seven essintials to a good website

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What makes a website successful? What makes a website fail? Having a website is more than having a .com address. Even after you have a fully functional site up and running it still takes time and attention to make it successful. Here are the seven essential components of a successful website.

Purpose
Why do you want a website? What is the purpose? These are the very first questions you should be able to answer.

Design
The design is very important to the website, since websites are no longer plain text on a plain background like long scrolling documents, color choice, layout, alignments, clear and functional navigation becomes an important factor.

Message
Every page in your website needs a goal and message important to that page. You need to understand who your target audience is and how to direct the information to them.

Architecture
Is your website intuitive? How well are your pages and navigation organized? Will your target audience understand the information you have published?

Usability
HTML is a coding language and it needs to be well formed to be accessible. Not everyone who visits your site will have their web browser perfectly enabled. Some people have disabilities, some have a slow internet connection, some cant install a flash plug-in. knowing your target audience and your goals will help set your usability and accessibility standards.

Online Marketing
Appealing to search engines requires can take time. Having a consistent flow of visitors to your website will help search engines place your site at the top of the charts. Business cards, letter head, brochures, and email signatures with your web address are simple and effective ways of getting your site noticed.

Behind the scenes
Is your domain name easy to remember? Is your ISP reliable? Is your server shared hosting? Do they support the right technologies for your website to grow? These are issues Streamlined Creations deals with to eliminate any problems and to keep your site up and running.