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Casual Articles - 10 Ways to Peeve Your Website Visitors
The CONTROL Phase is the most neglected but critical phase to ensure action / solution put in placed are permanent and yield expected results. It cannot be over emphasized the importance of CONTROL. They are some basic tools used in this phase, namely:-Trend Charting | Control Chart | Documentation | Audit | On-job training | Re-certificationIn this issue, I will deal with the above tools in bold Documentation and Audit. In many cases, team member monitor and track the improvement result. At times, when the result is not forth coming, they would wonder what had happened. To avoid these surprises, the
Poor contact information is a binary pair of bad navigation. How many sites have you been to where you cannot find a phone number, a street address, or even an email address? Plenty.
I think it's sweet that you put up an email contact form on your site, but I prefer to use my default email composer. Every web-based email form is different. I don't want to waste time learning to use your form when my email client works fine.
What are you hiding?
9. No Decent Site Search Tool
There is no excuse for this one. If you have a large website with dozens or hundreds of pages, give me an internal search box to find what I need.
Google and Yahoo! and many others will give you the tool - free - to put on your site. Use it.
10. Disabled "Back" Button
I don't want a website to dictate how I experience their site. I am a guest on your
It seems that the VERY popular fashion of article writing is not unlike real world clothing fashion in that; the same things keep coming around with seasonal regularity. In fact, more so with the fast paced development of the ‘home business’ or ‘work at home’ article topic conveyor.I’m probably guilty of the above for writing on this specific subject itself, having seen a few others lament the continual rehashing of the ‘same ol’, same ol’. Although in my defense, today’s comment is not so much the same lamentation but, in my eyes at least, an attempt to put the record straight about a specific subject, of which I’ve read fa
Here are the top 10 according to many surveys:
1. Pop Ups
Pop ups come in many flavors: entry pop ups, exit pop ups, delayed, small, large, multiple, Flyin, scrolling, always on top, browser stopping, surf interrupting, must be cleared to move on, viagra, and the ever popular porn.
Except for an occasional squeeze page to get a free ebook or report, web surfers HATE pop ups.
So why do they continue to litter the Internet landscape? Simple. They work.
2. Extra Software Needed to View Site
Don't blame Canada. Blame Adobe.
Adobe made the Acrobat reader a must for viewing PDF files mainly because:
- It solved a need. Every page now prints out the same regardless of which printer or operating system was being used. It could even be made interactive for form completion.
- Adobe gave away millions of the free readers before publishers adopted the new PDF format as a standard for ebooks.
Acrobat users now demand PDF files in most instances where ebooks used to have various formats including "exe". Hackers have made downloading exe files from unknown sources an unsafe activity.
As standard as Acrobat now is, the same is not true for Flash, Shockwave, Deja Vu, and a host of other add-ons with various degrees of support.
I don't need to sit through a 2 meg Flash intro when what I want is information. Apparently, many others agree. You can add Flashblock to your FireFox browser and decide for yourself when to allow the Flash to load.
3. Dead Dead Dead Links
Nothing hacks me off faster than finding a spot-on anchor text link that goes nowhere.
It's like having you mouth water over a menu special only to have the kitchen say they have run out.
4. Registration Required to Visit Site
Some sites think their bytes don't stink. They think you should register and login to see anything in the inner sanctum.
What they are doing is asking me to get married before the first date.
What's in it for me?
In this Internet day and age, a company and site has to build trust before a random visitor is going to cough up a name and email address.
Show me a little leg first.
5. Slowwww Pages
If I have to wait more than 4 or 5 seconds to begin viewing your site, I am gone - never to return.
If your servers are slow, find a new web host.
If you loaded your pages with Flash, MIDI, audio, video, or other files that load with the page, dump them. Put up links instead. Let the visitor choose if they want to read or watch the video.
6. Outdated Content
One huge advantage of the web is the ability of bloggers and other Drudge wannabes to bypass traditional media and post news online instantly.
If you have not updated your website in 14 months, what does that tell me about your company. Certainly, you are less than a cutting edge solution for my problem.
7. Bad Navigation
Web designers prefer dazzle over function. Function is boring. Who wants a simple text link when a pop up Javascript navigation bar impresses the client?
I do.
So do the search engines.
Every web page needs recognizable, underlined text links on every page, preferably top and bottom.
Don't make me waste time trying to find the exact page I am really looking for.
8. No Contact Information
Poor contact information is a binary pair of bad navigation. How many sites have you been to where you cannot find a phone number, a street address, or even an email address? Plenty.
I think it's sweet that you put up an email contact form on your site, but I prefer to use my default email composer. Every web-based email form is different. I don't want to waste time learning to use your form when my email client works fine.
