Web Design, Why Does It Matter ?

[Alex1]

Define good.

I have seen sites that are visually unattractive that convert and others that look really good but don't generate as much business as you would think.

A good website has more elements than just looking good. For example functionality. If a site looks great but it is difficult to navigate or has unclear navigation that may lead to people just leaving the site instead of bothering to look for it.

Another is readability. The content of the site should be easy to read, color of the font to color of the background, font sizes should be set in a way for it to be easy to read and also look good on the site, text should be properly paragraphed.

Also quality control. As in is anything broken, are all of the links working ? If something doesn't work as it should it screams unprofessional.

These are on top of my mind right now, and I am sure I left out some elements but a good website must have functionality, ease of use and readability as elements. Visual is also a great element but sometimes less important than these 3.


P.S. I hope I'm not misunderstood in this thread, I am actually trying to offer advice from a designer point of view and not simply fish for customers.
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Everybody's an "expert" -- but they fail to tell you that they only designed one website this year let alone one that converts. You find

- Computer programmers (who are also website designers)
- Computer repair people (who are also website designers)
- Internet marketing people (who are also website designers)
- Hosting companies (who are also website designers)
- Domain companies (who are also website desingers)
- 17 year old nephews and nieces (you guessed it)

Very true. I am sure everyone who does web design professionally, a lot of his customers are people who need their websites redesigned. Why ? Because their sites have been made by the kind of people in the list above. Sure some may actually know what they are doing but that's not always true.

 

[TransferMan]

I understand p o r n sites also convert very well . . .

Just hearsay.

If you're ever looking for malware that can really mess up your computer, porno sites are definitely the place to find it.

Years ago I went to a porno site, clicked on a banner ad featuring two gals -- and the next thing I knew I had automatically installed Spyware Axe on my computer. It took days to get rid of -- kind of like downloading the bubonic plague.

I have since never gone to a porno site again.

Mike Merten

 

[JimmyUt]

If you're ever looking for malware that can really mess up your computer, porno sites are definitely the place to find it.

Years ago I went to a porno site, clicked on a banner ad featuring two gals -- and the next thing I knew I had automatically installed Spyware Axe on my computer. It took days to get rid of -- kind of like downloading the bubonic plague.

I have since never gone to a porno site again.

Mike Merten

At least not from a computer you do work from right

 

[JohnWalker]

If you're ever looking for malware that can really mess up your computer, porno sites are definitely the place to find it.

Years ago I went to a porno site, clicked on a banner ad featuring two gals -- and the next thing I knew I had automatically installed Spyware Axe on my computer. It took days to get rid of -- kind of like downloading the bubonic plague.

I have since never gone to a porno site again.

Mike Merten

Mike since youve been such a helpful internet marketer ill help you out. You can stream porn safely at your local library. When you are done, you can even see if they will add your website link to their index.

 

[pcbinsurance]

"Then you look over in the corner and you see some thrift store that looks kind of low-class, hokey. Dull -- doesn't really project a very good image, and we all know first impressions count."
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I love shopping at "hokey thrift stores" in the corner of a strip mall!!!!!!!

 

[Alex1]

"Then you look over in the corner and you see some thrift store that looks kind of low-class, hokey. Dull -- doesn't really project a very good image, and we all know first impressions count."
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I love shopping at "hokey thrift stores" in the corner of a strip mall!!!!!!!

I'm not sure everyone agrees with you on that one

 

[tlmarketing]

No offense Alex, but if Sydrial site is example of work, it would not do well helping insurance agents.

 

[Alex1]

No offense Alex, but if Sydrial site is example of work, it would not do well helping insurance agents.

Sydrial.com is example of creative work. That being said, we also understand and do business websites.

I think it's wrong to judge our ability to create a business website by the fact that we also enjoy doing creative websites.

I know that kind of design won't work for a insurance agent, it's just meant as I said before to express our creativity.

Also, for anyone that is interested to see how well we can do a insurance website, we create FREE previews in photoshop as to how your new website might look. If you like it we can make it for you, if not no harm done.

 

[tlmarketing]

It was more of an observation than judgement.

When I look at a web designer's website and see things like

Pages named - sydrial.com/#
or pages that say "we are sorry the page is not ready yet"

I think that either the web designer isn't really a web designer or that the web designer thinks insurance agents are easy targets for revenue....

that's why I said I don't think your service would be for insurance agents....

 

[JohnWalker]

It was more of an observation than judgement.

When I look at a web designer's website and see things like

Pages named - sydrial.com/#
or pages that say "we are sorry the page is not ready yet"

I think that either the web designer isn't really a web designer or that the web designer thinks insurance agents are easy targets for revenue....

that's why I said I don't think your service would be for insurance agents....

I agree creativity aside its just a poor design. It took me about an entire minute to find any other page besides pricing.