Comments on: Could It Be? Your Blog Design Really Matters?

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By: BlogSpotting » Lorelle om blogging på Wordpress

BlogSpotting » Lorelle om blogging på Wordpress — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:41:12 +0000

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By: Ben Yoskovitz

Ben Yoskovitz — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:25:16 +0000

Design matters. Good content isn’t enough if people are turned off immediately by the design. You have to get people in the door before they buy.

To Chris’s point, I would never suggest you change everything people recommend you change. You’re right - you can’t please everyone, and you’re not trying to. That’s not the goal. But design definitely matters. I’m living proof of it with my site.

By: The How-To Geek

The How-To Geek — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:29:14 +0000

For the mass public, only two things matter: 1) Good Content. 2) Easy to Read.

By: Chris Osborne

Chris Osborne — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:42:38 +0000

I don’t think a good design will save you from anything. I mean, if you’re writing is bad then nothing you do with your theme can fix that. And a bad design isn’t going to keep most people from coming back if you have god content.

Obviously if I can’t find what I’m looking for, or if the colors don’t have enough contrast and I can’t read, there’s going to be a problem. But you can’t let yourself get to the point that you change whenever someone says they don’t like something. You can never please everyone.

By: shaz

shaz — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:17:44 +0000

my opinion is obviously a bit biased, but I do agree that design is really important, not only with blogs, but for any type of web property. For example, I recently bought a journal and was so impressed with it that I immediately visited their website, which was so ugly and unprofessional that I was completely turned off.

Sometimes I do wonder if the average person really care how well-designed a website really is, because in conversations with my husband, it becomes really obvious that I am extremely critical of designs, but as long as he likes the content, the design doesn’t really bother him (he does appreciate well designed websites, but it’s not that important to him).

One thing we do agree on however is flashing, animated images all over the page - not a good first impression!