Aspects of a Good Small Business Web Design
A small business often has limited funds to spend on a web design. For this reason, a good web designer will consider how best to implement the essential aspects of a good web design while staying within the small business owner's budget.
Web Design itself generally focuses on the the "visual" aspects of website creation. Our small business web designs focus on giving your business a professional appearance at an affordable price in a design that considers these important aspects:
- Web Page Layout [fixed or liquid/flexible in width]
- Web Site Navigation Menus [user friendly and located where expected]
- Theme or Color Selection [complimentary and often business specific]
- Fonts used for content [appropriate for the web, readable and sized correctly]
- Informative Graphics in the correct file format [images that reinforce text and are fast loading]
- Content Writing [communicating clearly and effectively for people AND search engines]
- Semantic Markup [structured text that's easy (for people) to scan and optimized for search engines]
- Basic SEO [good title and meta descriptions with a robots.txt file and sitemap to guide search bots]
- Page File Size [smaller file sizes = faster loading pages]
- Cross Browser Support [site should look the same in all popular browsers]
- Search Engine Registration [why build it if no one can find it]
We consider these to be necessary aspects of any good web design, regardless of how much money is being spent. When you decide to have your website designed at Webdesignable, you can be assured that it will be functional, asthetic, fast loading and reflect positively on your small business!
Also see our: Frequently Asked Questions About Web Design
Web Design: Further Reading