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New Coder Posts: 17 Topics: 5
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September 06, 2008, 12:53:49 PM
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if you had to launch a new site, would you consider investing on a shiny professional expensive template that blows minds or would you rather prefer hire some professional writer and marketer to work on unique keyword rich content for your shabby site.
which is more important : design or content ?
« Last Edit: December 24, 2008, 08:16:22 AM by Admin »
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New Coder Posts: 25 Topics: 17
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September 06, 2008, 01:47:24 PM
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The important is the design should proper clearly. If you can see, many website has no basic color used, that make eye irritation to read the content on the website. Like white background and used yellow text.
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Regular Coder
Location: UK
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September 06, 2008, 02:54:14 PM
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I'd go half and half.
But if I had to choose I'd get a basic template that was easy on the eye, but instead of getting a designer I'd get a content writer, and search engines like fresh new content, so I'd prefer for someone to see a basic website at the top of Google than an awesome website that only 2 or 3 people ever see.
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New Poster Posts: 7 Topics: 2
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September 06, 2008, 06:23:42 PM
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As far as SEO goes, the content is more important, but the design can be a big factor as well. If the design sucks and the coding is bad, it may be hard for search engines to read through the content. As far as websites that don't really require a lot of traffic, design would definitely be more important. It's really up to the niche you pick.
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Regular Coder Posts: 50 Topics: 15
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September 10, 2008, 04:58:39 AM
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I myself would split my budget into two. Half would go onto a reasonable and clean site design and the other half would be spent on content creation, with a possibility for investment in SEO.
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New Coder Posts: 20 Topics: 13
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September 10, 2008, 09:55:16 PM
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According to me both of them are important, if you have good design and bad content then noone would like to visit your website and vice versa.
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Hacker Gender: Posts: 1172 Topics: 77
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September 11, 2008, 10:46:47 AM
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I think it really depends. No matter how aweful it is, if you have some wonderful content then people will work around that - but your not doing yourself or them any favours!
I think it was Bjarne who said that some people are content providers, some are website designers. Personally I am a content provider rather than a website designer, but I do spend atleast some time considering ease of navigation. I do believe that people do have a natural tendancy to one of the other, and people who are good at both are very fortunate.
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Regular Coder Posts: 82 Topics: 12
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December 11, 2008, 10:02:44 AM
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I would try to be as self sufficient as possible, design and code my own and do everything myself, saves you money and you know what work went into the design. Content can also be created by you, just read about your subjective and become involved.
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Hacker Gender: Posts: 1172 Topics: 77
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December 11, 2008, 10:45:02 AM
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Do you not think that sometimes (due to time contraints if nothing else) there is a trade off and you need to decided which to concentrate on?
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New Coder
Location: Austin TX
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December 11, 2008, 12:29:15 PM
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Hmmm, I guess I've only ever created websites that I already have the content for so I would pay for design.
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Hacker Gender: Posts: 1172 Topics: 77
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December 12, 2008, 02:54:06 AM
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I think I probably agree with you Madness, I find the actual design of a site quite boring
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Professional Coder Posts: 352 Topics: 54 Formerly theone759.
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December 23, 2008, 03:03:54 PM
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I would rather do both, but lean towards a better design a little more. Only because, it makes it attractive, and writing that isn't "perfect" will make it seem like its another person writing it, and not some robot.
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New Coder
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May 08, 2009, 04:31:03 AM
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Frankly speaking for a successful online presence both content and web design are important. But i personally feel that for a well designed site, content is much more important than design.
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Hacker Gender: Posts: 1172 Topics: 77
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May 08, 2009, 04:44:29 AM
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What does google consider? I mean, of course it needs to navigate a site to index it but does their SERP bit also depend on how often your site is updated?
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New Coder Posts: 42 Topics: 4
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July 23, 2009, 07:11:21 AM
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If I had to choose only one, I would go for content. For me, as long as the website is readable and accessible it's ok. Take Google for example. The simplest design and the most visited site (i think). I would definitely go for content.
