Web Site Graphics

© Illa Maden  November 2006

Web site graphics add interest to web pages

Web site graphics can make your web pages more interesting and colorful. Where they focus on specific products, they can be informative in their appearance and help your visitor connect with the actual product, and make it more appealing.

That being said, graphics on a web site, can be a problem if overused, or presented in the wrong way.

When adding graphics to your web site consider why. What will the graphics do for your web page? Are they necessary, and will the graphics add to your web site?

When adding web site graphics, these are important questions. You are not creating the website for yourself, you are creating it for your visitors. Keep your visitors in mind when adding website graphics, and determine whether or not it will add to their experience at your website in a positive way.

Web site graphics add to the load time of a web site, so add them carefully

If you think the issue of web site graphics is not important, you might want to reconsider.

In a press release by Akamai they cited that half of mature online shoppers (those with two or more years experience shopping online), identify page load time as one of their top priorities.

In the microwave environment we all live in at this time in history people have little time or patience waiting for anything, let alone how long it takes for a web page to load. There are many other web sites out there just a click away.

Resize web site images in a graphics editor. Use fewer graphics. Where lots of images are necessary, use thumbnails which can be enlarged by your visitor, for better viewing. Place a caption under graphic telling visitor that image can be enlarged. Don't take it for granted that they know.

Learn about the best use of web site graphics

Do use graphics on your web site, but do it with good judgement. Images can really liven up a web site and make it more interesting, and boost sales. If web site graphics are a new subject for you, do some research and find out how to best use and manipulate them on a web site.

Web site graphics can greatly add to a site, but can also be a distraction where they are not appropriate, or when too many are displayed needlessly.

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