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Recognise Your Site?

How many of these issues can you find on your website?

Dead links - These leave a really bad impression. Make sure all the links on your site exist.
Missing images - It you can't be bothered to visit your site to make sure everything is as it should be, why should your existing and potential clients?
Out of date content - Be careful, visitors might wonder if your company is still afloat and look elsewhere for current information. And, if you really don't need to update regularly, leave out the 'last updated Sept. 2000' line!!
Visitor counters - If you want an idea of how many hits you're getting, take a look at your web statistics log (most web hosts will offer this facility).
Unfriendly HTTP 404 error page - This is the error that appears when a visitor requests a non-existant page. It's not very difficult to get the error page looking the same as the rest of the site.
Slow loading pages - You know those sites you click on and immediately hit the 'stop' or 'back' button? A great way to get rid of potential clients.

Yes, many people have broadband these days but there's still a fair number that don't. So make sure you're images are optimised and ensure there's useful content for visitors to read as the bulky stuff loads.

Scour your site and make sure there's nothing there to spoil your visitors' enjoyment.

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