2 Things That Scream “I’m an Internet Amateur”

#1) Web Counters

 Many early web sites used counters on their web sites that showed how many people had visited the site since a certain date.  It was a bad idea then, but I’m still surprised at how many sites still use them!  Why in the world would you want to advertise that your site is so poorly marketed that you’ve only had 362 visitors in the last year!   Incredibly I still see this almost every day!

#2) Personal Email Addresses

 If you have gone to the trouble of buying your own company domain, why not use this domain in your email?  I see so many sites out there that use something like unclebuck@aol.com for a contact email address instead of a more proper email address such as sales@yourdomain.com.   This just screams, “I’m an Internet amateur!”  If you want all the email for a domain to be forwarded to another email address then simply get your hosting company to forward it.  Any good web hosting company will be able to do this and it’s usually free!