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New Coder Posts: 37 Topics: 0
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July 24, 2009, 12:50:01 AM
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Content is overall more important, but if the site looks like heck, it isn't going to attract too many people that turn out to be the daily or weekly read a couple pages folks that help drive up pageviews.
It's a balancing act between the two, but I think overall, the content of the site is the slightly more important one.
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Expert Coder
Location: India
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July 24, 2009, 01:23:54 AM
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yes it is off course balancing. At the start of any website the when the site has very low count of content then design might help in for attracting new users on the site. but then content is required to maintain those users on the site and then bring new users. So content is also important.
If one think from SEO part then everyone knows that content plays a major role in bringing traffic, but design also has its some share in playing role in that site's SEO, as light weight designed sites are very easy to crawl for Search Engine crawlers.
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Regular Coder Posts: 85 Topics: 9 Computer Head in 'da House!
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August 03, 2009, 06:22:53 PM
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I feel that content is more important than design in my opinion. Now I'm not saying that design means nothing in a web site, don't get me wrong. I feel that as long as the design isn't to the point of detracting people from the site, it is acceptable and the content must be focused on so there is something to read and post about. Obviously once you have a decent niche in the content, then you can do the finishing touches on the design.
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Regular Coder Posts: 53 Topics: 2
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August 03, 2009, 08:42:03 PM
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This is like saying what is more important in a car, the internals or the body? If the body looks like crap, no one is going to want to buy one, and if the engine falls out when you take it for a test drive, you for sure aren't going to say that you want to try it again. Content and design are equally important on any web site. If you don't have a tolerable design, the best content in the world won't help you. But all design and no content, people are at your site for a second and then are bored.
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Professional Coder Posts: 352 Topics: 54 Formerly theone759.
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August 05, 2009, 09:51:47 AM
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I'd go half and half.
But if I had to choose I'd get a basic template that was easy on the eye, but instead of getting a designer I'd get a content writer, and search engines like fresh new content, so I'd prefer for someone to see a basic website at the top of Google than an awesome website that only 2 or 3 people ever see.
I agree, get a good theme, modify it yourself then hire some posters/writers
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New Poster Posts: 1 Topics: 0
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November 03, 2009, 12:16:49 PM
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I think it is both. To draw attention, you need to l=have a good design and a good content. A good design is useless if the content is nonsense, and a good content cannot be emphasized if it has unappealing design.
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New Poster Posts: 5 Topics: 2
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December 30, 2009, 04:45:34 PM
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If I could I'd split it between the two. If I had to choose one though I'd choose content over design. Although design is an important factor, content is much more important. I don't think people would come to your site just to look at the pretty background and buttons, I for one would only join a site that has actual content on it, such as this site, not just sites that have cool designs.
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New Coder Posts: 35 Topics: 6
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December 31, 2009, 05:25:39 AM
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The two of them .. absolutely ..
You must make a search engine/visitor friendly design AND navigation first ..
after that the content ..
You may give me some examples of successful websites with bad design .. but there must be a very good content out there .. in conclusion it's a balance between two important things ..
Don't tell me about it . .
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New Coder Posts: 10 Topics: 1
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January 18, 2010, 09:01:58 AM
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yeah am also agree with u.
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Expert Coder
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January 18, 2010, 09:04:58 AM
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yeah am also agree with u.
AH! rather than just posting one liners, you could have justified your statement better.
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New Coder Posts: 14 Topics: 5
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February 06, 2010, 10:14:21 PM
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I will prefer content rather than design. A good content is always drive me to return back to visit the site, and even i will bookmark the site for future reference. As for design it is good to attract visitors but not able to retain them if without good contents.
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Regular Coder Posts: 99 Topics: 3
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February 16, 2010, 07:40:18 AM
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For me 50:50, content and design are 2 important component which is have different aspect and purpose. . .
Web Designer = prefer to design
Internet Marketer = prefer to content
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