Your site's design plays a major in role in the user's decision to either stick around or continue surfing. Graphics, layout, load time, fonts and ease of navigation can all influence the user. To craft a site that retains visitors, make it fast , clean and pleasant . Aside from attracting and retaining visitors, your site's design is critical for search engine positioning.
Directory editors look for sites with good design to add to their indices.
Design is also important to DirectHit . DirectHit measures how many people click on your site and how long they stay. If your site is clean , easy to navigate , fast and pleasant, visitors will stay longer and your site will score higher. DirectHit technology is used by search engines such as Lycos , Hotbot and MSN . Cater to their needs with every part of your site.