscape Navigator 6+ as they constitute 95% of the worlds browsers.

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Now that you have just finished what you think is a great looking website and what is left to do now is send it to the internet. After you are done you believe that is that. Or is it? See, your website may look good from your computer but did you bother to find out how it looks on other peoples computers? If not, you could be displaying to hundreds or even thousands of people a messed up website design that hurts your credibility.

All computer screen are not made the same. That means when your site loads up it could be all messed up. Things like having one section display at the top while the other displays near the bottom. Navigation controls are off center or not showing up at all. This can most likely happen if you have a three or more tier website. So what if your site looks good on your pc. You are going to need to get out and test your site with other pcs quickly before you broadcast your site to the entire web.

I found that the ideal place is the neighborhood library. Their computers are set so that seniors can read the screen easier. Dynamic resolutions that normally makes your website wider than you are use to. Don’t be shocked if your site does not fit the screen correctly like it did on your personal computer. It is normal to see a cursor at the bottom come up to span across your site. What you are hoping for is that all of your columns come up where they should be. If not then just make a few margin adjustments until it lines up right. You will never get it to fit the screen the same on all computers. You just want it to look good enough so that viewers can search your site properly.

Big pictures can also through your site off. If they take up to much space then it will push other tiers out of position. Even if it did not happen on your pc it still can happen on others. Be careful to ensure that any images you display are well within your parameters.

Setting your container margins on your default or style page within 1000 pixels usually gives you the best results. Within that margin just play around with the separate margins for each column of your website until all show up the way it is suppose to be.

So be sure you understand that you are not done once you load up your website. Test the look of the website with different computers to see what a potential visitor will see. If not then who knows how many people you may have turned away from your site.

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There are hundreds of them on the Internet. We see them almost every day but are they effectual? Do they make you want to really carry out the thing they are asking you to do – which is generally to sign up for an email list? What are we talking about? Why, squeeze pages, of course.

What exactly is a Squeeze Page?

It sounds like it has perhaps something to do with fruit. What you are squeezing is definitely not foodstuffs but individuals. You covet their contact info for your email list. It does not matter if you are looking for sales leads or subscribers, a squeeze page is an effective technique to obtain what you want.

A squeeze page is basically a landing page. It can be your home page on your site, although if you are conducting more than one advertising campaign, it may be a separate website page, the objective of which is to persuade folks to opt-in to your list in exchange for something. What can they opt-in for? It might be ezines, free reports, complimentary business analysis, complimentary ebooks and the like. You choose who you are looking for and which media will get the visitor’s names and email addresses for you.

These website pages are of great consequence since their sole objective is to persuade the reader to carry out an action that has been prearranged by you. The “act” does not have to do with sales directly. You want to secure the confidence of your potential purchaser before you solicit them to consider purchasing a product from you. One benefit you will gain at this time is a list of targeted subscribers that are inside your target market. Someone who is not interested will not sign up.

Using a squeeze page as a sales page can attract folks who are definitely not in your targeted market. If you publish a website page that offers “get rich quick” scenarios, you are guaranteed to find oodles of takers although definitely not the ones you want. As an alternative publicize a website page that offers “reputable internet business ideas” and get the ones you desire.

Characteristics of a Squeeze Page

Internet marketers shell out a bunch of cash to have squeeze pages constructed for them. With this page, you ought to pull out all of the stops to get seen by your niche. Therefore, let’s start off at the top, the top of the website page that is.

1. Heading. Visitors skim over website pages whenever they read on the World Wide Web. Your heading might be the sole occasion to gain their interest. Sum that up in a few words and use it as your heading: “The Ultimate List Building Solution!” Don’t forget to use the very same keywords you researched for your site.

2. Get personal. Disclose a revealing account that is related to your subject matter. Perhaps you had a habit you sought to beat. Offer the reader insight into your problem and how you solved it.

3. Get user-friendly. Make use of bullet points and numbered passages to get the reader’s interest. Emboldened phraseology stands out and lets the reader glance to see if you have to exclaim something that they would like to consider.

4. The action. Don’t forget to embody what exactly you want them to do. If it is signing up for something, advise them how to execute it and what they will gain. Have your opt-in form unmistakably labeled with a return link to your website.

A squeeze page is one fantastic way of creating a targeted list of interested folks who will hopefully become clients. They are a distinguished tactic to not just increase your list, but potentially your income too.

