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Add You - 10 Ways to Peeve Your Website Visitors
I've been online for many years now. Until recently I have not earned a dime. I've lost hundreds if not thousands of dollars trying to make it big online. Determined to find out what worked online I spent months doing research on how the "big boys" play their games. I stumbled on scam after scam & an occasional glimmer of hope. I've bookmarked those to go back to them later, to dig deeper into them to see if they truly worked as they said they do.Most scam are very apparent, promising $1000's a day. They also cost thousands to get into. That should be your first warning sign. Data entry & paypal scams have flooded my inbox a
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 Outdated Content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.
Optimists are more fun to be around; pessimists tend to be organizational wet blankets. Despite the essential truth, there is considerable evidence that pessimists possess a critical quality: the ability to see reality more accurately. This is why every successful organization needs a balance of optimists and pessimists. Bear in mind in your hiring decisions, as optimists do really well in certain kinds of jobs, pessimists in others.For instance, when hiring for a job that requires persistence and initiative and brings frequent frustration, rejection and possible defeat, choose an optimist. Positions where optimists do best
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.
Usually I carefully track my traffic every day without fail to see where it is coming from and to carefully monitor link popularity. One thing has become quite clear to me over time. There are numerous articles that do not use a good non-competitive keyword phrases but still end up attracting tons of traffic for me.What makes all the difference is the headline of the article. Using the high traffic articles directory I usually use, many visitors will tend to search for content using categories rather than specific keywords. They will then scroll down the list of article headlines, clicking through on headlines that look inte
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.
Everyone realises that selling on eBay requires good products. What everyone does not realise, is that many everyday articles are actually excellent sellers.In the second of this series of articles, I will go through a niche product category that most would never give a second thought, children's books.Almost everyone has gone to a garage sale or second-hand store and checked the books. Usually you throw aside the children's books in case there is something valuable underneath! Most people will know about the first edition Harry potter books that sold for high amounts of money, but how many of those are just lying at 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.
If you were searching for ‘consumer product, free paid surveys of america', you are likely looking for a list of companies that offer them. If so, read on before deciding on which paths to take. Online surveys typically pay between five and up to seventy-five dollars for each one you fill out.Not only that, but many people don’t know that you can even get paid to play games, and you can play them for an unlimited number of hours. On top of everything else, you are often sent five dollars for each person you refer to the website, and in turn, also recek. 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.
One of the hardest things to do when you are online and list building is writing fresh emails every single. It is hard to keep them personal, hard to come up with fresh, catchy titles that don’t take away the personalization. It is hard to come up with new ideas every single day. But if you are going to make a living, you have to learn to do it. And I really mean, learn.I doubt that very many people online were born knowing how to write emails.There are many formulas online for how to write an email, but I believe that if you wrote an email every day according to the very same formula, your list would soon get bort 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 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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