To Serve Your Visitors, Use this Checklist of Ten Things to Avoid

The following things tend to turn most people off. Many will leave without trying to see if you have the information they are looking for:
- Video they must watch before they can get to your first page of information
- Flashing backgrounds – these can be really irritating to people trying to read
- Cluttered or messy look – people want information fast; they want it convenient; a cluttered or unorganized site is too much work.
- Lots of little flashing things – they become an irritation and distraction when they keep hitting your peripheral vision
…