These days, we do have a number of high quality websites when it comes to their design. But some websites still have some glitches in their design, which hardly any one wants to return to surf them. We are mainly concerned with the real estate website design industry as it is a big industry with lots at stake. One of the biggest factors in design is the background, it can be quite appealing if some thought is applied or it may be quite repelling for the visitor. The text used in the website pages can also repel people surfing it if it is not used properly and unnecessarily given a bold and a strong tags everywhere. Content should also be kept in check as it is one of the most important parts to attract traffic. The content should be unique and something interesting. Last one is the use of multimedia such as flash animations and videos, sounds, etc. This could really take a toll if used quite heavily as it affects the website’s loading time and increases it quite substantially. Another thing is flexibility. The website design should be flexible enough to accommodate additional features such as idx and more. So, these things have to be avoided.
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Some More Web Design Mistakes In Online Real Estate
March 12, 2008Achieving Good Website Navigation
March 5, 2008In simple terminology, website navigation means the techniques implemented in a website which assists the user to move on from one page of a website to another page of a website. Good website navigation can indirectly lead to an overall higher profit and on the contrary, poor website navigation can directly lead to an overall increase in the bounce rate of the website, thus affecting the profit in a negative way. Incase of businesses such as that of real estate website design which have a lot on stakes, it is all the more important to have a good site navigation as these sites generally tend to be large in size. Real estate websites generally have numerous pages dedicated to various sections and databases such as mls, idx and many more such services. So in terms of these large websites, it is more important to have a proper website navigation that should assist users instead of misleading them and forcing them to deviate away from your website.