A well-known trend that seems to be here to stay is personalisation. Although 2020 has been described by many as the year of bright, bold and interactive; customisation and personalisation features in your design is what will win you the download. With so many other amusements and distractions going on in the digital world, apps that are tailored to the specific needs of the user is what is essential. With the world of eCommerce taking the world by storm now more than ever, a successful site will incorporate a chat bot or a voice assistant into the design. Gone are the days where services are only available between the core hours of […]
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Web designers use them on images displayed on their client’s website that includes the HTML of the web page. An interesting part about alt texts is that they are not immediately visible and tend to go unnoticed by website users. The importance of alt text is its value to your search engine optimisation (SEO). Without including alt text with the images on your website, your images will simply have no effect to your ranking – which allows for a great opportunity to be overlooked. In some instances, your images on your website can be more important than the visible text (particularly on sales or infographic pages). By having alt texts applied to […]
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It is important for marketers to encompass consistent content marketing habits into their business strategy to ensure that the content is focusing directly on your target market. With achieving constant interaction with your customers, this will ensure ample brand success. One of the important habits for successful content marketing is to always make sure your content is attractive. The digital marketing world is currently saturated with content, so it is important that your brand is listening to what your consumers really want. It is key for a web designer to analyse what motivates your audience online and gaining a full understanding of what is capturing their attention and keeping them engaged. Although […]
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Although cyberpunk design is not the answer for every web designer (and could in fact be the complete wrong fit) making certain projects look ridiculous, this does not mean that web designers cannot enjoy a slice of its unique qualities such as a slight adaption to the infamous cyberpunk pink which has proved its popularity to the point where it has been considered a trend of 2020. Gaming and arcade website design is a well-known example that blends the cyberpunk tones (such as pink neon) for example. Other very popular tones from cyberpunk design would be purple and neon blue which is incorporated beautifully by The Geek Designer. With these tones, many […]
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It is important for small businesses who are growing their presence online to build a Google My Business profile, which should include great content with up to date information. It is key to ensure that your website is optimised for local search results and with relatable content that can achieve local links and citations for your website. When deciding between keyword repetition or the quality of your content, good quality content should always be your number one priority – a must know of SEO. The Google search engine is clever enough to not just rely on keywords, so it would be fair to say that keywords would simply not be enough if […]
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With 2020 after throwing many new realities to almost every business sector, it is essential to maintain productivity and motivation in our new ways of doing things. This is where gamification in UX comes in, as it supports web designers through the process of adding elements to websites and apps and encourages the development of an emotional bond with the user. Many web designers in the sports, health and productivity industries build their websites by using gamification. Designers acknowledge how the user doesn’t want to have to think about the navigation too much, but enjoy experiencing fun and challenging elements at the same time. Some of these techniques involve creating a sense […]
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Back as far as 2005, Mocha (a new scripting language) was created and was then renamed as LiveScript and then renamed again to what we all know it as today – JavaScript. The JavaScript framework has come a long way since then. By 2016, 92% of all websites were using the JavaScript main frameworks Angular, React and Vue – which are all expected to develop more capabilities into the future. Angular Angular is a fully developed web framework by Google which is used by many gloabal brands and websites. It enables developers to separate work on the same app section while working off the same set of data. It is also well […]
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An older and more common link building style would be doing an outreach promotion along with the development of copy, for third-party websites. It is important to mention that this cannot be a marketing pitch if you have no budget, as this may run the risk of bloggers requesting payment. In turn, this strategy usually leads to very little value than any link acquired, not to mention the difficulties it brings when web designers attempt to optimise anchor texts, or direct links to the targeted landing pages. A key link building strategy is link earning, which is known to be the ideal solution where links essentially build themselves through exceptional content and […]
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Core Web Vitals are important to Google as these are real world experience rhythms or metrics that measure user experience such as website speed, how seamless interactions are throughout web pages, how stable an internet page is up to a certain speed and so on. As Google has a growing volume of ranking signals, it can be argued that the impact of another signal isn’t too significant. However if your website is relatively new or is currently not getting much traffic, the Core Web Vitals ranking factors could be the one to make all the difference. An example here would be if you were in a competitive market competing for the competitive […]
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Scrolling Cues This is one style we have all come across at one time or another. This is a feature that keeps the user engaged and works to support a solid understanding of what each website is all about. Many of these types of website image sliders are encompassed with directional arrows or dots to encourage the user to scroll between the images. This helps them to not skip over anything and can direct them back to something they have an interest in, keeping them interested for longer and cueing other elements that might be of even greater interest. Split Screen Another popular trend in the generation of website images sliders is […]
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