Understanding the type of people who visit your site is a very
important task because you can use that information to enhance your
site to suit them. As a result, you will gain more loyal returning
visitors that come back again and again for more.
What is the age level and what kind of knowledge does your audience
have? A nonprofessional might linger around a general site on
gardening, but a professional botanist might turn his nose at the very
same site. Similarly, a regular person will leave a site filled with
astronomy abstracts but a well-educated university graduate will find
that site interesting.
Consider your audience's emotional state when building your site. If a
very irritated visitor searches for a solution and comes across your
site, you will want to make sure you offer the solution right up front
and sell or promote your product to him second. In this way, the
visitor will put his trust in you for offering the solution to his
problems and is more likely to buy your product when you offer it to
him after that.
When you design the layout for your site, you have to take into
account the characteristics of your audience. Are they old or young
people? Are they looking for trends or are they just looking for
information served without any icing on the cake? For example,
introducing a new, exciting game with a simple, straightforward black
text against white background page will definitely turn prospects
away. Make sure your design suits your site's general theme.
Try to sprinkle colloquial language in your sites sparingly where you
see fit and you will create a sense that your audience is on common
ground with you. This in turn builds a trusting relationship between
you and your audience, which will come in useful should you want to
market a product to your audience.