The Rule of 3 when it comes to Web Design

I'm sure many of you have heard of the rule of 3, where you can have 2 out of 3 items on a list of requirements, but not all 3 as one has to be precluded due to the other two.  The image below actually was taken from a MEME about Web Designers, and is actually very true

Point: SEO gets lost if it is done fast

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is in itself a fairly complex science. are users searching for your site via Yahoo or Microsoft's Bing search (Yahoo currently uses Bing for their search results) or are they searching for you using Google?  What wording are they using to search with? SEO is very much like using a Thesaurus tied to a data base of links to find the information being searched for. (See the previous post on the importance of Search Engine Optimization for more details)

Point: You don't want a cheap looking website from the visitor's standpoint

In the posting on reasons to Avoid using Wordpress and Tumblr like services as your primary Web Site, the point was made that because all sites end up looking the same, customers can feel like the company has taken no pride in their Web Presence and that they are unwilling to put the financial backing behind having a custom site designed.  This can of course turn off your potential customers and see them go to the competition in order get their consumer needs covered.

The fact is a well designed Web Site is much like spending the extra money to step up from the off the line base model of a car to the Custom package, fully detailed model of the car.  sure at the core it's the same car, but people are going to be more impressed with the extra attention to detail put into it and will most likely be drawn to your car as opposed to the one belonging to Jones.