I built my first personal website in 2003, when you still had to be knowledgeable about HTML. I was so proud of what I had achieved on my own with Microsoft FrontPage that I spent the first day staring at the site and sending its link to my friends and family. In a nutshell, I felt on top of the world.

That was until one of my friends brought me back to reality. Apparently, the animated gif of the mouse lifting weights on the landing page looked cheesy. And the browsing experience was very different depending on the size of the screen people used.





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Written by bigmoneyweb
3920 days ago

An interesting post Cendrine, all these can really turn a visitor off. I hate it so much when I visit a site and all of a sudden, I will start hearing a music that I didn't put, its so annoying you guess right, I will leave at once. Another one you mentioned that I agree with is the issue of having too many ads on your site, this is also too bad. Thanks for sharing this with the bizsugar community.

Val



Written by cendrinemedia
3920 days ago

Oh yes, the music! I used to advise independent musicians, so you get my drift. lol

It's amazing what details can do to change perceptions, eh?

Thank you for reading!



Written by AngelaMoore
3920 days ago

Great article, sharing on FB. So many business make these mistakes!



Written by cendrinemedia
3920 days ago

Thanks!



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