Worst Web Design Mistakes

Web design contributes to the success of a website. It makes a website more than just appealing but also navigable or usable. It can either lure the site visitors to stay or send them away. A usable website is worthy of browsing while a poorly designed website is worth leaving.

To ensure your website design makes your website usable, avoid these worst web design mistakes:

• Disabling The Back Button




Some web designers mess up the back button. The back button is necessary for the online users to go back to the page they have previously visited. However, some web designers disable the back button by opening a new browser or by using immediate redirect when a page link is clicked.

• Opening A New Browser




The purpose of some web designers in opening a new browser is to make the site visitors stay. But in doing so, they are disabling the back button. Some online users won’t even notice that a new browser window has opened. This doesn’t seem to make them stay, right?

• Inconsistency




Consistency is one of the most crucial factors in ensuring the usability of a website. Being inconsistent with the web design confuses the online users. They somehow get lost with the sudden changes in the form, navigation and other design structures.

• Moving Pages To Different URL




Don’t move pages to new URLs. In doing so, you will lose any relevant incoming links pointing to the page. In the same manner, your website won’t be able to get customer referrals from other websites that have given you referrals before.

• No Archives




Don’t lose your valuable information. Have them archived. Old information still provides useful data. To give the online users the benefits of your old information, create archives. Archive is also a way to eliminate linkrot.

• Lots of Ads




As much as possible, avoid anything that looks like ads. Online users have grown tired of ads as they see them everyday and everywhere. But do you know that other website elements can also be ignored just because they look like ads? Anything that looks like a banner is always associated with ads so most likely online users won’t read what’s inside the banner. In the same manner, flashing texts or animations can also be viewed as ads.

Web designers who want to make the most out of their designs must avoid these worst design mistakes. Don’t waste time, money and effort in techniques that simply won’t work.

Avoid these mistakes to ensure you get positive results in your website design. Need to design your website effectively? Please see our Web Design Services or you can apply for a Free Website Analysis. For more information, please contact our Web Designers.