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Even more signs a website is overdue for an update

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
  1. More than 10 pages, but no Search
  2. Built using software not designed for making websites
  3. Most links simply say "click here"
  4. Attachments can't be displayed for users who don't own Microsoft Word
  5. The published email contact doesn't use the business domain name
  6. There is a screen-grab of a MapQuest or Google map on your site
  7. Every title on every page says the same thing
  8. www.yoursite.com and yoursite.com don't result in the same page
  9. Won't display correctly on an iPad or iPhone
  10. Garish colors and irrelevant animation
  11. Customers have to register before they can buy anything
  12. Visitors have to look on a separate page to find out the phone number
  13. It takes 5-6 clicks to reach some pages
  14. Website traffic and analysis isn't readily available to the site owner
  15. The blog is at a different website like yourname.blogwebsite.com
  16. Designed for the business owner, not the customers and prospects
  17. The business doesn't even have a website


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15 MORE signs a website is overdue for an update

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
  1. Talking characters walking around the screen
  2. Uses fonts not commonly installed on most computers
  3. Online sales send customers' credit card info by email
  4. Links to other sites that no longer work
  5. The site navigation is hidden in ways that people can't see what is offered
  6. Visitors have to use an external service to sign up for the newsletter
  7. Out-of-date information
  8. The site uses "frames" and the site URL never changes
  9. Much of the text on the site is in an image
  10. Web forms ask more questions than are absolutely critical
  11. Built using web design software not even made anymore
  12. It takes more than 3-4 seconds on the home page to figure out what the business does
  13. The site is all or mostly done with Flash
  14. The site was last updated in 2006
  15. Justified text

 



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