[thelist] RE: common key to good sites

[Justin Stach]

On 27 Jan 2005, at 20:31, Steven Streight wrote:

> What do you think is the One Common Key Ingredient
> that makes a web or blog site successful?
>
> MY tentative answer to my client is: it meets needs of
> audience.

I'm broadly in agreement with much of what has been said, but it's a 
really odd question.

What terms are you measuring success in? Is a successful site one with 
lots of visitors, or one which provides an absolutely appropriate 
response to a specific group of users needs, or is it a site which 
garners approval by your peers? There are different criteria for the 
success of any given site, and part of the job of web designers (I'd 
contend) is to try and find out from the client what those criteria 
are.

Any answer to this question is going to be needed to be given with huge 
caveats.

J