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Building Simple Websites:

The biggest mistake people make when building a website is making it too complicated. A simple website is better.

Imagine trying to read a book while the page was flashing and banners in the collums poped in and out. And imagine if the page was all mixed up with the first paragraph at the bottom and the last paragraph in the middle with numbers that you need to find and read in order of numberic assent.

Its probably too complicated to imagine and likely very few people would read it, unless they truely needed what the page offered.

You do not have to be a webmaster to build a webpage. But you do have to have some common sense. Keep it simple.

If people have to learn how to navigate your website before using it, they will just look for another site that they understand. So having the latest and greatest flash and boom pages is more of a detriment than an asset.

The next big mistake is using the latest and greatest technology. Popups, and animations that shock and awe the visitors. But, that is a huge mistake. Most new features like Java and Flash are not totally browser compatible. So a large percentage of visitors will see nothing and just assume the page does not work.

Depending on how hard you worked to get a single person to your website, the cost of loosing that visitor with out a sale due to a poorly built page can be devastating.

It would be like running a retail store, locking the door for lunch and forgeting to open it. People will walk up, pull the door and assume that the store is closed or out of business. You are just flushing sales down the toilet and giving up money.

The best idea in building a simple website is to use older standards and keep away from new fads. If the user has to download a plugin to view your page, they wont. So make sure you use systems that work on every computer and not just the newest computers running one specific browser with all the bells and wistles installed.