Website Design: Why It’s Important to Get it Right!

• A website should be quick to load; most users expect short loading times, so websites that take too long to load will impact your business. Hosting is important, as is the size of the images you upload.
• The website should work properly and not look or appear to be broken. A poorly performing website can cause users to be wary of the company, especially if it’s an online store asking for credit card details.
• Websites need to work with all modern browsers, popular mobile and tablet devices. As such, your website needs to function as well on a mobile interface as a desktop - especially as mobile devices are being increasingly used to visit websites.
• Websites need to look good and have a modern design. For example, for an online store or boutique it needs to be appealing to the target market, and taking note of what the ‘big players’ in the industry are doing is imperative. Fashion styles change in clothing, the same goes for web design. Keep up with trends in web design, customer behaviour and technology and incorporate this into your website.
• Being up to date is not only helpful for the website’s visitors but it looks good to Google’s algorithms too. Ranking well for the keywords that your target market searches for on Google is priceless. Generally, users will only click on websites on the first page of a search. Google’s algorithms are aimed towards relevance.

It’s not just brochure websites