{"id":958,"date":"2011-12-19T04:06:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T10:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crazyeggblog.wpengine.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2018-02-22T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T23:45:36","slug":"does-web-design-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crazyegg.com\/blog\/does-web-design-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Good Web Design Really Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a conversation with a client that went like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Client<\/strong>: Does it really matter what my website looks like?<br \/>\n<strong>Me<\/strong>: Yes, it definitely does.<br \/>\n<strong>Client<\/strong>: Why?<br \/>\n<strong>Me<\/strong>: Because people will judge your company based on the quality of your website, whether that\u2019s fair or not.<\/p>\n<p>That ended up being a good enough answer, prompting him to give the go ahead to redesign his site.<\/p>\n<p>But the question made me stop and consider:<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you <em>prove<\/em> good web design makes a difference online?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sure, every web designer will tell you that design has a profound impact, which is an intuitive answer, but what evidence is there that supports the claim?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I found out.<\/p>\n<h3>A Study About Health Websites<\/h3>\n<p>Later in the week after my conversation with the client, I came across a study referenced by Derek Halpern of <a href=\"https:\/\/socialtriggers.com\/content-is-king-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Triggers<\/a>. It was titled <cite>Trust and Mistrust of Online Health Sites<\/cite>.\u00a0I thought it might provide insight about web design, so I checked it out.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the study was to answer this question:<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much impact does design have on trust and mistrust of health websites and how much impact does the quality of the content have?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The results were nothing short of astounding.<\/p>\n<p>For the test, 15 participants were directed to search the internet for health information that was relevant to them, and then they were asked to discuss their first impressions of the websites they visited.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the factors that were mentioned for rejecting or mistrusting a website, <em>94%<\/em> were design related; only <em>6%<\/em> were content related.<\/p>\n<p>Can you believe that?<\/p>\n<p>When deciding whether or not they trusted a health website, participants mentioned design related issues 15 times more than content related issues. That&#8217;s incredible.<\/p>\n<p>Specific design problems that led to rejection or mistrust were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inappropriate name for the website<\/li>\n<li>Complex, busy layout<\/li>\n<li>Lack of navigation aids<\/li>\n<li>Boring web design, especially use of color<\/li>\n<li>Pop up advertisements<\/li>\n<li>Slow introductions to a site (splash pages, slow-loading flash introductions, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Small print<\/li>\n<li>Too much text<\/li>\n<li>Corporate look and feel<\/li>\n<li>Poor search facilities\/indexes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These kinds of complaints accounted for <em>94%<\/em> of the reasons that users rejected or mistrusted a site. Here\u2019s a quote from the study that sums this up:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThe look and feel of the website was clearly important to the participants. Visual appeal, plus design issues relevant to site navigation appeared to exert a strong influence on people\u2019s first impressions of the site. Poor interface design was particularly associated with rapid rejection and mistrust of a website. In cases where the participants did not like some aspect of the design the site was often not explored further than the homepage and was not considered suitable for revisiting at a later date&#8230;The main reason that websites were rapidly rejected was due to the design of the interface. Design issues affected first impressions and could lead to the mistrust of a website.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are some samples of what specifically some of the study participants had to say about the poorly designed sites:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201c[On] one of them I didn\u2019t like the color of [it]. I couldn\u2019t wait to get out. It was an insipid green backdrop. It just put me off reading it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThere was nothing I liked about it at all. I didn\u2019t like the colors, the text, the layout.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cI found the screen too busy. I couldn\u2019t quite latch onto anything straight away.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, design has a significant impact on website visitors. Not only does it affect them, but as this study shows, it is the most influential factor in whether people trust or mistrust a site.<\/p>\n<p>Most web designers know this without reading a paper, but this study confirms that design elements as simple as color, layout, text block size, and navigation can make a difference when trying to increase conversions online.<\/p>\n<p>Just in case this study doesn\u2019t provide enough proof for you, here is more insight on design from the realm of packaged goods.<\/p>\n<h3>Customer Perceptions and Packaging Design<\/h3>\n<p>Web design is similar to packaging design for consumer goods. In both cases, people pay for the product or service, but they&#8217;re also influenced by the &#8220;packaging.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is discussed in the book <em>Blink<\/em> by Malcolm Gladwell. Chapter 5 of the book discusses the effect packaging design has on customer perception, citing case studies from Cheskin, a well known marketing research and insights company.<\/p>\n<p>Years ago, Mr. Cheskin, the company founder, came up with a theory that consumers don\u2019t make a distinction between a product and it\u2019s packaging. Instead, in consumer&#8217;s minds, the product is a combination of the packaging <em>and<\/em> the product.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this theory, packaging matters a lot because it provides a customer&#8217;s first impression with a brand. Mr. Cheskin&#8217;s company went on to test this theory, and\u00a0here are some of the results they\u2019ve found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you add 15 percent more yellow to the green on 7 UP packaging, people report that it has more lime or lemon flavor, even though the drink itself was left untouched.<\/li>\n<li>On a can of Chef Boyardee Ravioli, a picture of a close up of a real human face influences perceived quality more than a full body shot or a cartoon character.<\/li>\n<li>In the Hormel logo, adding a sprig of parsley between the \u2018r\u2019 and \u2018m\u2019 causes customers to perceive the products as being more fresh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As these examples show, packaging impacts customer impressions so much, the perceived quality and taste of the products can be affected.<\/p>\n<p>This is true for packaged goods, and it\u2019s true for websites.<\/p>\n<h3>The application for web design<\/h3>\n<p>A website&#8217;s design often provides the first impression customers have of a company. 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The [old] site looks too simple, almost as it was thrown together quickly, and it [has] too many icons down the right column which gives me a slight feeling that it may not be legitimate.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Based on these answers and the studies above, good web design has a significant impact on potential customers.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re about to build a site or if you&#8217;re considering a redesign of a current one, it&#8217;s not necessary for your website to be the most beautiful site online, but it does need to look good. 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