By Dave Max


Do you have initiative and drive? Then creating a music information website and learning how to maintain it might be right up your alley! Some people enjoy reading directions and putting the information to work. If you've been thinking about creating a website then the following strategies are a "must read". You'll have a successful music site up and running in no time.

The best music information websites load quickly - you don't want your visitors to get bored or frustrated while they're waiting for the content to load, and take off for another site! Whenever possible, avoid plug-ins. They slow pages down, and dishonest websites use them to install malicious code on people's computers.

When coding a common coding error is making the running scripts too long. Having long scripts can hurt your load time and give off the appearance of an error or virus. Although long scripts can seem better they may hurt your site. Using a site validation tool to check scripts is a quick step but it can save you time in the long run.

Do away with flash elements from your music information website as it can not be viewed by some devices which will make your website experience much less for those visitors. Sites with flash can not be easily indexed by search engines thus your rankings could drop.

Design the webpage layout in a proper manner because it's a key for success. Place navigation at prominent position either at bottom, left or top of the page. Each page must have a link to main page because sometimes userwants to go back to main page for other options.

When building trust and credibility on your site you do not want to ask customers to send a check to pay from purchases. In today's e-commerce world you need to accept credit and debit cards. You not be taken seriously if you are unable to process credit card payments. There are numerous merchant services companies to work with in obtaining card payments.

Make sure to be personable. The more personable you are on your music information website, the more personal the experience will be for your users. Using a conversational tone and even humor is ideal for a website to sound and look friendly and welcoming.

Writing a music information website in one language makes it only available to those that speak that language. What better way to make your target market bigger by getting it translated into another language? Depending on the content of your pages, you could multiply your search engine traffic after translating it. All you need is a plugin, like Global Translator that WordPress users use, and it will get you translated pages indexed by search engines.




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