Text Is King!
Are you building your website? If so, STOP! Take a look at what
you have done so far. How many images do you have? How much text
do you have?
If your website has more images than text then you could be in
trouble. Ask yourself these two questions
What are my visitors at my website for?
Chances are, your visitors cam to your website to find
information on a topic or to answer a question. They probably
didn't come to look at pictures (unless you run a photo
gallery). Give your visitors what they want and they will keep
on coming back.
Why did I put all these images on my website.
Now, this is not always true, but what I have found is that
people put a lot of images on their website to make up for poor
quality content. They think if they have a pretty looking
website, people won't pay that much attention to the text. That
is another wrong assumption that should never be made.
REMEMEMBER: People come to get quality content, and will leave
if you don't provide any
REMEMEMBER: People come to get quality content, and will leave
if you don't provide any
REMEMEMBER: People come to get quality content, and will leave
if you don't provide any
If your website has more text than images, good for you, keep up
the good work and good things will come to you.
About the author:
James C. Micucci is the webmaster at Retro Webmaster. He is
in the process of building one of the largest databases of
questions and answers on the internet.
Author: James C. Micucci
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