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Make your website attractive to potential customers!

Nowhere does the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" apply more than to a website! Unless you have professional photos of your products or services, it is best to avoid using your own photos except in photo galleries showcasing your business.

Professional looking photos increase the attractiveness of your website and can often be the "make-it-or-break-it" factor for your viewers.

Using pictures from other websites or from general internet sources such as Google images should be avoided since the images are often copyrighted and you could be subject to a fine from the image owner.

Having attractive photos and graphics is crucial. If your viewers are attracted to your website because of eye-catching photos, they might read further if they're interested. In addition, we recommend that you consider the power of video to display your services and/or products. We can embed the code directly from such website as You Tube or Vimeo, for instance, at no additional cost.

Affordable Web Design Ltd listens to your needs and produces an end result you can be proud of!

Buy professional looking photos online.

Spending a little money on good pictures will pay off in the long run!

Many people think that it is ok to use pictures they find in the images section of Google, or on other websites.
A copyrighted image does not necessarily have a watermark, and it's often very hard to tell if a picture is copyrighted.
Aside from the issue of finding pictures with the right sizing needed for your website, an inexpensive and much "safer" way is to purchase your pictures from legitimate online services.

We have listed a few of the online sites that we have used over time, but just "googling" online stock photos will give you a lot of great choices. There is a variety in pricing, and most of the sites require you to buy a subscription (usually for a certain number of pictures, or by timed subscription).

Note: "Royalty Free" does not mean FREE

Royalty-free, or RF, refers to the right to use copyright material or intellectual property without the need to pay royalties or license fees for each use or per volume sold, or some time period of use or sales.

Please note that a website has different sections and needs different sized images to look good. Although we at Affordable Web Design Ltd does often help clients by supplying images from one of the stock photo websites that we use, you as the owner are responsible for providing your images. Before you buy images from an online photography website, you need to discuss the placement of those pictures with us to ensure that they are the right fit.

Incorporating video into your website

Adding a large video to your website will slow everything down so you want to avoid that.

The best method is uploading your video to sites that specifically strip down the file sizes withouth taking away from the overall quality of the video.

You Tube, Vimeo and more
A very popular video site is of course You Tube. Once you upload your video, we go to your video and copy the ""embed code". This allows us to add the video so that your viewers can see it directly on your own website.

Another popular platform is Vimeo. Although Vimeo charges for its services, there are many who feel that this is actually a great way to go. There are also other sites which vary in the services they offer.