Even Great Sites Can Be Improved – Real Examples Using Excellent Web Sites

December 2, 2008 · 17 comments

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:

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Marble Host from web hosting January 15, 2009 at 9:02 pm

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.

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owain February 12, 2009 at 7:53 am

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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website design essex March 10, 2009 at 9:45 am

Finally something new for me to learn and I am already subscribed. You can contact me if you need to. :D Please post more on wordpress design, I would like to know more about it

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InternetStrategist from GrowMap.com March 10, 2009 at 2:52 pm

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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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InternetStrategist from GrowMap.com March 10, 2009 at 3:11 pm

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@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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batanespaolo June 5, 2009 at 7:38 pm

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.

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dennis from zackmo helpdesk June 19, 2009 at 9:12 pm

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!

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web hosting June 23, 2009 at 4:44 am

It is true that you can always improve a website’s design or performance. Either through graphics, code or user interface, you can find things that you can tweak. It is amazing how even a small change can make a huge difference.

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jeromee from JTag Helpdesk July 22, 2009 at 7:56 am

I remember good better and best on this post.
this is great! I perfectly agree.

Thanks for sharing

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anshul from Webdesign ny July 24, 2009 at 7:04 am

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I agree with you there are plenty of sites, which are having many flaws & need to be improved

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aditya from Sunshine coast web design August 3, 2009 at 4:37 pm

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Hi,
very nice post.I really enjoy the post.
thanks for the sharing.
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Carla from Joomla SEO Consultant September 18, 2009 at 5:58 pm

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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monika from Web design sunshine coast October 23, 2009 at 2:39 am

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.

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ANSH from Sunroom Ontario October 29, 2009 at 11:07 pm

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