Violating the deadly sins of web design may not earn you an afterlife-time pass to Hades, but you may be the target of some not-to-friendly, under-the-breath, muttering.

With web pages increasing every day, your "mission" is to entice visitors (despite their very short attention spans) to visit and spend quality time at the web site. Design faux pas that chase visitors away are not helpful in attracting and keeping an audience for your content.

A good website usually depends on three factors: too little design, too much design or too little follow-up. Below are the deadly sins of web design that are almost guaranteed to chase away your audience. Web pages, whether they are personal or corporate, exist to provide information. When that information is presented in a confusing and hard to grasp manner, you can be assured of minimizing your audience.