Comments on: 7 Surefire Tips For Re-Designing A Website

By: Peaock Carter Website Design

Peaock Carter Website Design — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:03:34 +0000

Usability testing is something most companies probably overlook.

Agree with Mutiny, too – most clients want results *now* and have little regard for their future – if they need more work in the future, most will want to pay for it in the future!

By: PWS Web Design

PWS Web Design — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:33:44 +0000

Nice set of points.

By: Acopic Web Design

Acopic Web Design — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:16:04 +0000

Yep. Valid points but I also agree with Mutiny Design on point 5. I agree with Jan as well. 5000 visitors is better than 1000 visitors – but if you’re having to purchase SEO work to get 5000 instead of 1000 it can be costly. Sometimes it’s cheaper to improve conversions. You have to look at the whole picture.

By: Hatch Media - Website design

Hatch Media - Website design — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:10:23 +0000

All valid points above but i agree with Mutiny on this one. I’ve experienced this myself

By: Jan from Thrusites Design

Jan from Thrusites Design — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:16:47 +0000

Well, point 7: SEO. I’d like to cite this:

“1000 visitors with a 15 percent conversation rate has the same number of customers as a site with 5000 visitors and 3 percent conversation rate”

However, if you have 5000 visitors, you can always offer them something. Conversion rate isn’t the most important thing because if people discover your site, they will link to it (yes, it affects your SEO in a positive way!), they will maybe spread a word about it, etc.

Additionally, you can always ask them “What do you want to buy?” through polls.

So in my opinion, 5000 visitors are still better than 1000 visitors.

By: Mutiny Design

Mutiny Design — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:06:14 +0000

I atronglt agree on your point number 5. The only problem is clients don’t want to pay for the ‘possible future’ unless you have a proven track record of excellence with them.