Web Design Blunders You Never Want to Commit
The Internet has been growing with a breakneck speed and there continue to be new improvements happening, especially in the world of web design. But for business purposes, you have to go beyond the traditional design concerns and think in terms of user experience. In the following article we shall be addressing web design mistakes that are common to find, but easy to avoid once you know what they are.
Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft's IE are the most widely used internet browsers. What we are getting at here is the fact that your sites need to display properly in all of them. Unfortunately, people do not make their browsers all the same, and so it falls onto your shoulders to make sure your site is coded well. Each site can have a number of different software languages used in it, and so it is hard to offer absolute advice that you can go with about this matter.
If you look around, you'll find that the majority of the big websites have one thing in common - clean URL structures. There was a time when this was something you had to live with. Yet, some people who own sites still have them, and that may or may not work against them.
But if you are going for search rankings, then you may need to figure out some kind of alternative. Then there is the issue of branding the URL or otherwise having the benefit of readability. There is also something that is unprofessional about those kinds of URLs, too. There are different techniques available depending on if you have a blog of static HTML site.
If you suddenly find that your site looks very "busy," then you are flirting with disaster with your bounce rate. This is a universal principle - almost, but it really depends on who your audience is and the reasons why it is so cluttered. Some designers make the mistake of adding too many 'badges' from reputed institutions to shoot up their credibility. If you need certain graphics, then make them smaller or something like that. We do know for a fact that certain types of credibility seals will boost conversion rates, so that is something to keep in mind - just test it. So do what you can to remove everything that is not needed and important.
It doesn't matter what niche you're targeting or what kind of audience you're serving, with a bad design and user experience, things won't work out in your favor.
Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft's IE are the most widely used internet browsers. What we are getting at here is the fact that your sites need to display properly in all of them. Unfortunately, people do not make their browsers all the same, and so it falls onto your shoulders to make sure your site is coded well. Each site can have a number of different software languages used in it, and so it is hard to offer absolute advice that you can go with about this matter.
If you look around, you'll find that the majority of the big websites have one thing in common - clean URL structures. There was a time when this was something you had to live with. Yet, some people who own sites still have them, and that may or may not work against them.
But if you are going for search rankings, then you may need to figure out some kind of alternative. Then there is the issue of branding the URL or otherwise having the benefit of readability. There is also something that is unprofessional about those kinds of URLs, too. There are different techniques available depending on if you have a blog of static HTML site.
If you suddenly find that your site looks very "busy," then you are flirting with disaster with your bounce rate. This is a universal principle - almost, but it really depends on who your audience is and the reasons why it is so cluttered. Some designers make the mistake of adding too many 'badges' from reputed institutions to shoot up their credibility. If you need certain graphics, then make them smaller or something like that. We do know for a fact that certain types of credibility seals will boost conversion rates, so that is something to keep in mind - just test it. So do what you can to remove everything that is not needed and important.
It doesn't matter what niche you're targeting or what kind of audience you're serving, with a bad design and user experience, things won't work out in your favor.
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