- More than 10 pages, but no Search
- Built using software not designed for making websites
- Most links simply say "click here"
- Attachments can't be displayed for users who don't own Microsoft Word
- The published email contact doesn't use the business domain name
- There is a screen-grab of a MapQuest or Google map on your site
- Every title on every page says the same thing
- www.yoursite.com and yoursite.com don't result in the same page
- Won't display correctly on an iPad or iPhone
- Garish colors and irrelevant animation
- Customers have to register before they can buy anything
- Visitors have to look on a separate page to find out the phone number
- It takes 5-6 clicks to reach some pages
- Website traffic and analysis isn't readily available to the site owner
- The blog is at a different website like yourname.blogwebsite.com
- Designed for the business owner, not the customers and prospects
- The business doesn't even have a website
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