| No matter how brilliant your website design is, if it is | | | | on your site and a certain visitor wants to find one |
| hard to reach the content of your site then your site | | | | single article from that pile, you have to provide a |
| is as useful as an empty shell. Here are some tips to | | | | feasible means to enable visitors to do that without |
| improve the usability of your website to ensure it | | | | hassle. Be it an SQL-driven database search engine or |
| serves its functions optimally. | | | | just a glossary or index of articles that you have, |
| The first method is to make sure the typography of | | | | providing such a feature will make sure your visitors |
| your content is suitable. If you have large blocks of | | | | can use your site with ease. |
| text, make sure to use CSS to space out the lines | | | | Ensure that your site loads fast if you do not want |
| accordingly. The longer a single line of text is, the | | | | to lose visitors. Most internet users will leave a |
| greater the line-height of each line should be. Also, | | | | website if it doesn't load completely within 15 |
| make sure the font size of your text is big enough | | | | seconds, so make sure the crème de la |
| to read easily. Some sites have 10-pixel-tall text in | | | | crème of your website is delivered to the |
| Verdana font; while that may look neat and tidy, you | | | | visitors as soon as possible to retain their attention. |
| have to really strain your eyes to read the actual | | | | Last of all, test each and every link on your site |
| text. | | | | before it goes online. There is nothing more effective |
| Make it easy for visitors to find content that they | | | | in tarnishing your professional image than broken links, |
| want on your site. If you have thousands of articles | | | | so be very careful about that. |