The world of business is a world of competition. Every businessman is finding ways to go beyond the strategy and left their competitor’s way behind from them. This is the aim of every businessman and they look the web as the easy and simple way to enhance their potential. The impact of web design has a very big influence for them. Here are the common potential that you may gain from this.

Web design’s impact is big enough to benefit a company. It will make the company working 24/7. Access to your business can be done anywhere with less manpower. Instead of hiring people to work 24/7, you may have a website that will the rest of the job. The convenient of online will bring them to your company’s portal. Updates and changes can be posted online making it hassle-free for your clients.

Your web will serve as an advertisement for your products and services also. Some inquiries can be answered online only if you refer your clients to your web, making it less stressful for your employees. A self-guided tool can be added to your web so clients can just do a self-service transaction. The website though needs to have an aesthetic program making it more elite and user-friendly. Making your web totally different from the rest will do this trick. With this concern, a survey may be needed to make it more effective. You may consider reviewing the competitor’s web. You can take note of their good and negative aspects. After all, you can summarize the areas for improvement of most webs and have it developed on your web plus the additional good sides that your company have.

Test from some variations will be checked thru actual surveys. You can have a group of person visit your web and see their reactions and comments. Take note of the time and notice the duration of their stay on your web. And notice facial expressions as well. Or you may consider checking their mood after use. This will include their satisfaction or dissatisfaction. This will affect the attitude of client if they wanted to go back to your web or not. This factor will affect your marketing strategy.

Or in some cases, you may ask them of their direct objectives about the total impact of our web and also their feedback. But make it sure that you joined and consider their facial expression. Make a data of your target market and then have it compare to the data you got from the series of test you’ve had from a certain group of people.

You can prepare a questionnaire to test their objections and suggestions. It doesn’t mean that you need to follow their exact suggestions but at least you have something to look forward as a comparison. Web design has a big impact on your business thus making it advantageous that the rest of the competitors.

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Blog: Corporate blogs opens the doors for dialogue with your possible partners and customers.

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The Internet has provided us with new ways of doing things such as communicating, gathering information and making business transactions. Websites form the backbone of the Internet. They are primarily created to be able to serve as a tool for people to live their lives in this modern world.

The use of Internet application is very important especially to the people who have impairments. 20% of the American population is affected by some kind of disability. The Internet has been able to give the disabled avenues through which they can perform functions that they have not been able to do before.

Usability

The usability of websites is one of the pressing concerns of web developers today. Usability refers to the easiness of navigation and overall access of information through a website. Websites are now being developed to be able to provide maximum usability to the widest range of surfers. A website’s features must be able to assist the surfers rather than be hindrances.

There are many perceived benefits from improving the usability of a website. Not only will the surfers, particularly those who have some kind of impairment but also the web developers, the businessmen and the whole Internet community as well. Improved website usability will result in end-user satisfaction. A survey which involved people who were trying to avail certain services and products from the Internet revealed that 39% of all availing attempts are spoiled because the buyers are discouraged by the poor usability of the website. Improving the website will definitely end in user satisfaction.

Usability will also result in the competitiveness of the website. There are millions of websites that are out there today, and the number is growing faster than ever before. What separates the popular ones from the not-so-popular ones is website usability. People want to access information through websites and they are particularly looking for two basic features: quality of content and access. There’s no sense in designing a website with poor information. Poor access tools will also make a website not likable even though it contains well written contents.

Page Length

There are many factors in determining the usability of a website. A website with good usability will have quality contents, good accessibility, navigation and readability. The length of the pages might seem like an impertinent thing when it comes to usability, but it is actually a factor to consider in website development.

The Internet browser is like a portal which takes people to wherever they may want to go in the virtual world of the Internet. This is why the length of the web page is important. The pages must be designed in a way that they accommodate and present the information to the visitors in a comprehensive way which is easy on the eyes.

Short versus Long

When it comes to determining the length of the page, it all boils down to a simple yet important decision- whether to use short or long pages. In determining this, one should always remember that the length of the web pages may not be uniform. The length of each page must correspond to its contents and its purpose.

In determining the length of the page, one must consider the following:

1) Contents

Again, the length of the page is dependent on its contents. The homepage which contains the overview of the webpage utilize short pages most of the time. Pages which contain information which can be easily be browsed should also utilize short pages. Pages containing long graphics should be put in short pages as well.

If the page contains information that need to match the size of its paper counterparts, the said web page must be long enough to do so. Sitemaps and other such pages must be long enough to accommodate all the information needed.

