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That way, they will be able to browse relevant information or navigate to any section of the site easily. Don't confuse your visitors because confusion means abandon ship !5) Avoid using audio on your siteIf your visitor is going to stay a long time at your site, reading your content, you will want to make sure they're not annoyed by some audio looping on and on on your website. If you insist on adding audio, make sure they have some control over it -- volume or muting controls would work fine.