12 Outdated Web Features That Need to Disappear in 2014

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12 Outdated Web Features That Need to Disappear in 2014
George McLean drives a forklift with a container holding discarded analog television sets at the Broward County Waste & Recycling Services Solid Waste center on June 5, 2009 in Pompano Beach, Florida. As America switches to a digital signal on June 12th many are throwing out their old television sets. The switch to the digital television signal makes old analog televisions obsolete unless a converter box has been purchased. For the last 70 plus years people have watched television on analog. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

We've all been there -- yelling at a computer screen or particular website because the antiquated design prevents you from getting where you want to go.

But outdated features on your company's website can do more than annoy -- it can cost you potential clients or customers.

To figure out what exactly agitates users the most, we asked 12 entrepreneurs which website features small businesses should avoid (or get rid of) at all costs. Here's what they had to say:

1. Irrelevant Elements

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- Juha Liikala, Stripped Bare Media

2. Flash Intros

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- Josh Weiss, Bluegala

3. Photo Carousel

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- Christopher Pruijsen, Sterio.me

4. Large Hero Images

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- Eric Bahn, Webflow

5. Stock Photos

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- Bhavin Parikh, Magoosh Inc

6. Animated GIF Flags

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- Brendon Schenecker, Travel Vegas

7. Autoplay Videos

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- Chuck Cohn, Varsity Tutors

8. Automated Popups

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- Aron Schoenfeld, Do It In Person LLC

9. 'Hello World' Blog Post

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- Brett Farmiloe, Internet Marketing Company

10. Sidebars

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- Natalie MacNeil, She Takes on the World

11. Reloading Pages

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- Gideon Kimbrell, CLUBSCORE, INC

12. M.dot Sites

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- Rameet Chawla, Fueled

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