2) Go back to the goals

The overall determination of the length of the web pages must be structured within the whole planning process for the development of the website.

3) Scrolling

A developer can choose between providing a scroll bar or a page link in developing pages which contain reading materials. If speed is deemed as a key factor in the reading process, the developer might want to use a link instead of a scroll bar.

These are just some basic ways on how to improve a website’s usability with the proper determination of the web pages. These should be integrated with the other ways of improving website usability.

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You are ready to become a successful affiliate marketer?
OK we go forward and not afraid to make a web site that best selling affiliate!

Are you ready? After selecting a model site for the promotion, whether it’s the type of website content, website directory, or the other, soon making plans to create a web site.

You want to know “what should I plan in advance? How to make a plan? ”

The answers are below:

Step one: Develop a web site with a theme
Visitors must immediately catch the theme of your website in a matter of five seconds after seeing the front page of the site. This theme will talk to your visitor, “This web site is a site about affiliate marketing.”

If you want to make a site about the ebook, do not let your visitors confused. Then, think your website is not about the ebook but instead of printed books. Emergency can not?

The next step, to develop a web site, you can enter your keyword list and the list of offers from merchants. I almost forgot! You must be observant in determining the theme of your website. How mean jelly?

This example, you promote toiletries products. You can create a web site that examines the general toiletries. This so-called alias macrosite website that discusses a general thing. Or you create a web site that is more specific, for example about the contents of the types of toothbrushes (this is called microsite).

But, even if you choose microsite, you should not choose the focus was too narrow. Example create a web site about the toothbrushes of children (called microscophic site). This web site does not usually attract much attention of visitors. So, it’s useless if you are struggling to make a web site and no visitors are interested.

Step two: Make the parts website
After selecting a theme idea, now you think about the parts website. You can start with grouping products and services available in your web site.

Categorize your products and services according to the list of keywords that most often visited. For example, a toothbrush products. You can be grouped keyword on a toothbrush;
Keywords that relate to a toothbrush model
Keywords that relate to brand toothbrush
Keywords that relate to the price of a toothbrush, etc.

By grouping keywords such as that, you can create categories of Web site content. In order keyword in the web site become more stable and accurate, you can peek merchant web site and your competitors. Please review all details there.

Step three: Create a web site page plan
Well, now please think about it, “whatever web page it is good for my website?”

Do not be confused … below I list the web pages are commonly used.
Home page
Page categories
A detailed page that explains each of the products and services you sell.
This page contains the usual standard: privacy policy, contact us, and about us. Although the default page, but this is important enough to add credibility to your website.
Landing Pages. This page is usually designed for promotions paid.

Step four: Apply Now!
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The first step to becoming a successful internet marketer is creating your own website It is true you may not need one but without a website of your own you decrease your chances for internet success.

Fortunately it’s not as difficult to do today as it once was. There are all types of aids and services available to help set up your website. Some are relatively inexpensive and others that do virtually everything for you will cost accordingly.

Once you’ve decided you need a website to promote whatever it is you’re marketing you will need to decide on a domain name. A domain is the name you will be giving to your website similar to the name any traditional business goes by.

It’s totally your decision what you name your website. Many are named in such a way that it’s immediately obvious to the reader what the website’s content is. Others are cleverly named and might not mean anything initially to the site’s casual visitor.

You will have to purchase a domain name and keep it renewed on a one to five year basis. There are many sites you can get off to a good start with. Go Daddy is one of the more popular services available to do this.

Once you get your name you’ll need to find a web host. Your domain name is analogous to the sign on your office door and the hosting site is analogous to renting office space for your business.

The web host is a company that basically rents space to website owners so their website material can be seen online by the world. They have a huge number of computers connected to the internet enabling your site opportunity for visibility.

Once you’ve accomplished those two important steps it’s time to design your website. Whether you’re doing this yourself or using the services of a website designing company you’ll need to provide insight to what you want.

It’s best to look at various sites currently online and find a few designs that best meet your needs. If you’re working with a company they will probably have some templates you can follow to get started.

Most importantly, set up a website that is easy for you to get into and add content and make necessary changes. You can use a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web editor to assist you. These will allow you to design your site visually without having to concern yourself with all the technical stuff.

Until you begin to promote it creating your own website is not finished. This is what really determines whether you succeed or fail. Submit it to the various search engines and write articles with links back to your site. The more you write the more search engines will find your site.

There are entire books written about how best to advertise a website. It’s best to hook up with a mentor or coach to help get you through this important step.

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