8 Bad Decisions When Starting a New Website

Steven Snell recently wrote an interesting article on my other blog, DailyBits.com, titled “8 Bad Decisions When Starting a New Website.” It might appear intuitive, but many people actually step into these pitfalls. The eight decisions were:

1. Free or Cheap Web Hosting
2. Not Buying a Domain Name
3. Not Getting the Right Domain Name
4. Designing Exclusively for Search Engines
5. Prioritizing the Look Over the Content
6. Forgetting About the Target Market
7. Poor Navigation
8. Ineffective Keyword Targeting

Another one that I added in the comments was to make sure that the domain you are buying has not been banned by Google in the past. You can research that with iWebTool.
What other bad decisions do you think can influence the success of a site or blog right from the beginning?
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