What are you hiding?
9. No Decent Site Search Tool
There is no excuse for this one. If you have a large website with dozens or hundreds of pages, give me an internal search box to find what I need.
Google and Yahoo! and many others will give you the tool - free - to put on your site. Use it.
10. Disabled "Back" Button
I don't want a website to dictate how I experience their site. I am a guest on your
Have you been to a networking Chamber of Commerce Mixer, Leads Club or other Business Social Event and watched how some people run off with the mouth with tall tales, stories and go on and on about nothing.Eventually they start talking about something or someone you know a whole lot about and you find that they are the biggest Bull Slinger you have ever seen? In fact this happens a lot at such parties and business get togethers and you can indeed learn something from all this; don’t do it.You see the fact is a good networker watches their mouth and does not overly try to impress anyone. It is much more likely that the
- Adobe gave away millions of the free readers before publishers adopted the new PDF format as a standard for ebooks.
Acrobat users now demand PDF files in most instances where ebooks used to have various formats including "exe". Hackers have made downloading exe files from unknown sources an unsafe activity.
As standard as Acrobat now is, the same is not true for Flash, Shockwave, Deja Vu, and a host of other add-ons with various degrees of support.
I don't need to sit through a 2 meg Flash intro when what I want is information. Apparently, many others agree. You can add Flashblock to your FireFox browser and decide for yourself when to allow the Flash to load.
3. Dead Dead Dead Links
Nothing hacks me off faster than finding a spot-on anchor text link that goes nowhere.
It's like having you mouth water over a menu special only to have the kitchen say they have run out.
4. Registration Required to Visit Site
Some sites think their bytes don't stink. They think you should register and login to see anything in the inner sanctum.
What they are doing is asking me to get married before the first date.
What's in it for me?
In this Internet day and age, a company and site has to build trust before a random visitor is going to cough up a name and email address.
Show me a little leg first.
5. Slowwww Pages
If I have to wait more than 4 or 5 seconds to begin viewing your site, I am gone - never to return.
If your servers are slow, find a new web host.
If you loaded your pages with Flash, MIDI, audio, video, or other files that load with the page, dump them. Put up links instead. Let the visitor choose if they want to read or watch the video.
6. Outdated Content
One huge advantage of the web is the ability of bloggers and other Drudge wannabes to bypass traditional media and post news online instantly.
If you have not updated your website in 14 months, what does that tell me about your company. Certainly, you are less than a cutting edge solution for my problem.
7. Bad Navigation
Web designers prefer dazzle over function. Function is boring. Who wants a simple text link when a pop up Javascript navigation bar impresses the client?
I do.
So do the search engines.
Every web page needs recognizable, underlined text links on every page, preferably top and bottom.
Don't make me waste time trying to find the exact page I am really looking for.
8. No Contact Information
Poor contact information is a binary pair of bad navigation. How many sites have you been to where you cannot find a phone number, a street address, or even an email address? Plenty.
I think it's sweet that you put up an email contact form on your site, but I prefer to use my default email composer. Every web-based email form is different. I don't want to waste time learning to use your form when my email client works fine.
What are you hiding?
9. No Decent Site Search Tool
There is no excuse for this one. If you have a large website with dozens or hundreds of pages, give me an internal search box to find what I need.
Google and Yahoo! and many others will give you the tool - free - to put on your site. Use it.
10. Disabled "Back" Button
I don't want a website to dictate how I experience their site. I am a guest on your
Certain Industrial nameplate products last longer than other. This article discusses one of the choices that can be made for Industrial nameplates used in tough environments.Harsh climate, rough weather, extreme heat, direct sunlight and corrosive chemicals, are a few of the tough conditions name plates must endure to survive and prove durability. Whereas materials used are important, the printing processes utilized play just as critical a role in making nameplates more durable. The process used is a critical determining factor influencing the durability of your nameplate, and ultimately your brand name or logo inscribed
It's like having you mouth water over a menu special only to have the kitchen say they have run out.
4. Registration Required to Visit Site
Some sites think their bytes don't stink. They think you should register and login to see anything in the inner sanctum.
What they are doing is asking me to get married before the first date.
What's in it for me?
In this Internet day and age, a company and site has to build trust before a random visitor is going to cough up a name and email address.
Show me a little leg first.
5. Slowwww Pages
If I have to wait more than 4 or 5 seconds to begin viewing your site, I am gone - never to return.
If your servers are slow, find a new web host.
If you loaded your pages with Flash, MIDI, audio, video, or other files that load with the page, dump them. Put up links instead. Let the visitor choose if they want to read or watch the video.
