Bad Website Design Examples

Since the late '80s, people have been surfing millions of websites. Some websites were good, some were bad.

Fashions and fads will come and go -- but there are some things that just should not be done on a website. (And won't be done on any websites built by Shalom Software Web Designs)

What we implement on our clients' websites are true, tried, tested and proven methods to maximise our clients' website presence -- especially in regard to the highest possible search engine rankings in their market place.

Things good websites will not have

Below is our list of an (ever)growing list of "pet hates" that bad websites have and will not be recommended or used on any of our websites.

1. an email address in an unencrypted state (Do you want spam?!!)
2. a browser dependent functionality i.e.. "you must be using this particular web browser for this website to function correctly "
3. any website under construction notices
4. the words "click here" being the link text
5. links that will only work if JavaScript is enabled
6. the use of frames to build the website
7. the text (font sizes) of the page not being adjustable or too small
8. an uncomplimentary colour scheme
9. a design that only fits on certain size screens
10. links that can not easily be identified as such or
11. the link colour doesn't change whether visited or not
12. links that are broken or go to a different place than stated
13. pages that take a long time (more than 12 seconds) to fully download
14. splash/skip homepages that say very little
15. the whole site being constructed using flash with no html alternative
16. a dynamic navigational menu system that doesn't display "further information available" markers
17. the use of tables, spacer/shim images to design the layout the page
18. files like PDFs or MS Word docs that could/should instead be a normal html web page
19. the use of images as text instead (unless a decorative style is needed)
20. any large downloadable files (over 50kb) that do not have an informative warning
21. an unclear purpose of what the site is about
22. abbreviations or acronyms that are left unexplained
23. links that will open new windows unless marked as such
24. simpel speling mistakes that remain unfixed
25. any unnecessary pop-ups
26. false advertising or claiming to be something they are not
27. ANY unauthorized copyrighted content

Successful Australian websites

When you hire Shalom Software Web Designs company to build from scratch or improve your internet website, we will not use any of the bad website design practices listed above, but will implement good website design practices and use proven techniques for successful effective websites to maximise your business' or groups' online presence.

When we build successful websites, we use a good balance between designing the visual appearance of the site and working on the content and site structure.

There is no point having the greatest looking site that contains bad content or is built incorrectly so that people can't find it.

Shalom Software Web Designs will ensure that your modern website looks great and is easily findable.

Contact us today for a free website design quote or telephone Maurice Karunaratne on (03) 9402 4513.