Having a website for your business is a must these days. Many choose to have a website so they can sell their products or services online. You probably started a business website for the same reason too. It is quite common to find a website not really serving its purpose after going live. It may be that the website has a few mistakes that are preventing it from converting well. Below are a few mistakes that all website owners should avoid. 5 - No Contact Information This is a no brainer but you may have come across a few websites where there is no way possible to contact the webmaster. It is normal to not want to list any email address to avoid spam. It is better to list an email in this format "email [at] domain [dot] com", this way it is impossible for email harvesters to get the email address if they are using softwares. If you have a contact form, make sure to use captcha to avoid getting spam emails. 4 - Too Many Animated Images It is okay to add a few images to add some life to a page. Image files should be kept small whenever possible. Know that images take time to load and animated ones even more. Glitter graphics should definitely be avoided as they will take the users' attention away from the call to action. 3 - Broken Links Check regularly if every links on your website are working properly. It can happen that a page has been removed but links to it are still there. Internal linking on a website is important but when a page no longer exists linking to it serve no use. Also check links to other websites you are linking to, if the websites are no longer available, better remove these links. 2 - No Proper Navigation Navigation throughout a website should be as easy as possible. A user must be able to go back to the previous page whenever he visits a new one. It is good to also have a sitemap where a user can easily locate himself. 1 - Too Much Call to Action The purpose of your business website is to sell your products or services. The call to action should be clear to any website user. Try not to have any other interesting offers just next to it so that the user is not distracted from what he was supposed to do. About Author Many websites still make most of the mistakes above. To avoid those it is best to get your website designed with a professional web design team. Webline UK offers quality web design services for all types of businesses. Visit http://www.WeblineUK.com for more information. Presented By: EzineArticles.com http://www.ezinearticles.com/?5-Common-Web-Design-Mistakes-to-Avoid&id=3049342