I originally wrote this article about blog design. I reworded it and made it about website design. Technically a blog is a website but to make it more relevant to New Design Graphic visitors I decided to reword the article.

5 Important reasons why you should care about your website design.

1. First Impressions: First impressions are key. Rarely do we get the chance to make a second impression, especially on the internet. If your website looks disorganized, cluttered, over monetized, extremely plain, or even too much like other website it could give people an undesirable impression. Within the first five seconds a visitor is on your website an impression is made. Sometimes a really bad design is all the reason they need to leave and never come back.

2. Pleasant Experience: You can offer your readers a good experience or frustrate them with hard to find content. We should make it our goal as web publishers to provide our readers with a good experience. We should not only offer them great content but also a pleasant experience. Read the rest of this entry »