by Senadheera Jayakody

Created on: November 05, 2009

You may have visited thousands of websites already if you regularly surf internet. But how many of them do you really like to visit again and again? Many webmasters and web designers forget simple things and that might be very costly. You don't need to invest a big money or make great changes to your website to keep your visitors on your website. Just make sure that you follow these simple steps and take action to make the changes.

(1) Don't show full page ads to incoming visitors.

It is always anxious to see ads before visiting a website when it is the first time. If you display ads to incoming visitors that may be the last time they are visiting your website. So avoid that at all cost. If you have no options then think about displaying those ads to visitors who are leaving the site. That doesn't hurt a lot.

(2) Don't display signup forms or any other annoying things to incoming visitors.

Many people rarely spent more than 5 to 10 seconds in a web page when it is their first visit. If you annoy them by preventing their visit directly to your webpage then you are doing a really big mistake. No one wants to waste time on filling troublesome signup forms or giving away private information for unknown websites. There are millions of websites on internet. So why should they come to such messy sites?

(3) The website must be loaded very quickly

Don't forget that still about 80% of the internet surfers are using dialup connections. If your webpage is heavily equipped with graphics and Javascript visitor may change their idea about visiting your website. So if you want to keep your website visitors create a website that loads quickly.

(4) Create a professional looking website

So far you have done correctly. But if your website uses ugly colors and designs which look unprofessional, they will leave your site immediately. Don't use harshly colors like dark yellow, dark red, etc to your website's background which are painful for eyes to see. Use white, black or any other light color for the background and graphics unless they occupy only a small area. Don't overload with graphics. Always try to create a neat and attractive website with a professional look. People like to visit such websites frequently and tends to stay longer if the content also is good.

(5) Make sure visitor easily understands "about what your site is"?

If the website visitor gets confused to understand what type of website they have visited, that is not a god sign. He must be able to understand at

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