There are a few more, like taking writing for granted, bad imagery, no context in which the information is delivered, a navigation scheme that is more 'cool' than actually navigation, non-cms content, the taste level of a gnat, no enthusiasm for the service or thing that you do, inability to focus, the belief that 'the website is up and I got it made', no understanding of the interests of clients and visitors, and Flash, or at least the overuse of Flash in such a way that finding your site is simply not possible.
But I think this list is pretty good:
10. You Hired Your NephewYou should read the rest... unless, you already have a website that isn't performing and, hey, that's cool, you read where websites weren't all that successful anyway.
So he is an electronic wiz. He plays video games, accumulates 2,000 texts on his phone a month, knows how to use the remote for your entertainment system plus took a website class in high school. You’ve heard that he has created a website or two and see an opportunity to save a few bucks. Sure, you can hire him for dirt cheap, but that’s about what you’ll end up with for your website. A few hundred dollars later, you find that the website he created has done more damage than good. You find yourself taking your URL off your business cards, stationary and email signatures. Worst of all you’re missing out on potential customers and profits.
9. You Hired out Your Web Design and Development to a Near-Third-World-Country
Hiring outside of the country is often difficult and disappointing. If you caved into the idea of hiring a professional for less outside of the country you’ve probably found like many of my colleagues and myself included that the hassle and work you received isn’t even worth it being done for free. Save yourself the stress, and hire a competent firm close to home.
8. You Used Hosting Software to Easily Build Your Own Website.
How hard can building a website be? The honest answer, not very hard at all. HTML is one of the easiest things"
Yeah, trudat...
2 comments:
Number 9 smells like local company jealousy to be honest.
I've often found hiring independent designers in other countries to be a good choice, especially when you take into account the economic pressures often faced by local companies, which results in a higher price and often, not a massive leap in quality.
My daily site was designed by a guy in Cape Town and it's one of the best designs I've had yet. The local firms in the UK wanted nearly 3000 US to do it, yet Damien did it for half that and did a better job.
You can have the same disappointing results if you use local firms, the usual steps needed by the buyer to ensure the firm is capable of doing the job correctly is needed.
You know, I wouldn't doubt that in some circumstances. I know I use a .NET guy in one of the Balkans and he does outstanding work. Also have some folks working for me in India. I think the focus of #9 was more toward those emails that come out with the "Full Custom Website" for $250 - $400. Then it ends up being a badly designed template with no customer support. And remember, it isn't my list... I would have a different set of challenges.
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