Saturday, June 14, 2008

Common Web Hosting Mistakes You Should Avoid

By Johnson P. R.

Some common errors while creating a web site is that it is not search engine friendly. If the search engines cannot read what your site is about, it will not send you people who are searching for what you offer. You should choose your target market and stick to it. Websites that tries to do everything usually finds itself achieving nothing.

Technical mistakes which are usually made because of not understanding the internet and how it actually works. One of the mistakes many people make when creating a website is to fill as much information, photographs, images, etc. on each page as possible.

This makes the site take longer to download, leading to many visitors just moving on and never actually looking at the site. It also makes it more difficult to find what they're looking for if the page is unorganized.

Another common mistake made is following the competition's lead. You'll obviously want to keep an eye on your competitors to see what they're up to, but if you copy everything what they do you'll always be one step behind. Use your creativity and come up with unique ways to stand out from the rest of the websites in your market.

A mistake that many people make when starting out is to choose a host solely based on price. This is obviously an important factor, especially in the beginning, but if you choose the cheapest host you may be limited in your scalability as the website grows in popularity and traffic.On the business side of things, the most common mistake is trying to be everything to everyone. You should have a plan for your website - a purpose for its existence - and build according to that plan.

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