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Trends are changing rapidly when it comes to technology as well as changes in the preferences of consumers. Business owners who own websites have to make it their mission to make continuous improvements on their websites. Here are some of the benefits of keeping your website regularly updated.
Credibility and authority
Most businesses have a website as a seal of credibility. Especially in recent times where most of the shopping has come online, think of your website as the virtual counterpart of a store window.
Don’t waste this chance to make sure that your website looks the part. Does your website’s appearance reflect the kind of products and services that you are offering? Trends come and go so it is important to stay on top of them to keep your website visitors engaged.
Mobile accessibility
More and more users are visiting websites and browsing the internet on their phones. As a business, this means that your website should not only look presentable on a desktop or laptop, but also on mobile.
Google has an algorithm that takes into account many factors such as mobile-friendliness, so websites that have adapted to this are more likely to rank higher on the search engine results page. If you haven’t designed your website yet, it is good practice to design it with the mobile version in mind, making it both mobile-friendly and mobile-responsive.
Lessen your bounce rate
Bounce rate means how likely your website visitors are to leave after entering your website. This can have a lot to do with how your website UX is so things like navigation, call-to-actions (CTAs), and the different headings and texts can play a lot into this.
Don’t hesitate to test out different versions of your webpage and see which ones perform better overall. Take an audit of your website and compare it with other websites and even your competitor’s site. What are they doing right? Is your page easy to navigate around? Are your call-to-action buttons clear? Your bounce rate is one of the many metrics that you can use to audit your website to help you figure out what to improve.
Increase website speed
Speed is an important factor to any website. Having a website that cannot load fast can mean your visitors giving up and losing attention and going elsewhere. This can mean the loss of potential leads and sales through your website.
Get to the root of the problem and continuously check for ways to improve your website loading speed. Are there any images or videos that may be taking too long to load? Does your website have any other heavy elements? Is the code clean enough? Are there any issues with your plug-ins?
Conclusion
Your website should be designed in a way that doesn’t just look pretty — but in a way that can help get you the most sales and be growth-driven. Think of it like a continuous process that you need to do to always keep it at its best. Use the data that you have to drive the website improvement that you need.
iRepublic
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