A New Website
Five Warning Signs of Needing a New Website
1. Your website looks “wrong” when it is viewed on someone else’s computer. The website looks way too tiny to even be read, or it is huge and is cropped on the edges.
2. Business websites must avoid the trap of trying to mash everything into just a few pages. This makes readers scroll and scroll to find what they want, but makes it hard to get to the part again that was of interest. Websites need distinct pages for: general information, detailed information, products, services, contact means, staff pages, resource pages.
3. Dated content. The text on the website must remain current and informative, and must describe latest products and services and not refer to out of date items.
4. Lack of professional design. Is one page filled to the brim with text and images, and the next page a sea of white margins? Is one page full of graphic images with grey tones, and the other pages in glaring primary colors? Does the website have flash elements showing trendy, but out of date “slide shows”? Is there a relationship between the theme shown and the business served?
5. Is the website slow? 47% of visitors will leave a website if it does not load quickly. They will think it is broken. What is that saying about your company? 82% of visitors leave mobile (responsive) websites, and more and more folks are choosing their smartphone and tablet for their first visit. As they say the first impression is often the last.
How Does Netsites Design plan our new Website?
The most important thing about a website is how it achieves the primary goal of the company. This is often measured by the number of new clients attracted to the company per month. The establishment of the goal establishes all the other elements of the website.
Most websites are created with a very flexible structure using non proprietary CSS. That means that technical staff is not required to update the text on the website.
The organization of the website has to make it easy to get from one section of the website to the other sections. Viewers rarely click through all the pages of a website at one sitting. They may come back a number of times of many days and it the website has to h have an orderly arrangement of the content.
The design elements of the website must reflect the business culture of the company, avoiding the design trend of the moment. Better designs are able to stand the test of time. Pages must have a pleasing blend of text, images, and white space to encourage the viewer.
Our staff will carefully examine your existing website as well as some of the key competitors. The plan will incorporate not only the current needs for the website but will structured to accommodate future developments.
Ask to have your website audited, using the form to the right, to see if you need a new one.
