Most people have no idea what makes a good web site. They have never been educated about good design. After all, why should they be. It's our job not theirs.
Many companies have a site built for them or use a template that gives them what they think they want. However, all to frequently, the site fails in many browsers, is difficult to maintain, ignores web standards, gets a poor search ranking and is slow to download. But how can you tell which of these applies to your site? Let's take them one at a time.