Time For A Small Business Website Redesign?

Time For A Small Business Website Redesign?

small business websiteTis the season to be jolly, but it also seems to be the season of website redesign. A lot of small business owners are using the down time during the holiday period to relaunch a brand new website. So does your websites need a redesign? Here are a few questions to ask yourself.

Is your website responsive?

Today more and more customers are searching for businesses on their mobile devices, in fact research has shown which means if your website is not mobile compatible or responsive than it will not show up properly.

A responsive website design will format your business website to be compatible on all devices from desktops to smartphones and if your customers can read your website they are more like to buy your products or services. So if you can not answer “yes” maybe its time to consult a website designer. In most cases it is quicker and more affordable to build a brand new website for your small business.

Is your website hard to update?

Do you update your websites content on a regular basis? If not, why? Is it because it to hard and you do not know how or maybe you just do not have the time. If this is the case then there is a simple way to fix this.

Contact a website designer and get then to install a content management system (CMS) so that you can update the content add pictures or even add an extra web page to your small business website. By adding new relative content to your website you will keep your visitors coming back and help with your SEO as search engines will rank your website more favorably. Click on the link to find out about Bell Media’s Small Business Website Packages.

Does your website take a long time to load?

There are a few factors that can happen if your website take awhile to load. Firstly it can be annoying to your visitors if they have to wait awhile for your content to load. These days website visitors are very impatient and if they have to wait more than a few seconds they may leave causing you to have a higher bounce rate. Luckily there are a few things that can be done to help speed things up.

  • Optimize your website images so that they are smaller and easier for web browsers to load.
  • Utilize CSS to create menus instead of images this is more compatible and browsers will cache CSS.

If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions then the quickest and most affordable solution is to build a new website for your small business and if you can try and get your website designed in Australia.

Richard Patriquin

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