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I’ve seen a lot of web sites. Some bad. Some good when it comes to design. There are certain elements that draw the user inside your site to explore further, and others that cause users to run the other way. Here are a few elements that will make your web site more attractive.

1. Your home page (including HTML, graphics, etc.) should be less than 80KB in file size and should take less than 20 seconds to download at 56K. Remember less is more.
2. Your site needs to be unique, not like everyone else on the net. It needs to be well-designed and provide interesting content that you cannot find anywhere else.
3. Update. Update. Update. The more often you update your site—even a blog on your site—the more visitors you will get, and the more likely the search engines will list your site.
4. Always put contact information on every page, so that it is one click away from the user. Seems basic, but many site ignore this rule.
5. Test your site with all of the different browsers.

<>Author, Danielle Mai, Banana Creative, www.bananacreative.com.
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