| Having a business website is like an office online. It | | | | engines yet who can read the content of images. It is |
| needs to offer users the same quality service they | | | | only going to be a waste of your time to add text |
| would have received offline. There are a few web | | | | images to your website. Do not deprive your content |
| design mistakes that can prevent your website from | | | | of their full potential; use text only. Images are good to |
| performing at its best. Below are a few SEO web | | | | add life to a web page but should not be used to |
| design mistakes that should be avoided. | | | | replace plain text. Add descriptive alt tags to images |
| Flash Intro | | | | can help search engines to know their content and can |
| Many websites still have these flash intros which have | | | | get them listed in image search. |
| no useful purpose. Though some search engines can | | | | Animations |
| now index flash content; flash intros do not usually | | | | This includes all types of animations that can be added |
| have a lot of text in them. | | | | to a web page; spinning text, glitter graphics, |
| Most people will not watch a flash intro; they will just | | | | background music, glowing text among others. All are |
| search for the skip button. If they are unable to skip, | | | | so fancy, used to attract the attention of a user. |
| they'll just click the back button and you can say | | | | These work on some type of websites but are usually |
| goodbye to a customer. | | | | pointless and make a website look unprofessional. |
| Pictures | | | | That being said; everything that can take attention |
| There are still many websites who will use text images | | | | away from your main content should be avoided. |
| rather than text. Know that there are no search | | | | |