[thelist] Re: My 12 year old son can do websites

[Ken Moore]

Hi all.

>Diane Soini wrote:
>
>To be a devil's advocate here...My mother lives in a small town and 
>recently referred me to a local web site in her town that was THE place to 
>go to get accurate weather. It happened to be run by a 16 year old who 
>aspires to be a meteorologist. The web site was ugly and done in Microsoft 
>Publisher. But it is still THE local source for accurate weather. So, what 
>IS the most important quality of web sites? The pristine quality of your 
>source code, or the content?

Studies are very consistent in showing that content, loading spead and 
intuitive use (in that order) account for about 95% of the sites appeal and 
usefulness.

This assumes a competitive market place, not a "small town."

It also assumes that all other things are equal - which they never are.

Ken

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