Then, there is the other side of the coin. A web site page that looks as if not much thought or planning went into the design. It is a mess from the word go; however beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and web visitors maybe willing to overlook the fact that the site was not designed by Picasso. What they will not overlook is a web site page that just flat out annoys them.

There are some things you can do in the designing of your website that will not get under the skin of your visitors.

1. Where Are They Going?

You go to a web site page that looks nice and has good content on it. You decide to explore further but you cannot. Why? Because you are having a hard time finding the navigation bar. When you do find it, you are taking to a page in which you have to hunt the right link to take you to the desired information. By the time you do figure out the navigation scheme, you forgot what you were looking for.

Nobody comes online to get trapped in the Matrix. People want information and they want it quickly. Give them a simple clear easily accessible menu panel, which takes them immediately to the information want. Also make sure no matter how deeply people explore your website, there are clearly defined guidepost on each page which can take them back to where they started.

This is also a good place to talk about over clicking. Having your visitors click multiple times to get where they want to go is an way to tick people off. Do everything in your power to get them to the information they want in one click; three at the most. Anything after that is just inviting them to click away from your site.

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