One of the most important posts we’ve made to date was There is NO Done Because There is Always More To Do. Until you develop an eye for what is missing on your site, how will you know how much that lack is holding you back?
We spot important missing elements on even the most beautiful, popular, and best designed sites. Starting today I will start posting links to these already excellent sites with commentary on what they’re missing that could make a significant difference in their online success.
Each of these will be written as separate posts and linked into this post. You can come back any time and click on this one page to get summaries of each of the site reviews. That will allow you to quickly click through to the subjects that most interest you and find the best strategies for making your Web site even better.
Not all blogs are meant to be read only in a linear fashion. Some, like GrowMap, are intended as references: collections of the most pertinent and best information on subjects related to growing a business using the Internet.
You can get more out of this blog by using the categories, sub-categories, and search function to quickly hone in on the reference material you need today. Look for both overview posts offering the big picture and detailed posts of how to apply them.
That brings us to our first and most important missing function – one EVERY Web site, blog, or ecommerce store MUST have, prominently positioned. If you’re an ecommerce store, upgrading this function will immediately increase your sales. If you haven’t already guessed this function is your Site Search.
Here are the important missing elements that can improve YOUR site:
Gail Gardner
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I totally agree that a good website needs to be constantly evolving and getting better. It is so easy to get a design you like and then sit back and focus on content. Unfortunately this means that you can become outdated very quickly in the past-paced world of the web. A good tip for WordPress users is to keep on top of new plug-ins as that can be a quick and easy way of adding great new features to your site. Thanks for sharing!
First of all, i love this phrase “There is NO Done Because There is Always More To Do.” i think its so true! secondly i totally agree with the fact that every great site can be improved, mine definitively could be much better with some work done and finaly thank you for sharing, this was a great post and i really enjoyed reading it!
I agree that there is no such thing as perfect website. No matter how beautiful websites are they still have weaknesses that have to improve.
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This entry has been written last 2008 and I’m guessing you already have your list of excellent sites. Can you show us the link? Thanks!
Hi Glen,
I was looking specifically at WordPress blogs. I have a post that has links to lists of many WP blogs using the Thesis Theme. Some have voting so you can hone in on the best examples there.
What type of sites are you interested in? I probably know of some excellent examples.
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Inspired from this post, I recently changed the theme of my blog and I am still testing it and hope to do another set of improvements later this month. Thanks for sharing the great post.
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I finished my website about a month ago, but then I wanted to improve it and until today I am actually working on changes. There is always something that you can improve. It’s also good to ask people on the forum what they think about your website..
This post is so great, I really enjoy it. Thank you for sharing your advice.
Your post looks very amazing. Interesting one. Thanks for sharing your advice! I’m sure many visitors will follow your advice because this advice is very useful especially for the web designers. Keep up the good work always!
Keeping up with the evergrowing trends in web design and S.E.O is something that any web designer and developer should keep on top of. If not they may have a bleak future in a business sense. However your posts suggest that you are indeed are keeping up with everything and your information has made me able to start a plan for my future success.
about this post you are so right, i am looking to start my own website which will be a wallpaper website, here you can get all kind of wall papers. So i want your suggestion on it , is i am thinking right?
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finally i got something new i like your blog and your points.i agree with you as we all know small change can make big difference.
I love your articles, I have been checking out your site over the past few months, and I really like the content here. This is a great site, trully great design is essential on aa website. – Taylor
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Hi,
very nice post.I really enjoy the post.
thanks for the sharing.
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I agree with you there are plenty of sites, which are having many flaws & need to be improved
I remember good better and best on this post.
this is great! I perfectly agree.
Thanks for sharing
I perfectly agree with your! there is no DONE!
Im still working on my site so there is really no done for me. I’ve targeted that this month I’ll “DONE” finish my site, Thanks for you ideas of “No Done”
So I’ll be more busy than ever!
I agree!
Its almost endless on developing website specially on a fresh website that I am struggling with 🙂
thank for joomla and its joomlata component that gives me huge life on my design process.
Thanks for sharing this.
@website design essex I visited your blog and suspect your comment function may not be working. You may want to test it. Have you been getting any comments?
I have some great resources related to your latest post on local listings. See the Local Listings REALLY Simplified link in the right sidebar.
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@Marble Hosting So True. Thanks for commenting.
@owain Absolutely. I visit the many bloggers who leave comments in my posts here and share them daily at cliKball, Twitter and FriendFeed.
@website design essex I’m so happy to have you as a subscriber. I am planning some great detailed posts on WordPress design and themes. I wish someone would send me another PC so I can work faster!
Even an old, slow one would allow me to write more blog posts and share more of my visitors’ sites in Social Media.
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Just saying hi. Found your blog through the search engines and I’ve been digging through some posts. Blogs need to grow over time and must always be updating to stay at the top. Our work is never done. Haha. Every day we need to learn new ideas from other people and apply them to our sites. : )
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Yes, there is always more to do with a website because there is a limitless number of methods how you can improve your website and attract visitors to your website.