As a well designed website matters a lot to visitors, building it is one of the most important things to accomplish. Having a good, simple, and easy to navigate website always scores credibility points for a business owner. In order to improve the design of your website, there are several key elements that should be evaluated.
First, your web pages should load fast. Keep in mind that not everyone uses a fast internet connection. A great number of Internet users still surf the Internet via dial-up modems. Do not load your site with slow loading banners and images. Use interlaced low-res images that have been optimized for the web. If your website is not done loading in less than 15 seconds, most people will leave it.
Providing quick-loading web pages show that you value your visitors time. If you really cannot do without music or sounds, turn it off by default and ask visitors to start it themselves. Doing this will prevent your web pages from slow-loading. In addition, many people do not like to be forced to listen to music or sounds while exploring a website because they are already listening to their favorite music.
Besides having to prevent visitors from...