Few important perquisites of a functional website

A website is the direct representation of the company. The success of any commercial enterprise today depends upon the website design of the company. Today the importance of having an online presence is of paramount importance for the success of any enterprise. What are the requisites of a good website? The need of having a good website design is a ambiguous concept.

Here are a few important perquisites of a functional website-

Navigability

If the visitor finds it difficult to navigate from one page to another, it could mean the end of your business enterprise. Visitors are an impatient lot and make his choice in a matter of seconds. Attracting the visitor back is an impossible task. So the first requisite of a good website is easy navigability.

User must be aware where he is

The path of the website user must be identifiable and he must be aware how he got to a particular page. This will make his navigation within the website easier.

URL should be easy to commit to memory

Do not use grandiloquent and long-winded domain name which are difficult to remember. The domain name should be simple and easy to commit to memory.

Website should be easy to discover/come across /look for

There are millions of websites and the number is growing as we speak. Therefore it is important that a particular website ranks high in search engine results and is easy to find. Work upon SEO to ensure the website is ranked high on the Google or other search engines.

Website should work on several browsers

No browser has a monopoly today and users prefer to use different browsers as per their taste or to test which are the best.  This makes it imperative that the website must load on multiple browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome.

Content should be refurbished frequently

Content is the king and if the website is not upgraded with the latest information, no visitors will visit the site. Therefore update the content continuously and a webmaster who is well versed with HTML must be always available.

Layout uniformity is Key

The website must follow a certain order or pattern so that a theme or uniformity is ensured. The website must not look untidy and disorganized. Another mistake which developers make while creating a website is placing too much content on one page causing information overload.