Whether you design web sites as a hobby or professionally, you should make sure that you follow some best practices.
The site: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ is an awesome resource.
You'll find it is full of useful information, customer studies, etc.
Don't launch your site until you've made sure you have broken "the rules"!
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