What Makes Bad Website Design (and How to Fix It) 

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Did you ever open a site and think: “I know this is bad… but I can’t quite put my finger on why?” The truth is that poorly designed websites hold back companies every day. They turn away customers which, in turn, means that Google won’t show those websites to users in the future. With just a few tweaks, however, badly designed websites can be turned around. Website design in Los Angeles is one of the ways that we help our clients to grow their businesses. 

 

Always remember: your website is more than just a site. In today’s digital era, it is, more often than not, the first impression someone will have of your site. It is, in many ways, your business online. Just like an actual, physical place of business, you want it to be in its best shape. After all, if you were to step into an office and found that it was moldy, the doors barely worked, few people were around, the lighting was bad, and so forth, would you want to do business with that company? Exactly. Your business’s website works the same way. 

 

Clutter Never Brings Joy (or Users) 

 

Imagine if you walk into a store and there’s stuff all over the floor. Some of it may be on shelves but many items are just strewn about. Would you feel all that good about buying from this store? The same holds true for your website. If your website is cluttered, then it’s not going to look like you’re terribly good at what you do. 

 

How do you solve this? Space things out properly. Don’t make it difficult for your users to find what they might be interested in. This is a problem that successful companies can have because they offer so much. 

 

Here at Website Depot, we work with our clients to make sure that each page has what it needs on it and no more. Then, we make sure that the internal linking is organic and easy, so that everything can be found in just a few clicks. Always, the focus is on making the user experience better. 

 

If folks see too many options in too small a space, even if they’re good options, they’re not going to want to explore further. It’s overwhelming. Instead, we space everything out in a way that’s visually appealing as well as easy to follow. 

 

Takes Forever to Load 

 

Imagine if every time you went to a store, it was never open. You checked the schedule, you stood at the door, but the store just never opened their doors when you were there. How many more times would you go back? This goes for your website, too. It’s one more reason why loading speed is so critical. 

 

You only get a small number of seconds at most for your site to load. Anything longer than that exponentially increases the risk that someone isn’t going to wait. Instead, they’ll click over to one of your competitors. 

 

We always focus on our clients’ loading speeds. That way, their site opens as quickly as they and their customers demand. No matter how well-designed your site is, if it doesn’t load, then folks aren’t going to stick around to use it. 

 

By that same token, this is one more reason that mobile responsiveness is so important. A site that doesn’t load on phones, tablets, laptops, and the like as easily as it does on desktops is a site that doesn’t work. Having a site that lacks mobile responsiveness is like having a store that’s in a remote, hard to reach region. 

 

Can’t Get to Where You Want to Go 

 

Have you ever been inside a store and were unable to find what you were looking for? Did it feel like you went down aisle after aisle to no avail? That’s what it can feel like when your site’s links don’t work or they’re linked improperly. It can even be a problem if your site’s pathways aren’t clear, the menus are too complex, and the like. 

 

You want your site to be as simple to navigate as possible. People shouldn’t even really have to think as they go through your site. That’s how intuitive navigation should ultimately be. 

 

Website Design in Los Angeles to Boost Your Business 

 

As you probably see every time you open your browser, there are more ways that websites fail than what I’ve written above. But, just as there are more problems, there are more solutions, too. That’s where we come in. 

 

Our Founder and CEO Danny Star named this company “Website Depot” for many reasons. One of them: we provide websites. Our expert designers and developers can work for and with you to make your site everything you want it to be. 

 

To see how we can help your business grow, reach out for a free consultation.