Replying to [sharefen]:
Templates are like uniforms, where in most of the samples, they are not suitable for your particular type of industry and business.
However, they are very well organised and has the navigation properly set up with links to various basic functions. The most common problem facing website designs is too much graphics, taking up time for the page to upload. For those still using the dial up modem with narrow bandwidth, the page may take more than 30 seconds to load and it will turn off the patience and interest of the browser.
One common phenomena of the home page is the display of too many graphics at the first instance. This is a little distracting and losing focus.
In my opinion is to have low memory page for the home page for those analogue modem and should lead to other html pages if the visiting browser is interested in a particular area.
According to the findings of Cambridge Technology Partners and Forrester Research, the two key ingredients of web advertisements are hit rates and stickiness (the number of hits and the length of stay for a visitor).
However, there is more to it. According to the E-Commerce book by Gary Schneider and James Perry, the goals of a web presence are:
- to attract visitors to the Web site.
- Making the site interesting enough that visitors stay and explore
- Convincing visitors to follow the site's links to obtain information.
- Creating an impression consistent with the organization's desired image.
- Reinforcing positive images that the visitor might already have about the organisation.
The web site should meet the needs of the visitors. People who visit the site for many different reasons including:
- Learning about products or services that the company offers.
- Getting information about some studies or publications in the commercial or scientific or artistic world.
- Buying the products or services that the company offers.
- Obtaining information about warranties, or service and repair policies for product they have already purchased, or downloading software drivers.
- Obtaining general information about the company or organisation.
- Finding out more about different applications or operating articulation of the product.
- Getting after sales service online.
- Others.
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