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As if having your site down weren’t enough
30 Jan 2008 | Angie H
Spotted on a local non-profit's site:
That's not even the best part. This is:
In case you're wondering what's wrong here it's the following:
- Even if your site is being redesigned from the ground up, you should never take down your current/old one. It still has valuable information on it that visitors will appreciate.
- These under construction things are straight out of 1996. They're just tacky.
- Having one page telling visitors (i.e., prospective customers) that your site is under construction simply prompts them to move on to the competitor.
- If your site was ranking at all on Google, chances are it will fall off. No content means no site in Google.