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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Accomplishing Success By Effectively Managing Your Government Affairs Forum Website

By Sally Mop


Have you ever been on a government information site that was not operated well? You can avoid that for your website. Simply follow these tips and your site operations will be a success.

There's always more than one thing that keeps a user happy with your site and returning for more. Gather feedback on the aspects of your site they like most, and the things they like the least. Strive to constantly improve based on the feedback you're given. You want your users to have a good experience in every component of your site, so if they say the colors are ugly, or the ads are too big, listen and change!

Collect emails, with permission, from your readers in an opt-in for an occasional newsletter. Keeping the newsletter succinct and amusing will entice the readers to check your site more frequently for updates and you'll be able to let them know about new and exciting content.

Assigning text tags to each and every image that you post on your site ensures that search engines will be able to find and correctly represent them on internet searches. It's a very small and simple way to greatly improve your search engine rankings, especially if you use a lot of pictures.

If you have some content which would probably be taken print of by customers, then make the pages print-friendly for them. Having headers and sidebar graphics on their printed page would disappoint anyone. The option of having your pages printable will be appreciated by your visitors.

Flash government information sites often look quite impressive, but the cons usually outweigh the pros of relying on Flash. If you spend a ton of time on a fancy Flash intro that creates long loading times, it may end up being a waste because many visitors won't want to wait for it to load.

Slow loading pages are a sure way to lose traffic to your government information site. Anything that takes longer than three seconds will increase your chances of losing users. Rather than waiting, they would just go someplace else to find information so don't take that chance. Keep your pages 'light' and check to make sure that they are loading properly.

If your site is about selling a product then you have to make sure it's awesome. Advertising is about getting the people know about the product and want to buy it. It's your job to sell a product that will get them coming back for more. This will not only produce more revenue for you, but also more traffic to your government information site.

There are several different types of web browsers out there. It is important that your government information site is able to run properly on multiple types of browsers. When you choose a website designer speak with them about avoiding or focusing on a few browsers and make sure that they include all browsers. Compatibility with multiple browsers send a message to your visitors and target audience that you care about their diversity.




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