Your Website And The Issues It Faces

May 15, 2017

Web sites are not yet perfect things. While they are unarguably amazing things that can do a lot for us in our personal and professional lives, they can suffer a lot of flaws. A website can create a livelihood; it can be the extension of a business or the very foundation of it. A website can be an outlet for information, creativity and both. A website represents not just opportunity, but access. A number of things that a website has boosted among others are communication, sharing, relationships – thanks to the advances of the internet and websites, the world seems a bit more open.
But, as said – web sites on the internet are hardly things of perfection. They need to be well maintained and cared for by their owners and curators be they an organization or a single individual. A website can't be left to its own devices. On a basic level, if a website is left alone, where is the new content coming from? What about products? Are new products being placed up automatically? Are new posts being placed up? A website can't be left alone. There are plenty of issues that a website can face and chief among them is negligence. If the owner doesn't add ‘new' to the website, what is the point of ever returning to it?
The opposite of a web site that you do not return to is a web site that you keep coming back to – to check for new stock, or a popular item or post. Still – there is a big issue here and it is space. If a website owner refuses to expand server space via a hosting option such as PAC Web Hosting, then the website will shut down when users currently on the website exceed the limitations of the current server space. For any business, this is bad news, and repeat offenders could cripple their own business. If your website is popular, take advantage of this and expand your space to get the biggest return possible.
Your website can also suffer a huge threat. Hacking and cyber crime is a huge issue that faces all sorts of websites; it also means that it isn't just physical businesses that can face the threat of crime. Protect your computer with anti-virus software as well as anti-malware applications and always ensure that if your website is a business site, that records and sensitive info are kept locked down. You should obviously be doing this for financial information, but criminals are after anything they can get.
Web sites also face design issues. A bad design will put people off, but even worse – a bad design under the hood will stop your website being used. Focus on the workings before any surface looks as you'd rather a site work. OF course, operating an ugly website isn't acceptable. To nail this issue, find a good designer and learn from their work on your site.
Like any business – a web site faces its own unique issues. Solve them and don’t let your business lose out because of a poor website.

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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