Stock Photography On Your Website?
At Full Scope Creative, we love having slideshows on the sites that we design. Slideshows can do so much for a site. They provide some action to the site. They provide a visual chance to highlight some different aspects of the business. It’s almost scary, though, how many sites we look at that are using […]
Do users know what to do on your Home Page?
It’s easy to argue that the most important page on a website is the homepage. It’s the page where a large number of users will start their experience on your site. Sadly, though, far too often we see sites with a homepage that is either too distracting or gives no clear direction to the user. […]
What are Responsive Sites?
At a recent business networking event, I mentioned responsive websites. A couple people in the group asked, “What is a responsive website?” After that meeting I thought a quick explanation of responsive sites could be helpful. A responsive site is a mobile friendly site that is equally easy to use on a wide array of […]
People Want to See People
One of the biggest problems I see on many websites, is that they have very few photos. Often times when they do have photos, those photos are missing a very important subject matter – people. Take a restaurant for example. Having photos of the food is a good idea. Having photos of the inside of […]
Google and Responsive Websites
As you’ve probably heard, Google announced earlier this year that they are going to start including a measure of how responsive or mobile friendly a website is in their rankings. In recent years, smartphone and tablet sales have been outpacing desktop sales. To see if your website is a responsive and mobile friendly site, one […]
Pop Ups
We’ve all seen pop ups on a site before. In the early days of the .com boom they seemed to be everywhere. Pages would sometimes have several different pop ups, not just throughout the site, but sometimes even the same page. As annoying as they were back then, there is still a time and a […]
I Don’t Need a Website
Every so often I hear someone say “I don’t need a website because 99% of my business is from referrals.” For some businesses, they are in fact about 99% referral. But just because someone is referred to you doesn’t mean they don’t want to hear more about you before getting in touch. It’s the year […]
Auto Play
I’m a big fan of having video and even audio on a website. Having that media adds a whole new level to the overall user experience. That user experience is what a great website is all about. What I’m not at all a fan of is having that media, video or audio, set to start […]
Bounce Rate
Last week I wrote about how I highly recommend using Google Analytics. Part of the reason I like Google Analytics is the various types of reports you can get. Some of them are pretty standard and self explanatory, but some of them can be a little puzzling. One of those puzzling ones is the bounce […]
