The Erroneous Points in Web Design
In today's high tech world the importance of web design is not hidden from anybody. There are so many website design companies in India which are trying to follow the best possible web designing practices, however still there are some of the common mistaken prevalent in the web designing world which are left unseen.
Nobody wants a faulty website in the current competitive world and in accordance to that every Web Design Company India works to its best to avoid any loopholes. This article is based on some of the erroneous points that are visible even today and those need to be worked upon.
Poor Search
It's a basic fact that the some literal search engines are unable to handle plurals, hyphens, typos and other variants from the query terms. Now this becomes a major problem for the elderly people who want to search something, it creates obstacles for others as well.
Search tool is basically the back bone so it has be made on simplified platform which can call out at least the most important queries (like the names of your products).
Implementing PDF Files
Many a times it happens that PDF files are attached in a website. Now this becomes quite disturbing for the user as it breaks their flow and moreover some of the basic browsers do not work for these formats to be printed or for saving purpose. The layouts are also not compatible with the user's browser window. Other than this PDF is really hard to navigate. It would better for keeping only the necessary content for PDF, otherwise the other text can be put onto simplified web pages.
No Navigation Highlighter
It becomes really important for any visitor to know that what is his current location on the website and what was his past location (web page). This can be done by highlighting any color on the current tab of the navigation menu. However in many websites it is still missing and creating confusions all over.
Un-Scannable Content
Try imagining reading a full body text with no breaks, heading, sub-headings or any pointers, would you be interested? The answer would be a definite €NO'. Always remember that the content of a web page has to be in a proper readable format with proper points like€¦€¦€¦
€ Headings
€ Subheadings
€ Bulleted points
€ Highlighted keywords
€ Short paragraphs
€ De-fluffed language devoid of marketese.
Fixed Tiny Font Size
For most of the times it happens that the font size is fixed at a tiny size on the web pages by CSS. Now this becomes a major issue specifically for the elder people to read and this creates dissatisfaction. It would be advised that the font size be specified in relative terms and not absolute numbers of pixels. You can also let your users resize text as required.
Poor Page Titles with Low Search Engine Visibility
Search is the most factor for the users to discover a website and for this an effective page title is really important as it is contained within the HTML title tag and is almost always used as the clickable headline for listings on search engine result pages (SERP). Search engines specifically show the first 66 characters or so of the title, so it's truly important.
But unfortunately most of the website designs do not follow proper page titles that hamper their searchability. This needs to be checked.
Advertisement Oriented Theme
Always remember that if the website is not presented on a genuine scale, rather presented like an advertisement for selling something, it would not at all attract the online clients. This is a major blunder being done by many companies on their web designs.
Nobody wants a faulty website in the current competitive world and in accordance to that every Web Design Company India works to its best to avoid any loopholes. This article is based on some of the erroneous points that are visible even today and those need to be worked upon.
Poor Search
It's a basic fact that the some literal search engines are unable to handle plurals, hyphens, typos and other variants from the query terms. Now this becomes a major problem for the elderly people who want to search something, it creates obstacles for others as well.
Search tool is basically the back bone so it has be made on simplified platform which can call out at least the most important queries (like the names of your products).
Implementing PDF Files
Many a times it happens that PDF files are attached in a website. Now this becomes quite disturbing for the user as it breaks their flow and moreover some of the basic browsers do not work for these formats to be printed or for saving purpose. The layouts are also not compatible with the user's browser window. Other than this PDF is really hard to navigate. It would better for keeping only the necessary content for PDF, otherwise the other text can be put onto simplified web pages.
No Navigation Highlighter
It becomes really important for any visitor to know that what is his current location on the website and what was his past location (web page). This can be done by highlighting any color on the current tab of the navigation menu. However in many websites it is still missing and creating confusions all over.
Un-Scannable Content
Try imagining reading a full body text with no breaks, heading, sub-headings or any pointers, would you be interested? The answer would be a definite €NO'. Always remember that the content of a web page has to be in a proper readable format with proper points like€¦€¦€¦
€ Headings
€ Subheadings
€ Bulleted points
€ Highlighted keywords
€ Short paragraphs
€ De-fluffed language devoid of marketese.
Fixed Tiny Font Size
For most of the times it happens that the font size is fixed at a tiny size on the web pages by CSS. Now this becomes a major issue specifically for the elder people to read and this creates dissatisfaction. It would be advised that the font size be specified in relative terms and not absolute numbers of pixels. You can also let your users resize text as required.
Poor Page Titles with Low Search Engine Visibility
Search is the most factor for the users to discover a website and for this an effective page title is really important as it is contained within the HTML title tag and is almost always used as the clickable headline for listings on search engine result pages (SERP). Search engines specifically show the first 66 characters or so of the title, so it's truly important.
But unfortunately most of the website designs do not follow proper page titles that hamper their searchability. This needs to be checked.
Advertisement Oriented Theme
Always remember that if the website is not presented on a genuine scale, rather presented like an advertisement for selling something, it would not at all attract the online clients. This is a major blunder being done by many companies on their web designs.