Sunday, December 30, 2007

The Power Of Web Design

Design plays a crucial role in today’s web sites’ success. Without adequate web design, all web pages are dull not to mention boring. It doesn’t matter if it is a personal web site or that of a company, web design is a must, especially now when the Internet is at its peak of evolution.

Nobody wants to browse a web page full of text, because let’s face it, it’s outright boring. When creating a web site, the developer has to implement in the web site components which will make the visitor come back and visit the page again. The perfect way to do this is by using web design thus making the site attractive and eventually, popular.

A major part in web design is represented by flash, without it, the Internet wouldn’t be as popular as it is today. Flash makes it all possible: attractive design, catchy animations, music, videos, games and the list could go on forever. Flash is considered the new wave, a reason for this is represented by the fact that with the help of flash, web sites are user interactive, making them a lot more interesting than regular web sites where everything is predefined without any real customizable options.

When it comes down to multimedia, take videos for example, flash movies can be stored in very small file sizes, so they can be downloaded rapidly which is a major advantage because nobody wants to wait minutes for a page to fully load. Of course, there is a downside to all of this, too much graphics, videos, sounds will slow down the loading time and we all know, although patience is a virtue, most of us don’t have it.

Web design plays an important role in marketing success. With an attractive web site, the success is guaranteed. Companies with professional web sites benefit from the advantages web design has to offer. Internet marketing is not all about getting as many visitors as possible but also to capture the interest of the visitor once he’s on that specific web site, so what better way to do this if not by web design ?

Web design companies offer professional services for business companies that really want to make an impression on the web. You can tell a great deal about a company only by visualizing their web site that is why more and more companies hire web designers to create a professional web site that stands out from all the other sites.

Of course, a web site, theoretically is about the content but let’s face it, without attractive design, fewer people will be curious about the content itself. Some of you may say, don’t judge a book by its covers but this is not applicable in the web site area because it all comes down to one simple question: Which web sites do you remember and come back to again? The answer is pretty obvious; the ones with elegant graphics, the ones with visual aura that draw your attention from the first click.

For companies looking for a fast growth a professionally designed web site is the key. There are numerous examples of companies which after they redesigned their web site enjoyed a large growth in their domain of activity, improving their success.

In conclusion, web designing is about marketing, because making your web site look more attractive will give a big boost to your business; or if you have a personal web page you will enjoy looking at the traffic numbers which will certainly go up.


About the Author: Eunice Oh is the founder of www.justwebdesign.com.sg. She is an expert in flash and graphic design with more than 5 years of experience doing web design in Singapore.

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