Designing a website is one thing but the real challenge is making it functional and keeping mobile user needs in mind. Indeed, people often misunderstand the actual role of a website. They don’t remember that a website reflects their business to prospective clients. Thus, designers shouldn’t make the website to simply be found but also make it a medium through which the business can interact with clients. For this reason, design becomes one of the most important elements of any website.
However, while there are many sites that look visually appealing they often lack functionality. There is little utility to such sites and they are really just adding to the clutter online.
Is your website one of them?
It can sometimes be hard to tell if your site is well designed and functional or just looks good. To really tell the difference takes some professional expertise but there are some things that even an amateur can review and address so as to ensure that the design is the best it can be.
In this post I’ll outline 10 common ways that websites fall down and the simple things that anyone can do to fix those problems fast.
No search box
The web is often referred as the treasure trove of information. Whether you manage a personal blog or a corporate site, people always look for a search box for finding specific information. Providing a search box will improve your customer’s experience as they will be able to search for the specific content they’re seeking in an efficient manner. Including a search function is not difficult but can help your readers navigate your site and, even more importantly, helps to keep them on your site.
A messy homepage
The homepage is the first impression that most visitors get of your business. As such, you cannot miss this opportunity to get them engaged with your website by creating a killer impression. Usually designers, in an effort to showcase maximum creativity, pack the homepage of websites with a plenty of unnecessary things. This can end up pushing visitors away from your site. Less is really more in this context of website design. Make sure you are not placing too many components on your website’s home page and avoid making it appear chaotic.
Irritating navigation
When finding links become hard, buttons lack visibility or are not placed appropriately it becomes extremely irritating for visitors. To improve the organization and navigation of your website, you need to synchronize intuitiveness with logic along with basic common sense. Let your visitors locate everything they need with easy-to-use navigation bars. Be sure that you are not making your navigation too flashy by adding too many images and sound. Make sure you label your navigation with proper textual descriptions and streamline your site’s navigation in a way that matches the theme of your website.
Inappropriate content
The content of a website plays a very crucial role in driving traffic and often your website will find success or failure depending on the structure of your content. Some designers don’t find it important to highlight the important headings, subheadings, and ignore the importance of numbered lists, bullets, and even keywords. Assigning pages an appropriate title gives users an exact idea about the section of the website they are exploring. What’s more, if you post irrelevant content on your website it will not attract potential customers and you’ll soon see your website plunge downwards in search engine rankings. Update your website’s content in a strategic manner.
Confusing interface
It’s nice to demonstrate your creativity but being overly creative can be dangerous for your site. Some designers build a variety of elements for every single web page of their website. This can become extremely confusing and frustrating for visitors. Regardless of how outstanding your website is, if its overall look and feel doesn’t appear to be consistent to the users they won’t be able to relate to it. Therefore, it is better to make use of a consistent template for every page providing links well-connected to the central section of the website. Whether it is keywords or overall design, everything should be aesthetically simple so that customers won’t feel confused on arrival to your website.
Poor readability
For a good website, legibility and readability matter as much as anything else. You have to make sure that users should not face trouble in reading the site’s text and get the required information without wasting time. Nevertheless, there are some websites that make use of complex font styles and sizes and make reading a tedious task. Similarly, make use of colors that work well with your website design. Avoid making use of bright colors in the background and avoid making use of white text over a black background.
Inactive calls-to-action
If you want people to actively engage with your website through downloads, subscription, registration, views, sharing, buying or be becoming a follower, make sure you have defined the CTAs at the right place. Many web designers tend to overlook this aspect while designing their website. Keep everything straightforward and clear using calls to action appropriately where the website’s goal is to compel visitors to action.
Disturbing screen resolution
There are many websites that allow you to scroll horizontally but – to be honest – they shouldn’t. While designers like the feature it is annoying and disturbing for users. It is preferable to deliver a firm ‘no’ to the web designer who suggests this to you and, when the designer ask why, explain simply: mobile. Websites need to be designed to function effectively on all screen sizes and the horizontal scrolling that works perfectly on a 17-inch desktop renders poorly on a 5-inch smartphone.
Automatic background music
Trust me: it’s more than annoying when a website announces you’ve arrived loudly. Music is merely a distraction from the story that you are trying to narrate through your website. Moreover, you don’t have specific knowledge about the music taste of any individual. It is as simple as that – if a person won’t like the music playing in the background, they are more likely to quit your site. It’s better to keep things plain and simple.
Limited Negative Space
Don’t feel restricted in making use of negative space on your website. You can highlight the most important elements of your page by leaving some space around the critical content. This comes in handy especially with the action items on which you want your users to click. Nothing leaves a visitor more frustrated than having difficulty to click a specific link because so many links are placed closely together. Keep in mind that there is no hard and fast rule to make use of every inch of space on your site.
24 Comments
One of the most frustrating things can be when a website doesn’t have any sort of search bar. It can make it incredibly difficult to navigate! Thanks for sharing these errors, hopefully people can learn from them!
Hello Kristy,
Thanks for your great post regarding common mistake while designing website.
I am totally agree with all of arguments. According to me , poor navigation and less call to action makes hard time for website administrator , in terms of poor conversion.
Cheers
Ben
Hello Kristy,
Yes you are right.. When you put Inappropriate content on website.. You will face problem in SERP.
Good article.
Just like to add a point that while developing a website one should focus in it’s UI, which will definitely attract users
Excellent post very useful. Thank you!
OMG, you are so right about the background music. I cannot stand when website design includes it. Great points Kristy!
Reading your article has greatly helped me, and I agree with you. But I still have some questions. Can you help me? I will pay attention to your answer. thank you.
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يساعد السكر في جذب الصراصير ، كما يساعد حمض البوريك في قتلهم. لذا امزج المكونين معًا لإنشاء لقاح محلي الصنع يقتل الصراصير بشكل دائم ، ووزعها أينما كانت الحشرات. على الرغم من أن حمض البوريك ليس سامًا ، إلا أنه يشكل خطرًا على الإنسان والحيوان ويجب إبعاده عن المناطق المكشوفة أو التي يتم التعامل معها بشكل روتيني لتجنب ملامسة اليدين أو القدمين أو الملابس.
يساعد عصير الليمون في تنظيف المناطق التي تتواجد فيها الصراصير ويمنعها من الدخول أكثر ، واشطف السطح ، ورش المناطق التي يحتمل أن تحتوي على صراصير لمنعها من الحركة.
قم بإزالة بقايا الطعام وتنظيف الطعام المنسكب على الأرضيات والأسطح. يساعد في جمع الصراصير. صناديق الحبوب في الخزانة مغطاة بإحكام. لأنها البيئة المثالية للصراصير. لا تترك الأطباق المتسخة على المنضدة أو الحوض. تأكد من عدم تجمع الصراصير في أماكن مخفية في مطبخك. لا يتم تنظيف هذه المناطق بانتظام من قبل بعض الأشخاص ، لكنها مصدر جيد للغذاء ، ضع القمامة في وعاء مغلق يحتاج إلى التخلص منه بانتظام ، وقم بإزالة أي أوساخ متراكمة من داخل وخارج الحاوية. يزيد. تخلص من الورق أو قص الورق المقوى أو أعد تدويره. أغلق الشقوق والفتحات الصغيرة حيث يمكن للصراصير التسلل إلى منزلك. تحقق من أكياس التسوق والأثاث المستعمل قبل إحضارها إلى المنزل للتأكد من خلوها من الصراصير والبيض.
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