6. Outdated Content
One huge advantage of the web is the ability of bloggers and other Drudge wannabes to bypass traditional media and post news online instantly.
If you have not updated your website in 14 months, what does that tell me about your company. Certainly, you are less than a cutting edge solution for my problem.
7. Bad Navigation
Web designers prefer dazzle over function. Function is boring. Who wants a simple text link when a pop up Javascript navigation bar impresses the client?
I do.
So do the search engines.
Every web page needs recognizable, underlined text links on every page, preferably top and bottom.
Don't make me waste time trying to find the exact page I am really looking for.
8. No Contact Information
Poor contact information is a binary pair of bad navigation. How many sites have you been to where you cannot find a phone number, a street address, or even an email address? Plenty.
I think it's sweet that you put up an email contact form on your site, but I prefer to use my default email composer. Every web-based email form is different. I don't want to waste time learning to use your form when my email client works fine.
What are you hiding?
9. No Decent Site Search Tool
There is no excuse for this one. If you have a large website with dozens or hundreds of pages, give me an internal search box to find what I need.
Google and Yahoo! and many others will give you the tool - free - to put on your site. Use it.
10. Disabled "Back" Button
I don't want a website to dictate how I experience their site. I am a guest on your
If you currently run an Ebay Business or you are considering running an EBay business the ability to earn the most out of each auction is key. A little extra profit on Each Auction could make a huge difference in your bottom line at the end of the year.If you are shipping a physical product and most people do then you probably have a shipping and handling charge. Let's take a closer look at this charge. The Shipping part of this charge is your actual cost to ship the product to the Buyer. The Handling part is your Labor cost's to ship the item.The Shipping cost consists of the actual cost that the shipping company c
6. Outdated Content
One huge advantage of the web is the ability of bloggers and other Drudge wannabes to bypass traditional media and post news online instantly.
If you have not updated your website in 14 months, what does that tell me about your company. Certainly, you are less than a cutting edge solution for my problem.
7. Bad Navigation
Web designers prefer dazzle over function. Function is boring. Who wants a simple text link when a pop up Javascript navigation bar impresses the client?
I do.
So do the search engines.
Every web page needs recognizable, underlined text links on every page, preferably top and bottom.
Don't make me waste time trying to find the exact page I am really looking for.
8. No Contact Information
Poor contact information is a binary pair of bad navigation. How many sites have you been to where you cannot find a phone number, a street address, or even an email address? Plenty.
I think it's sweet that you put up an email contact form on your site, but I prefer to use my default email composer. Every web-based email form is different. I don't want to waste time learning to use your form when my email client works fine.
What are you hiding?
9. No Decent Site Search Tool
There is no excuse for this one. If you have a large website with dozens or hundreds of pages, give me an internal search box to find what I need.
Google and Yahoo! and many others will give you the tool - free - to put on your site. Use it.
10. Disabled "Back" Button
I don't want a website to dictate how I experience their site. I am a guest on your
Yesterday, I went to market to buy some coconuts. Unfortunately I didn’t had any money with me, but I had a bagful of bananas so I thought of paying using good old barter system.I went to a grocery store and asked shopkeeper to give me one kg coconuts, and according to exchange rate printed on board I had to pay ten kgs of bananas for one kg of coconut.The shopkeeper weighed coconut and gave it to me. I gave him bagful of bananas to weigh and take his share in that. To my amazement, the shopkeeper started to remove cover of banana and he weighed only eatable part of banana to keep for him.I protested, "
Poor contact information is a binary pair of bad navigation. How many sites have you been to where you cannot find a phone number, a street address, or even an email address? Plenty.
I think it's sweet that you put up an email contact form on your site, but I prefer to use my default email composer. Every web-based email form is different. I don't want to waste time learning to use your form when my email client works fine.
What are you hiding?
9. No Decent Site Search Tool
There is no excuse for this one. If you have a large website with dozens or hundreds of pages, give me an internal search box to find what I need.
Google and Yahoo! and many others will give you the tool - free - to put on your site. Use it.
10. Disabled "Back" Button
I don't want a website to dictate how I experience their site. I am a guest on your site. I don't need to come back to your page when I hit the back button. That's why I hit the back button in the first place. You don't have the information I am looking for.
In a similar vein, I don't like to see other right click functions like "view page source" disabled. I don't need to steal your HTML code, but if I want to, disabling right click will not stop me. I might want to see how you achieved a certain formatting effect. If I am impressed, you can bet I'll be back.
Pet peeves take many forms online. No list is complete, but any webmaster that can avoid these 10 major annoyances is a hero in my book.
I look forward to visiting your site.
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