For those are unfamilar with an online website builder, it’s an online application that will allow you to build a website without needing to purchase software that needs to be loaded on your computer. You simply visit the login page and everything is there ready for you to make updates from anywhere in the world as long as you have an internet connection.

This is ideal for those who just want to put up an informational site with some text, photos & images related to their business without having to learn all of the HTML involved with building a website we offer Website Tonight.

Online Website Builder Demo:

URL: login.websitespot.com
Username: wssdemo
Password: Wsspassword1

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1. Step by step setup
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This will allow you to login and see exactly how easy it is to change templates add images & text as well as publish your website. Once you’ve made some changes & published them you can view your changes at www.WebsiteSpotDemo.com.

The great thing is that you can update the template that you choose at any time and we offer upwards of 100+ templates to choose from. It’s definitely an option for building a website without the struggles of developing a website from scratch.

Another great thing is the built in HTML modules that will allow you to customize your site with HTML if you happen to need to insert HTML code or you’d like to have more control over the look of your site. You won’t find this flexibility with a lot of online website builders so please be sure to take a look at this when you’re testing out our demo.

Please contact me with any questions because I think that once you’ve had a chance to try the demo that you’ll love the online website builder.

Best regards,
David Lalumendre
www.WebsiteToad.com

Visitor / Hit Counters

This has to be one of the most obvious mistakes. Hit counters are the little graphics generally stuck at the bottom of a web page that goes up numerically by 1 each time the website has a visitor. I realize that if the number is large that it makes your website look popular but if the number is small it can have the opposite effect. Let your website tell your visitors about the popularity of your website.

I understand wanting to track your stats but Google offers a free analytics program that will give you pretty much any information you could ever want about your visitors. It’s completely free to use so visit Google Analytics to setup an account.

Too Many Ads

I understand the purpose of most websites is to make money but placing Google Adsense in every available location is annoying and is my first clue that the website isn’t a “quality” website.

As you may have read in the past, I run www.websitetoad.com and have added ads in only 2 positions. I have Google Adsense on the right hand margin and two small banner ads on the left navigation. If I added Adsense in many more positions on the page it would look like a giant advertisement rather than a website filled with valuable information on making a website.

Too Much Distracting Animation

You will have been to pages that flash, spin, throb and change color. How long do you usually stay? A few seconds? That’s longer than me. Those animations may be “cute” but if you’re interested in keeping visitors at your website and want to portray a professional look do EVER use them. Take a look at GameQuarium.com.

Writing For Search Engines

Don’t get me wrong, writing for search engines is important but not like in the sense that a visitor to your website is unable to make out the content or easily navigate. Take look at LanyardSupply.com, I’m sure that they are a great website that offers great products, great service and great prices but their website was written for search engines. I’m sure that I don’t need to explain this one much more.

Not Planning For Older Technology

I could break this up into a few categories but I said that this was 5 popular mistakes, not 10. The thing about this mistake is that people think that everyone has kept up with the latest technologies. There is a huge population of users that still have dial-up and very small monitors.

You need to take this into consideration when you’re developing your site in regards to the amount and size of graphics on your website as people with dial-up service could leave your site before even seeing what you have to offer because your site takes too long to load.

In regards to small monitors, if you don’t plan the size of your website those with smaller monitors will have the horizontal scroll on the bottom of their monitor which is a big no-no.

In Conclusion

I could go on and on about web design mistakes to avoid but this is a nice place to start. As you build more websites you’ll find that there are certain things that you should avoid and learn from those mistakes.

Best regards,
David Lalumendre
www.WebsiteToad.com