Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Does Web Design Really Matter?

The World Wide Web. A virtual place where you can find different kinds of people, companies, products, and endorsements. In short, you can find everything in the internet, you can shop, do inquires or even seek for the answer that keeps on popping in your head. How convenient, isn’t it. Thanks to some experts, they make ones work a bit easier. Let’s do a little brainstorming, hmm... Let’s go back 10 years ago, probably some of you are still studying at a primary level right? Remember when your teacher gives you an assignment like researching for something or finding pictures, ? And your only way of getting those is to go to your library, hassle right? Compare it to today’s generation were everyone has an access to the internet, just type the keyword and “presto” in just seconds, you will find what you are looking for. Less hassle right? But not all website are convenient and contains information that an audience is looking for, that’s why having a good website design is important.

When designing a website ALL must be considered:

  • Easy to read. This includes text and navigation. Visitors will abandon a website if it is difficult to read.

  • Easy to Navigate. Randomly, visitors land on your website and start to orient themselves.

  • Consistent in layout, design, and labeling. A visitor usually looks for a website that is reliable as well as dependable.

Reasons why targeted audiences switch to a competitor’s site are navigation difficulty and endless loops. Now do you know the importance of having a good web design?

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