So the last post covered what should go on the front page of your website. So, the logical follow-up…what should you avoid?  These recommendations assume that you are in business and want your website to market or otherwise promote your products or services in order to sell to more clients.

Here are some things that should not go on your front page:

• Music.  Annoying as all get out.  If you’re a musician or need to showcase music, make it optional with a Click to Play button.
• Flash Animation.  In most cases, this substantially slows down load time (remember, you only have 8 seconds) and can’t be seen by the search engines anyway.  And if you absolutely must must must have flash animation, give the user a way to “skip” the intro and also write the code so that once a person has seen it once, it doesn’t play on every visit.
• All text.
• Dark background with white letters.
• Teeny tiny type that no one over 40 can read.

What else do you think should NOT go on the front page of a website?  Suggestions, contributions welcome!