Many of us think that one should design a website search engine friendly. But in reality, the website design should be user friendly. Then only your visitor can find the right information they are searching for.
Don’t be of the impression that usability is expensive and only big sites can afford it. You too can design your website user and search engine friendly. Web designing is an art. If you have sound knowledge in the usability of a website, then you can design on your own.
Here are the top 5 usability tips for a web designer to design user and search engine friendly website:
1. Include Site Search And Tagline:
A tagline represents the company’s mission. So you should include a tagline for your website. Visitors don’t want to waste their time in reading your entire website. So it is recommended to place a search box on the top of the web page.
2. Don’t Go For Excessive Graphics:
It is right that an image tells more than 1000 words but in a website the excessive usage of graphics will slowdown the lading of the website. Less is preferable.
3. Use Sitemaps:
Sitemaps improves the web page navigation. It also helps SEO wise as it lists the entire site structure. If you are using wordpress, then go for a sitemap wordpress plugin.
4. No JavaScript:
Don’t overuse javascript and AJAX technique. It leads to browser inconsistency.
5. Avoid CAPTCHA’s:
In general many websites use this CAPTCHA feature. Through this the web designer wants to separate human users from spam bots. But in reality, they degrade the usability as it is very tedious to enter the correct captcha. Generally, CAPTCHA is noting but a code and is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart”.
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Mathews says
Great tips..maybe i can try to use less graphic in my website 🙂