4 Steps To Build Up Your Website

November 2009 | Categorized in Site Management

The design and look of your website can only take you so far. In fact, excellent content can actually offset the need for a visually appealing look.

Below are 4 things you can do to properly build up your website.

1. Build Content

At the end of the day, the content you provide will ultimately decide how users interact with your site. Many people recommend at least having 5-6 pillar articles, or core content that can be used as a resource and basically signify what your website is all about.

Concentrate on creating quality and not to complex articles, and then utilize a clever a internal linking system. This will also help with future search engine optimization (SEO).

For example, if your website is about working out, then create individual articles on specific exercises and then setup some “routine” articles that include links to the individual exercise you have. Besides SEO this will also help increase page views.

Whether you have a corporate website, blog, ecommerce site, or whatever, having some pillar articles around will help drastically improve the traffic to your site.

2. Create A Simple Organizational Structure

While having excellent content is a positive, what good would it be if visitors can’t find it on your site. The key is to create a hierarchy of simple to follow categories. You can break these categories into several more categories or implement the tagging feature (via Wordpress).

3. Add Plugins And Add-ons

Plugins allow you to complete tedious or otherwise impossible tasks directly through your admin panel. Regardless if you use Wordpress for your CMS or something else, most options have some sort of plugins or add-ons available. There are plugins that should be used on any website and then there are those that are niche specific. Whatever you do, try not to overdue it with plugins as they can slow down the load time of your site.

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4. Check Browser Compatiablility

By far the most annoying task of web mastering is ensuring your website is completely compatible with all browsers. Various CSS styles and scripts can look and act different per browser. There are no real easy solutions for these problems except through trial and error.

The key is to make sure your website has some form of usability and usefulness to the visitors before starting any type of promotional campaign, as you don’t want to risk losing any potential users or customers with wasted efforts.

Next, learn how to promote your website.