The early days of web development saw a relatively small handful of 'experts' and had them seeking to find ways to make a website do what their client wanted them to do.
Certainly it's important to plan and prepare for an online marketplace.
Site design is a primary determinant in online shopping.
"We find that Web sites have three seconds to make an impression." - Jeff Rosenblum, Questus
"My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry." - Bill Bryson
"We are much more emotionally attached to products for which we feel some involvement. So true personalization and customization makes a real difference." - Donald Norman (author)
Individuals who are new to website development will often compartmentalize the web page and fill every available space with either text or graphics.
In 2005 the largest ecommerce sites were for the following top five products or services:
Do you have a business blog? Do you have a goal in mind for what you'd like to accomplish with your blog? Do you have topics you won't discuss in your blog?
Search engines don't care about web design. People do. While search engines will not index a website for its great layout, but for the content, people will forget the website that has nothing distinctive about it.