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When you build your website you need to have a plan first. The
reason for this is if you do not have a plan you will likely
make mistakes, forget to include information, and overall have
an unorganized and not a well thought out page. While you might
read the page and completely understand everything, remember
that your website visitor did not design the page and needs a
little more direction. Read the following 10 website blunders
that are common and will make your visitors head to another site
quickly.

Blunder #1 Contact Information You need to provide your contact
information, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and physical
address if important. The reason for this is if a potential
customer wants to contact you for whatever reason they can!

Blunder #2 Poor Organization Make sure your website is well
organized and that all links are obvious. You should even use
subheadings to make it even more clear where information is. You
don’t want to have to make people search.

Blunder #3 Checkout Make the checkout process straightforward
and easy. Too many times people get to the checkout and it is
difficult, asks for a lot of unnecessary information, and
generally takes longer than the customer wants to spend buying
the product. As a result, the potential customer leaves your
site to buy elsewhere. Don’t let this happen to you, make your
checkout fast and easy!

Blunder #4 Typos If your website has typographical errors, it
will be noticed by your visitors. Many people consider this a
sign of a novice, not a professional who is in business trying
to make a living. If your website is full of typos, people are
not going to believe that you take your site seriously and as a
result they won’t either.

Blunder #5 Hidden Information Do not hide information. You as a
webmaster might not think the information is hidden, but if it
is not readily visible it might as well be hidden. Make all
information obvious and easy to find.

Blunder #6 Personal Information Do not ask for personal
information, and if you do explain why and do not make it
mandatory. Many times people will want to buy your product and
get to the checkout page only to have to answer lots of personal
questions first. This will send people to other less
interrogative pages.

Blunder #7 Too Many Forms Keep it simple. If you are asking for
memberships, checkouts, or anything that requires information,
do not use a lot of forms. Figure out what questions you really
need to ask and keep it short and sweet.

Blunder #8 You, not We Focus on your customers, their needs, and
what you can do for them. Your customer is not going to your
page to find out about you, but what you can do for them.
Remember this and if you have to put a web history about
yourself, then do so in a special section where people can opt
to read it.

Blunder #9 Help People Make a Decision People might not know
what they want when they go to your website. So, lead them, make
suggestions about products, and provide backgrounds and uses for
different products.

Blunder #10 Focus Make sure the focus of your site is obvious
and clear from the first page of your site and throughout.