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From: Huang Haifang
Date: 07-31-06 21:44 pm
Subject: Web Site Design Tips
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Message: Web Site Design Tips
By Huang Haifang
What can my company do with a website?
1. To save money for your company
Website is the cheapest salesman, information centre, or advertising company, for it is working 24 hours, posting unlimited information, advertising for your company tirelessly all the time!
2. To earn money for your company
No matter where your customers are, they can learn of your company's new development soon with no charges from you and without being limited by the long distance, your potential customer will know you through your website and probably place orders with you online.
3. To improve your company's competitive ability
4. To provide much more convenience for your business
5. To have a pubic image in internet
Two ways to have a website
Basically there are two ways to have a website: 1, to have your website designed by a professional site design company; 2, to have a free website just by accepting a free site provider's service. We call these two types of websites as custom website and free website, merits and shortcomings of each are listed below for your reference.
Merits of custom website design
• If you accept a custom website design, then you will have a totally independent site with a totally independent domain name, being independent means that you will have a website which can display your company image to a full degree.
• Being custom means being individual, you will have a site design team who listen to your needs carefully, thus no matter what function you want, they will try their best to realize it for you on an equally cooperating basis.
• A custom website can guarantee you with a fast download speed, secure and stable site.
Shortcomings of custom website design
1. Period of designing a website is relatively longer compared with free website, the specific period depends largely on the website the company needs.
2. If you want to revise your website, then you can only realize it through the hands of a site design company, and a revision fee is probably be charged.
Merits of free website
• The biggest merit is free of course, you can have a website just by choosing a template you like and then modify it according to the content. No programming is needed and even the first-timer can have one easily.
• Time for building a free website is rather short, just several minutes you can finish the entire job. Since many templates are available, so you can change your website's look freely and without any extra charges.
Shortcomings of free website
1. Since you are choosing a template to present your website, so chances for meeting a similar website is quite large. If you have any special needs, such as message board, forum, news and article management system, etc, then you will be let down for free website can't provide you with such functions.
2. A free website can't guarantee you with a fast download speed, secure and stable site.
3. Though it is said to be free, but usually a low fee is charged every year.
Basic rules you have to bear in mind when designing your website.
1. Select a domain name which is informative and easy to remember
Your domain name is just like your name card, people won't be able to remember you if your domain name is too long. Choose a domain name which can tell people what kind of products or services you can provide, thus people can remember you with a specific memory.
2. Content is king
What a visitor looking for on your website is the information about the product or services he want, so enrich your content and try to provide your visitors with as much information as you can.
3. Design for your audience
The basic purpose for designing a website is to attract more audience, so do some research to find what your audience like and try to meet their taste.
4. Design an SEO friendly website
People find your website through search engines, so design a SEO friendly website, otherwise your website will be sadly hidden in an unknown corner.
5. Take care of your website all the time.
People always get bored with old things, so if your website remains the same all the time, then visitors will leave it and nerve return. Update and fresh your website regularly, so charm of it can be kept.
How to choose a good custom website designer?
1. Make sure they can understand you.
Since your website is designed by someone else, make sure you can communicate with the site design company freely and without any difficulty. Only through communication, your needs can be realized.
2. Ask for the guarantee of high quality.
3.Compare cost when quality is guaranteed.
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