Just because you can, does not mean you should.

It is very easy to get carried away with all of the options available on a web site. You can change the color of every other word on a page, make text blink, change the size of the text or mix several different type fonts on one page. No matter how tempting this may be, resist it.

Website visitors are typically in a hurry. They want to see what you have to offer in the shortest amount of time possible. If you clutter up the text with lots of different text colors or fonts, it becomes confusing, hard to read and they leave.

Probably the worst thing you can do is have a song or other noise file start when a viewer arrives on a page. A lot of web surfers, me included, view the web late at night. The last thing I want to hear is a site that blasts me with noise as soon as it loads. Noise can be defined as any sound or song. Even if it is a soft sweet love song, every site visitor may not feel the same way about it.

Why risk putting off any of your site visitors? If the purpose of your site is to attract customers or clients, keep it simple. If you insist on playing music on your site, give a clear option to turn off the noise. Better yet, offer the option to turn on the music.