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WEB DEVELOPMENT

Can Using Web Design Templates Derail Your Marketing Efforts?
By: Rasheed Ali
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    2006-12-18

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    A site that looks bad or doesn’t work like it’s supposed to is not going to create a good impression with visitors.

    Web Design Templates Can Be Overly Complex

    Having a lot of useful information on your site is great, but people can’t find that information if they have to use difficult menus and navigate through link after link just to find one page. Some web design templates are very complex and don’t make the best web sites for business purposes. Don’t use one of these templates or you risk losing customers when they get confused or feel like they are wasting their time.

    Web Design Templates Can Be Unattractive

    Some free templates are designed by people who are getting started in web design and practicing their talents. Since these templates are often practice designs, they may have clashing color schemes, inappropriate fonts, or other characteristics that make them bad ideas for business use. Your web site should have a clean layout with few graphics and a lot of information that can be found easily. Using an unattractive template can lead visitors to believe that you don’t want to spend the time or money to create a good site.

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