Anatomy of a Website
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Think Results

A website needs to have a purpose. Just like any business model, a good site needs both a goal, and a means of achieving it. How do you achieve that goal? By focusing on what's most important with your website. Without focus, your website is unlikely to yield the kind of results you're looking for.

Identify Target Goal

What do you hope to achieve?

Your website should not be a sample platter of your company, unless that's your goal of course. When developing your site, think of the end goal. The 'end goal' should be the overriding purpose of what you intend to achieve through your site. Plan the site so that each page and each section therein will highlight the end goal of the website. If your company sells widgets, for example, each page should have the goal of enriching the widget purchasing experience and pushing customers toward their ultimate widget purchase. This includes detailed information pages about key features of your product. Your widget website should also contain other relevant information such as widget history pages, client testimonials about your widgets, complementary product offerings, etc; all of which should lead to increasing your widget sales. The importance of end results applies to any type of business model.