5 Things a Website Design in CT Have in Common to Be Successful
The goal of this blog is to cover five design elements of all successful website designs in CT share.
In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy said:
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its way.”
Creating a successful website is no different.
A successful website shares five key characteristics, while a failed website fails in a unique way.
Here Are the Key Traits of All Successful Website Design CT:
A Minimalist Design
Some of the most beautifully designed and well-trafficked websites on the web share some common characteristics when it comes to their design.
A well-designed website tends to have fewer elements. Their design tends to be minimal. Minimal Design shares the following characteristics:
Font Styles
Total of 2-3 font styles.
Font Sizes
Total of 3-5 font sizes.
Colors
Total of 3-4 colors.
Positioning
1-2 types of positioning total.
The interesting thing about good design is that there is usually less going on.
Compared to professionally designed websites, poorly done Website Design CT tends to have more fonts, sizes, colors, and alignments.
Well Organized – (Scannable)
Ultimately, what matters most in Website Design CT is the way content is organized and displayed. It is common for people to focus on the display aspect of a website design without considering its organization.
It is extremely difficult for designers to identify the types of users coming to their sites and their needs, then structure the content to satisfy those needs and display it in a way that is highly visual and scannable so that people can quickly locate the content they are seeking.
The sitemap of any successful Website Design CT should contain no more than three layers of information.
A minimal number of clicks is needed to navigate to key content on the page.
Designed to convert
An effective website aims to meet both the visitor’s and business needs. Both are necessary for a successful website.
In the previous section, we discussed the organization of a Website Design CT, which fulfills the visitor’s needs; conversion refers to how the website can profitably monetize that visitor.
The path to success on a conversion-oriented website is clearly defined. After identifying the visitor’s needs, the next step is outlined clearly for them.
Conversion failures are often caused by muddled websites. Instead of helping visitors, they confuse them.
Mobile Friendly Website Design CT
In today’s world, if your website isn’t mobile-friendly, you’re overlooking 20-50% of possible visitors.
When it comes to mobile design, it’s more than simply adjusting the CSS of your site; it’s also about altering your perception of how the needs of users change when they’re on their mobile devices. Having a mobile-friendly design, layout, and information architecture will help you reach people who are in the mode of browsing.
Additionally, mobile design considers the continued decline in attention people have when visiting a website and prioritizes the most relevant items.
Fast Load Time
Invisible design is the key to successful Website Design CT. It’s not the site itself that bothers a visitor when they visit a great website. It creates an immersive and engaging experience for them.
Taking a long time for a website to load immediately takes visitors out of their experience with the content, making the site itself more visible.
User experience is so crucial to website load time that Google ranks websites based on their load times.
Only one website out of the top 10 most trafficked sites takes longer than 2 seconds to load. Yahoo, get to work!
Final thoughts
Here are five things that all successful websites have in common. There are other items that could be added to this list, but these are the most important. While none of these are groundbreaking, mastery of the basics is crucial to good Website Design CT.
“You don’t have to do extraordinary things to be successful,” says Jim Rohn. You just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
I feel the same way about Website Design CT.
Are you interested in learning how these design fundamentals can be implemented into your next website design? Contact us now!
Hayley Canfield, Owner of High Point SEO & Marketing in CT
