As a business owner, sometimes you are so busy with other things that it is hard to notice that your website isn’t up to date anymore. So here are 10 signs to keep an eye out for!

Flash animation alert. Most browsers do not support flash anymore so people will most likely not see it anyways. Even if they do see it, it is considered to be very annoying these days. 

Your website loading time is too long. People are not used to waiting anymore. If they have to wait, they most likely will just leave the website and go somewhere else.

Mish-mash fonts and backgrounds. Old websites used to have smaller fonts, bright colors and backgrounds. This is not the case anymore. People prefer stylish and minimalistic designs. Pick a maximum of 2-3 fonts and colors for your whole website.

People can’t figure out what you do within the first 5 seconds after landing on your page. 

The link with your email address automatically opens Outlook. It puts people off these days. Best to have a contact form that is linked to your email. 

Your photos are outdated or used by many other websites. No comment here,\ as photos reflect on what you do. Even if they are just photos of you and your employees they can’t be 10 years old, even if back than you looked like a God/Goddess 

It is not responsive and does not look good on most of the popular devices. When we launch a website we always check how it looks on mobile, Windows and Mac (P.S. we even remember the times, when we just started out. We did not have a Mac and were running around our neighbours’ houses to see if they had one) 

No social media integration. Even if you do not update your Facebook and Instagram pages often (which you totally should), as a bare minimum you need to have a social media link button to your profile. Better if you have a live feed on there as well. 

Broken pages are a “No No” in 2019! There is simply no excuse for it. People get frustrated if the page they want to click on comes up with an Error

High bounce rate means that people see your website in search, but leave it very quickly because they simply do not like it. You can check your bounce rate once you have signed into your Google Analytics account

 

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