What makes good website design?

A good website is more valuable than:

Please select all that apply.

• Yellow Pages ads
• an occasional newspaper ad
• a regular billboard ad
• TV / radio ads once a month
• search engine ads for a poor website

What look is more appealing?

• Creative, grunge look
• Creative, colorful look
• Simple, colorful design
• Simple, few colors
• "Web 2.0" look

Blogs have too many ads.

• True
• False

Which is more appealing in a site?

• Professional look
• Easy to use
• Social features (commenting, interaction)
• Informative
• The site gives something of value (good advice, free tools)

A blog helps a regular site a lot.

• Yes - Blogs help bring visitors.
• Sometimes
• No - Blogs are unnecessary to most sites.

How long does it take you to determine if a new site is good or not and move on?

• Less than 5 seconds
• 6 - 10 seconds
• 11 -20 seconds
• 21 - 30 seconds
• 31 seconds - 1 minute
• more than a minute

What is a fair amount to pay for professional web design/development?

• Nothing. Anyone can make a good-looking site.
• Less than $250
• $250 - 499
• $500 - 999
• $1,000 - 1,999
• $2,000 - 4,999
• $5,000 and up. A very professional look is important.

Most anyone can design a good-looking site on their own

• True
• False

Most websites look bad.

• True
• False

Which features are annoying in a site?

Please select all that apply.

• Walking, talking video of a person
• Ads in between page views
• Flash ads with content not relevant to the service (e.g. lowermybills)
• Google (or other) ads that blend in with the text
• Small link buttons
• Low contrast (hard to see words)
• Email needed for more information
• Very unprofessional look
• Animated GIFs (think about the "under construction" image from days back)
• Low-quality images

I would pay more for a professional looking website (as opposed to an average site).

• Yes
• Depends
• No