How to Keep Your Site Looking Good




Once you read my starting a site article, you are probably thinking, "how do I keep my site up to date and popular?" To do that, just follow this next tutorial. It will show you how to make sure your site become the best, and stay that way.

Be original


The first thing you have to think is, "what is special about my site?" Well, apparently whatever got you visitors the first time, will do it again. So add more of that little something! Chance are it is unique and not many other sites have it. For example, not many sites have Pet Rock stuff. But I do! And that attracts visitors. Vanesa, Owner of Icy Prism, has Adventures on her site, and not many others do. I don't! And so that attracts visitors to her site. See how it works out? You win if you are original and unique. Same goes for websites. So try paying attention to what you DON'T see in other sites. Maybe you can add it and it will be your unique thing.

Pay Attention to What Your Viewers Want


Sometimes when you get a guestbook signing, people aren't cruel and may actually right a comment about something they liked, or didn't like. Read and see what they appreciated. They liked your video section of your fansite for Miley Cyrus? Then add more videos. Did they dislike the type of blinkies you make? Work on trying to make them better. Because, believe it or not, you have to make sure your website is liked by others, not just yourself. Lets say you love your section of the guide of gas (eew), but do the people who visit your site like it? Noooo! Well, maybe some boys but still, they aren't the only ones who visit. So, if you get 5 guestbook entries saying that they like or dislike all a specific thing on your site, try to work on fixing it. But don't leave the other site pages out to die. Fix the most important thing, but also keep in balance with everything else. In the end, your site will win back all of the visitors you used to have.

Update a Lot


So you have a lot of content for 2 months of work. You also have everything going good and strong, so what is the point of updating if you already added everything? Umm, maybe it's the fact that people will get bored reading the same thing again and again? So if you have 10 guides, add 20. If you have 50 blinkies, make 100. Get my point? Yes, some people do not visit the site for too long and end up taking 2-3 days to read it all, but you should make sure that they come back after that. I wouldn't want someone to visit and never come back, would you? Hope not!

So let's review. You will always add the most unique and unknown content all of the time. You will pay attention to what kind of replies you get and what people want to see. And finally you will update often so people don't fall asleep being on the same site. Get it? Got it? Good. Now let's keep it that way.

We hope this tutorial helped you! For suggestions, questions, or anything, contact yael@lime-pie.zzn.com or sasha@lime-pie.zzn.com.