There are lots of lists of to-dos nowadays but Uncle Arthur is going to lay one more list on you now. Don’t be stubborn, it’s for your own good - not mine. Just read read it, maybe in five or six times, it will soak in. I don’t want your webpage to look stupid, so I’m passing on some tips from my great wisdom. You can read this now, or I can say “I told you so, stupid” later.

1) NO frames (I know you’ve heard it all before)
2) NO Cheesy Hit counters (Are you still playing Pong?)
3) NO Orphan Pages (What’s the point in that?)
4) NO Stupid Kiddie Decorations (What, still in kindergarten?)
5) NO Pop Ups (Want people to think you’re suicidal?)
6) NO Dumb Fancy Fonts (Keep it grownup okay?)
7) NO Overkill with Flash (’Member Why?)
8) NO Javascript links (I know you’re tired, read!)
9) NO Blinking texts (It’s not Circus Day for the Noobs!)
10) NO Missing Meta Tags (Don’t come crying to me)
11) NO Horizontal Scrolls (Use just a little of that brain!)
12) NO Underlining or coloring normal text.
13) NO forgetting functional links on your footer.
14) NO forgetting Marketing Strategies (Dog ate your homework?)
15) NO forgetting anchor text on your links.(Earth, calling YOU!)
16) NO subscribing a visitor without consent.(Little sociopath)
17) NO home page title like “Welcome to MySite” (Duu-uuh?!?)
18) NO using “Bells And Whistles” (Make your visitors vomit?)

Uncle Arthur doesn’t like to have to tell you over and over but that’s why he gets frustrated with you. So whether you have created your own website or are working with someone else on your website, let’s hope all these NO NOs will help you create a better website instead of driving those visitors away.

One of the worst.

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Making It Easy to Be a Success,
Arthur Browning