Comments on: Web Sites That Suck http://talkingtech.net/2006/05/14/web-sites-that-suck/ life and technology on the north coast of california Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mike Buettner http://talkingtech.net/2006/05/14/web-sites-that-suck/#comment-5522 Mike Buettner Tue, 16 May 2006 23:56:54 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=107#comment-5522 Understand the audience and the importance of good conent. I too have done sites for clients that insist on building something that makes them happy but does little to sell or tell. We go through all the steps at determining the audience and how they might use the site only to have the client hijack the process. It is also a battle to constrain the verbous client. Adding so many sections and pages that contain content that is poorly written and often too much to read much less keep current. Understand the audience and the importance of good conent.

I too have done sites for clients that insist on building something that makes them happy but does little to sell or tell. We go through all the steps at determining the audience and how they might use the site only to have the client hijack the process.

It is also a battle to constrain the verbous client. Adding so many sections and pages that contain content that is poorly written and often too much to read much less keep current.

]]> By: Fred Mangels http://talkingtech.net/2006/05/14/web-sites-that-suck/#comment-5479 Fred Mangels Mon, 15 May 2006 13:41:44 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=107#comment-5479 Sometimes it's not so much the web site, but the people behind them. It could be that the people at the local office don't pay attention to e- communications, preferring instead to work with phones and in person contact. I've seen things like that through the years. The parent company sets up some kind of web oriented way of taking care of business, but the folks down the line aren't comfortable with computer stuff. Along that same line, I've seen where businesses have web sites and an e-mail address listed, but the e-mail is only checked once a week, if that often. I always tell people, if they rarely check their e-mail, they shouldn't have it listed on their business site. Sometimes it’s not so much the web site, but the people behind them. It could be that the people at the local office don’t pay attention to e- communications, preferring instead to work with phones and in person contact.

I’ve seen things like that through the years. The parent company sets up some kind of web oriented way of taking care of business, but the folks down the line aren’t comfortable with computer stuff.

Along that same line, I’ve seen where businesses have web sites and an e-mail address listed, but the e-mail is only checked once a week, if that often. I always tell people, if they rarely check their e-mail, they shouldn’t have it listed on their business site.

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