By John Frey

With the advancement in Information Technology around the world, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accentuated in making world-wide web a mainstream business platform for its local organizations and companies. However, the software solution providers, especially, the web designers in UAE face many challenges to cope up with their competitors across the globe.

Here are the top 8 mistakes that UAE based web designers make:

1. Lack of strategy and plan for the website
The lack of strategy and plan before they design a website is the biggest problem the designers face. The idea behind the website should be clearly defined and the target audience should be identified. When we define our users and their usability goals, we can then devise a better approach to design the website.

2. Complex designs
The web designers lack the real usability asset in their websites. They go for designs that are too complex for the visitors/users to understand. The website design and the content navigation guide the visitors/users and help them find what they’re looking for. The web designers should make the users feel comfortable when they are navigating through the website.

3. Contradiction of design and the theme of the website
You might come across those eye-catching websites that tickle your senses but that’s not all what a website design should be about. The contradiction of the theme of the website with the designs is also a huge hindrance to a user-friendly website. The design of the website should brand your company’s look and feel. For example, if you’re designing a law firm’s website and using a flashy design then it may not be able to deliver your brand identity to your visitors.

4. Lack of SEO in design
Search engines are the biggest traffic referral sources for websites. The web designers fail to design search-engine-friendly websites because they don’t realize that search engine optimization has paramount significance to a good website design.

5. Non-interactive designs
Some web designers in UAE often design websites that are not interactive; in fact, the design is just a dictation from the designer. The design of the website speaks out your business idea and converts visitors into customers. When a visitor feels that website is letting him do what he wants, that’s when your website gets starred. The web design should follow the principles of orchestration and hide redundant details from the user.

6. High scrolling pages
Most of the web designers overdo the page length incorporating stale text. Too much scrolling tends to loose the visitor’s interest in your website. Every time he wants to look up for something, he has to scroll up and down a million times, therefore, wasting the time and effort of the visitor. A good website design should be kept simple by maintaining a single concept per page.

7. Increased number of clicks
The most common mistake by the web designers is that they don’t reduce the number of clicks required to reach a certain page. The visitor gets lost into the hierarchy and don’t feel comfortable using the website.

8. Language errors and left justification of Arabic websites
Some of the web designers are not even adequately adept at Arabic; therefore, they don’t understand the most important difference between an English website and an Arabic website: English websites are left justified and the Arabic websites are right justified. The language errors in the content of the website may dissuade the users resulting in the decrease of website traffic.

If the web designers avoid these common mistakes, design simply and creatively; and follow the HCI guidelines, they will be able to achieve better ROIs. Going through this checklist will make sure that your website attracts more traffic.

John Frey is an author of a number of online business development articles. He has been working for highly reputed Software Solution Provider, Elevation New Media, for over decade now and is an expert in providing useful tips to optimize websites. For more details, Please visit: http://www.elevationnewmedia.com

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By Jamie Ratliff

Many people are looking to the Internet these days to either expand their business or simply to connect with others by creating a blog or even a family website. There was a time when creating a professional looking website meant that you had to either hire someone to design the site for you or you were required to learn programming such as html. Those days are in the past, as long as you know where to look.

• XSitePro
• WordPress
• Dreamweaver

There are many resources for website designers, but very few are geared toward creating a streamlined website that is easy to update and also looks like it was professionally created. A major problem is that there are millions of websites today that simply have not been updated in months, or even years! I think many times people will create a site, and then they find it is too much of a hassle to keep it updated, or they might have paid someone to create it but cannot afford to pay someone to update it. There are a few tools that make it very easy to not only create a website, but also keep it updated. As someone who has designed websites for over 6 years now, I even find myself attracted to these tools. They are not only a great solution for the non-programmer but they can even save a seasoned designer a lot of time when updating sites or refreshing the design structure.

One of these tools I will discuss is XSitePro. This software was originally created with the Internet Marketer or Affiliate Marketer in mind, but don’t let that intimidate you. The software makes creating a website as simple as choosing a template and then using an interface similar to word to type in your content. One of the biggest benefits to new webmasters is that they include quite a few templates with the software, so you can browse through and choose how you want your website to look.

Although XSitePro is a great tool for beginners, it does offer many advanced features for the experienced webmaster. You can create snippets of code that are easily inserted into every page. For example, suppose you are using a javascript type counter and want it to be in the header of every page. The software makes this as easy as putting the code into one box and it will automatically be inserted into every single page that is created. There are many features that are beyond the scope of this article.

I imagine in a few years, it will be almost a requirement to have an online presence. Most businesses have already realized the benefit of a website, and many people are using the Internet as a way to express themselves or become involved with online communities. If you have been dreaming of creating a website, but have no clue about html or design, you should know that there are solutions available that can help you realize your dream.

Jamie Ratliff is a website designer and Internet Marketer. He has recently introduced new ways for beginners to get started with building websites or expanding their business to the Internet. You can learn more about Jamie at his blog at http://www.jamieratliff.com

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