Kepplar
09-15-2005, 11:17 AM
I'm not sure how many of you think of this, and I'm talking about methologically and pretty much indepth. A website is easy to make, to make it accessible and useable requires a little more though.
But, how many of you actually look at how your site is percieved from the potential clients perspective? After all, I'm guessing that for the majority of webhosts and designers, the website is seen as the primary grasp to try and win business.
Clean
Attractive
Professional
Useable
Accessible
But not just in design, but also in content. Since we all work in the industry we do see things differently to the average consumer or generic business suit. I'm just wondering how in your experience do clients read your website. What I'm talking about is the systematic process of consuming the information available.
For example a three page essay on the history of the company. Really who is the target audience for this. Is it really the customer, or perhaps the press and media more?
I personally when I visit a host, have a quick look at the site design. I personally tend to judge first if the design is clean and that it is not an obvious template. The key thing here is this is *my* perspective, which is pretty useless if I use this frame of mind to design a website?
Individuals who may be a little more technical savey may jump onto a site (like myself) and go through the process in this kind of order:
Platform (OS, Control Panel)
Packages/Features
Price
Support
Network/Facilities
TOS
Order
However someone coming from a CEO or CCO or the likes may look at things differently, so I believe it is important to cater for the mind-set of the potential client.
In all, the point of this thread is to ask, if presented with a website, how do you go about assiminating information / making a decision, how does your mind work, and what field are you coming from?
But, how many of you actually look at how your site is percieved from the potential clients perspective? After all, I'm guessing that for the majority of webhosts and designers, the website is seen as the primary grasp to try and win business.
Clean
Attractive
Professional
Useable
Accessible
But not just in design, but also in content. Since we all work in the industry we do see things differently to the average consumer or generic business suit. I'm just wondering how in your experience do clients read your website. What I'm talking about is the systematic process of consuming the information available.
For example a three page essay on the history of the company. Really who is the target audience for this. Is it really the customer, or perhaps the press and media more?
I personally when I visit a host, have a quick look at the site design. I personally tend to judge first if the design is clean and that it is not an obvious template. The key thing here is this is *my* perspective, which is pretty useless if I use this frame of mind to design a website?
Individuals who may be a little more technical savey may jump onto a site (like myself) and go through the process in this kind of order:
Platform (OS, Control Panel)
Packages/Features
Price
Support
Network/Facilities
TOS
Order
However someone coming from a CEO or CCO or the likes may look at things differently, so I believe it is important to cater for the mind-set of the potential client.
In all, the point of this thread is to ask, if presented with a website, how do you go about assiminating information / making a decision, how does your mind work, and what field are you coming from?