With all of the things you need to know about starting and
running an online business, the details can seem
overwhelming. Many new online business owners would rather
ignore certain things until they become problematic - but
that's not necessarily the best way to be as a business
owner. Instead, you need to start looking at things that
doesn't seem to matter, as they are often the things your
competitors are ignoring as well. For example, when you
consider the number of web pages you have, there are some
specific reasons why you should be counting these up.
Reason #1: More Pages is More Work
When you have an idea to add a number of web pages to your
site, you will inevitably be causing more work for
yourself. It will take a longer time to create these
pages, resulting in a possible delay in the finishing of
your website. This means that you might not be getting all
of the profits your website deserves. You might want to
start out with only a few web pages to see how your
visitors respond, adding more only as the number of
visitors and return visitors grows.
Reason #2: More Pages is More Work for the Visitor
Just like a maze, a highly complicated website can often be
more confusing to the reader than you'd like it to be.
Visitors that can not easily navigate from one page to the
next will often go to another site where the navigation is
simpler. You want the visitors to easily find what they
are looking for, but when you have a number of pages, this
can seem impossible and frustrating.
Reason #3: More Pages is More Money
When you are beginning an online business, every penny
counts. If you are just setting up a new website, you will
want to realize that each new page you add is going to be a
page that you need to pay a designer to create or a writer
to write. This will add up. It may be more prudent to
start off with just a few pages to see how visitors react
and then add more if it seems like your visitors want more
from you.
Reason #4: More Pages Can Mean Less Content
While this seems to be an untrue statement, think of it
this way: would you rather read five web pages of good
content or ten web pages of so-so content? You want to use
only as many pages as you can fill with quality web content
that a reader will learn something from. When you simply
create pages to make your site look more extensive, you
might be watering down the knowledge you can share with a
reader - and they will realize it.
Reason #5: More Pages Can Signal More Time for the Visitor
Since many website visitors want to find the information
they need and then move on, you might want to limit the
information they find when they arrive at your site. When
you have a lot of pages listed, it can make the site seem
overwhelming and perhaps something that will be more time
consuming than they bargained for. Short and sweet is the
best way to be.
While it's true that older websites generally have more web
pages, this is only after they established regular site
visitors. Since you might not be at this stage now, you
will want to start small and see what responses you get.
Chances are good that you will need to add more pages
eventually, but that you will also want to remove older
pages that aren't relevant anymore. That's the formula for
success.
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