Pardeep Dhaliwal

Part-2: Website Do's and Don'ts

Things that kill a website-
  1. Broken links
  2. Bad contrast
  3. Too many images
  4. Too much text
  5. Boring content
  6. Nothing to come back for
  7. Annoying flashy images or backgrounds
  8. Too many ads
  9. Things that distract the user, ex- overcrowded background
  10. All the links lead to the same subpage
  11. Unorganized
  12. Hard to find
  13. Slow load times
  14. Background music that is not control-able
  15. No contact information
  16. Outdated design and information
  17. Random animations
  18. Too many different types of information
  19. Pop-up ads

 

 

Things that make a website good-
  1. Good contrast
  2. Text is easy to read
  3. Easy to use
  4. Helpful tabs
  5. Good image to text ratio
  6. Intractability
  7. Easy to find
  8. None or not too many ads
  9. Content that is interesting and makes you come back, ex- games
  10. When you go to other pages on the site, you know you're on the same website
  11. Modern look
  12. Appeals to many audiences
  13. No broken links
  14. Support section
  15. Site map
  16. No long load times
  17. Not many plug-ins required
  18. Works on different internet browsers