The Anatomy of a Perfect Website

Web Design THE ANATOMY OF A PERFECT WEBSITE Navigation Social Medla Usablity SEO Content Tracking & Analytics 525,998,433 - The number of websites as of November 2011- netcraft.com Footer Web Design: Browser statistics Everything is designed. Few things are designed well. - Brian Reed Internet Explorer Google Chrome 25.7% Mozilla Firefox Safari Opera 40.26% 25.43% 6.14% 1.77% Google's browser Chrome overtook Firefox for the first time globally on a monthly basis in November, according to StatCounter, the free website analytics company. Web Design: Most popular screen width statistics Higher 85% 1024 x 768 800 x 600 14% 640 x 480 Other 1% The current trend is that most computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors. Older computers often use 16 bits display hardware, which gives a maximum of 65,536 different colors. 4.13% of all websites have valid HTML and CSS Navigation: Users finding information C Problems with visual design can turn users off so quickly that they never discover all the smart choices you 9 made with navigation or interaction design. - Jesse James Garrett Research by User Interface Engineering, Inc., shows that people cannot find the information they seek on a website about 60% of the time. Usability: Top 3 Most Hated Advertising Techniques A bad website is like a grumpy salesperson. - Jakob Nielsen Pop ups in front of your window 98% * Loads slowly 94% X Does not have a close button 93% Content: Web content by language SEO gets the visitor to the door. It's up to your site's content to welcome and retain that visitor. John I. Jerkovic English 68.4% Japanese 5.9% German 5.8% Chinese 3.9% French 3.0% Spanish 2.4% Russian 1.9% Italian 1.6% Portuguese 1.4% Korean 1.3% Other 4.6% SEO: 5 Statistics That Demonstrate the Value of SEO CC It is not the job of search engine optimization to make a pig fly. It is the job of the SEO to genetically reengineer the website so that it becomes an eagle. - Bruce Clay 42% of search users click the top-ranking link. B9o click the second-ranking link, and the Google click-through rate (CTR) continues to drop thereafter. When these two top-ranking links are artificially switched, the click-through ratio of 42-89% drops to 34-1296, demonstrating the importance of engaging copy in addition to rank position. bing YAHOO! 6296 of search users click a link on the first page of search results 239% of searches progress to the second page. Presumably the difference between 629% and 239% stems from searchers 4 trying either another keyword, another engine or simply giving up. 809% of unsuccessful searches are followed with keyword refinement. Social Media: Time spent on social media websites 66 Social Media puts the "public" into PR and the "market" into marketing. - Chris Brogan US users total minutes, at work & at home (May 2011) Linkedin Twitter Tumblr Blogger Facebook 325,679 mins 565,156 mins 623,525 mins 723,793 mins 53,457,259 mins Tracking & Analytics: How many websites use google analytics Knowing how users interact and reach your site can mean the difference between succeeding and failing online - Alen Jaffe Google 80.4% of all websites that use website analytics use Google Analytics. The second most popular traffic analysis tool is Livelnternet, with a measly 5.4% StatCount coming in at third with 4.6% 800 800 400 400 Nov 2, 2008 - Nov 8, 2008 Jan 25, 2008- Jan 31. 2009 Footer: Most common elements on a website footer Just because the footer is at the bottom of the page doesn't mean you should slack off on good design practice. - Smashing Magazine 1 Quick Navigation Links Copyright (updated yearly) 3 Company address and contact information • Web Design R.O.I.MEDIA • SEO THE RESULTS DRIVEN AGENCY • Navigation Address: 16 Mill Street, Gardens, Cape Town 8001 • Social Media Tel: +27 21 464 1900 Emall: [email protected] • Tracking & Analytics Website: www.rolmedia.co.za Sources: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwira/social/ http://gs.statcounter.com/abrowser-ww-monthly-200011-201111-bar http://www.intraspin.com/news/10-statistics-that-demonstrate-the-value-of-seo/ http://www.searchenginejournal.com/handle-your-site-footer-wisely/7686/ http://dox.com/how-many-websitos-use-google-analytics.html http://www.translato-to-success.com/online-language-web-sito-content.html http://www.webdosigneroniline.co.uk/some-interesting-usability-statistics