4. Underlined text in blue
Do not have text in blue if the text is not clickable and does not go anywhere. The general web public is so used to the principle that underlined blue text means a clickable link (or hyperlink) that if it does not go anywhere, they’d feel rather cheated! If you want to play with
colors, avoid doing so with blue, especially with text. Don’t mislead your visitors no matter how unintentional it is.
5. 101 Links
The fact that you can link to other websites does not mean you should link to each and every one of them. Link exchange used to be popular a few years ago where if you link to my website, I’ll link to yours. This reciprocal link exchange worked well initially but quantity does not always represent quality. Look at the quality of links first before you go all out to link to every website you come across. Dedicate a website entirely to links if you want to but beware that more links means you must do more frequent checks to see if these links work. Over time, links might rot and instead of doing your web visitors a
favor, you might be frustrating them. So link with caution.
6. Guest Book
Another early Internet feature on websites. A guest book is for web visitors to leave their remarks and comments but with today’s super sophisticated
sabots and what-not, it is best to avoid opening yourself up to unwanted attention. Otherwise you’d be spammed all day!
About
The Author
Nic Sim is the owner and founder of
http://www.RedboxStudio.com
– a web design firm dedicated to helping solo professionals and small businesses go online affordably and successfully.
Nic shares his insights on web design in his blog so visit
http://www.redboxstudio.com/blog
for more ideas, tips and fun stuff!
