6 Common Web Design Mistakes for New Web Designer

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Even though, web design is all about development, however some mistakes in creating efficient web designs still occur.  In fact, the mistakes that appear in your web design are often also found in other website designs around the world.  Web designers don’t often have the time to think about all these things, however this can have a big impact to natural web rank. So, here are some common mistakes that are made. Read this for helping you understand and prevent making the same mistakes that can lower your web rank.

  1. There is no search box.

If you have a lot of posting on the website, even though you think you have a good categorisation, but if there is no search box, then finding your content will become a hard task. Putting a search box in neat, simple and effective way will help your visitor to find what they want to find.

  1. Poor Readability & Legibility

An easy to read website and content will easily grab a user’s attention and make them comfortable in reading your material, to make a website comfortable to be read, one should consider the font styles and sizes to avoid pain in reading.  Stay away from hard to read bright colours or colours that blend in with its surrounding. Don’t forget, newspapers have been successful for many centuries and you can understand why.

  1. Unorganized content layout

This means notice your website’s content and its placement and layout. Some designers just put a text on the web page and ignore the headings, sub-headings, bullets, keywords, paragraphs and forget to name the page title.  If you have a lot of text, think about breaking it up into smaller pieces with subheadings.

  1. Bad navigation

Navigation should be smooth and seamless. It can be done by using textual descriptions for all thelinks. Do not forget to provide alt text for images. Moreover, organizing and structuring your navigation in tandem with the theme of the website. Personal website may be more creative yet accessible however a business website needs more efficiency and clarity.

  1. Inconsistent Interface Design

Avoid the inconsistent interface designs in your web design; create a standard but consistent template for every page with links to the main sections of the site. In addition, create aesthetically simple designs, so users will never get confused when navigating your website.

  1. Unfriendly screen resolution

A good web designer will make a website fit on most screen sizes. This makes user can see a whole web page efficiently without needing to scroll horizontally, especially for a mobile user who usually finds it inefficient for scrolling and zooming around. Use of responsive layouts is highly recommended and is amongst Google’s top criteria too.