4 Web design blunders that you should avert in 2015

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According to recent reports, it has been seen that an estimate of over 20 million websites come up on the internet every month. While on the other hand, a baby is born every 8 seconds which means about 324,000 babies being born in a particular month. So, do you see where the figures are going with regards to the number of websites being born in a month?

Creating a website is all about reaching out to the right customer and it’s all about how much you can stretch your hand in order to get a person visit your website. How can you do this? It is through effective web designing and search engine optimization at the same time. Have a look at some web designing blunders that you should avoid committing in 2015.

• Blunder #1 Loose layout of content: One of the most important factors for a website that plays a role in engaging more and more readers and increasing the conversion rate is the content layout. A web designer should build a content layout in such a manner that the users and visitors can easily find their desired information promptly and easily. Infact, the entire success of designing a website depends on its content layout. If you’re a designer who uses a block of content without organizing it with headlines, sub-headlines and bullet points, you are in for some danger in 2015.
• Blunder#2 Complex navigation: Offering better user experience to the visitors of a website is one of the most vital challenges for the owners of the site. Hence, the key is to design a website in such a way that the visitors will get better user experience. Use proper navigation during the process of designing so that the visitors from easily move from one page to another, not only in computers but also in the mobile devices.
• Blunder#3 Not adding a search box: Nowadays, most designers make this mistake of not including a search box in the website and this is perhaps the biggest mistake that a designer can commit. It is through a search box that a visitor can quickly reach his desired information by typing it in. If your website doesn’t have a search box, visitors will take more time to reach to their desired information and they will end up moving to some other site with search box. So, beware!
• Blunder#4 Poor usage of color and contrast: Matching the color and contrast of a webpage might be a tough option for the novice web designers but that doesn’t make it too hard a thing to understand. When you’re a designer, you should have the basic idea of what color combination looks good and attractive. Understanding the color theory properly will help you implement your tasks in a better manner.

Hence, if you’re a web design Sydney company, you should train your web designers to avoid committing the above mentioned blunders in 2015. This can straightaway cause harm to your search engine ranking.

Guest Author: Lolita Di