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How to build a website that sucks

How to build a website that sucks

firstfriday

March 01, 2012
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  1. ? WhO AM I - 4 years researching web design

    - Graduated from the University of Kent - Joined tauri-tec ltd as LEAD DESIGNER - spend my time fixing bad website designs
  2. ? WhO AM I - 4 years researching web design

    - Graduated from the University of Kent - Joined tauri-tec ltd as LEAD DESIGNER - spend my time fixing bad website designs
  3. ? WhO AM I - 4 years researching web design

    - Graduated from the University of Kent - Joined tauri-tec ltd as LEAD DESIGNER - spend my time fixing bad website designs
  4. ? WhO AM I - 4 years researching web design

    - Graduated from the University of Kent - Joined tauri-tec ltd as LEAD DESIGNER - spend my time fixing bad website designs
  5. - You’re at the wrong talk - Learn what not

    to do - Schadenfreude Schadenfreude 42.0% Wrong talk 7.7% Here to Learn 50.3% ? WHY ARE YOU HERE
  6. - You’re at the wrong talk - Learn what not

    to do - Schadenfreude Schadenfreude 42.0% Wrong talk 7.7% Here to Learn 50.3% ? WHY ARE YOU HERE
  7. - You’re at the wrong talk - Learn what not

    to do - Schadenfreude Schadenfreude 42.0% Wrong talk 7.7% Here to Learn 50.3% ? WHY ARE YOU HERE
  8. ? Keyword RICH “When a given page or part of

    text is full of good keywords that helps for higher ranking of the page in search engines” - searchenginegenie.com page is full of good keywords for higher ranking in search engines SO... more keywords = good ?
  9. ? Keyword RICH “When a given page or part of

    text is full of good keywords that helps for higher ranking of the page in search engines” - searchenginegenie.com page is full of good keywords for higher ranking in search engines SO... more keywords = good ?
  10. ? Keyword RICH “When a given page or part of

    text is full of good keywords that helps for higher ranking of the page in search engines” - searchenginegenie.com page is full of good keywords for higher ranking in search engines SO... more keywords = good ?
  11. ? why does it suck No SPACE BETWEEN TEXT /

    IMAGES THERE IS NO “WHITE SPACE”
  12. ? why does it suck No SPACE BETWEEN TEXT /

    IMAGES THERE IS NO “WHITE SPACE”
  13. ? whITE SPACE “...more white space increases comprehension and reduces

    the time required to move through a WEB page.” - Eye Tracking Studies show : increases comprehension reduces time white space
  14. ? whITE SPACE “...more white space increases comprehension and reduces

    the time required to move through a WEB page.” - Eye Tracking Studies show : increases comprehension reduces time white space
  15. ? DOESN’T SUCK - 3 rd Most viewed site in

    china alexa.com web statistics: - 13 th Most viewed site in the world No white space but...
  16. CHINESE WEBSITES - similar to my own experiences “Chinese audiences

    prefer to sort through large amounts of visual information quickly rather than navigate through many subpages of navigation.” - MKT CHINA say: - IN CHINA, MORE keywords = AMAZING!
  17. ? MYSTERY MEAT - wikipedia: “this describes websites which are

    difficult for users to discern the destinations of navigational links or, even to determine where the links are.” websites which are difficult for users to discern navigational links
  18. explanation: The less obvious the navigation the less likely people

    will stay on your site = the more it will suck!
  19. What is the 10 second rule? Nielsen Lab did research

    on how people used websites People who can’t find what they want in 10 seconds are frustrated and leave
  20. If the user has no idea what the site is

    about (even if it is what they are looking for) they are going to return to google