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Improve Usability of
Your Website
No matter how brilliant your website design is, if it is hard to
reach the content of your site then your site is as useful as an
empty shell. Here are some tips to improve the usability of your
website to ensure it serves its functions optimally.
The first method is to make sure the typography of your content is
suitable. If you have large blocks of text, make sure to use CSS to
space out the lines accordingly. The longer a single line of text
is, the greater the line-height of each line should be. Also, make
sure the font size of your text is big enough to read easily. Some
sites have 10-pixel-tall text in Verdana font; while that may look
neat and tidy, you have to really strain your eyes to read the
actual text.
Make it easy for visitors to find content that they want on your
site. If you have thousands of articles on your site and a certain
visitor wants to find one single article from that pile, you have to
provide a feasible means to enable visitors to do that without
hassle. Be it an SQL-driven database search engine or just a
glossary or index of articles that you have, providing such a
feature will make sure your visitors can use your site with ease.
Ensure that your site loads fast if you do not want to lose
visitors. Most internet users will leave a website if it doesn't
load completely within 15 seconds, so make sure the crème de la
crème of your website is delivered to the visitors as soon as
possible to retain their attention.
Last of all, test each and every link on your site before it goes
online. There is nothing more effective in tarnishing your
professional image than broken links, so be very careful about that.
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