The Inevitability of Website Design Decay

Like any other objects know to man, website designs also fades away or that the design will eventually undergo the process of decay. If the beam of one’s house is rotting with termites and fungal growths, what are you going to do? The best solution is to change the decaying parts to save the entire structure (house). In moiremarketing.com, the writer made mention of certain indications that a website design is undergoing decay. There are unique lists found in other websites. First, a decaying website design shows a decline in the number of clientele. The supposedly loyal clients are no longer visiting the site. The causes of the problem can be poor products, poor efficiency of search engine optimization techniques, poor website management, and even poor website designs. Second, the website design appears to decay if it contains outdated and old features. No website viewer will spend his time on a website dating back more than three years. Customers would not like to spend money with nonsense websites and the sites with old features.

            Many website owners have the wrong idea that their website designs are forever. If one wishes some sort of permanence in the web, he can consider his website name permanent but not the website design. Even top websites like BBC.com, CNN.com, realclearpolitics.com, Amazon.com and the social networking websites Facebook.com and Twitter.com change design settings every now and then. Users of Facebook.com, for example, reacted negatively when the social networking company modified the design to make the design appear more attune with touch screen computer screen technology.  Even starting businessmen and so-called smalltime businessmen should never accept the notion that their website design is forever. Changes are sometimes opposed because of the cost; however, what if the need to renovate is forced by changing market demands? Supposed a certain blockbuster feature or website add-on emerges, what will you do? The wisest way to deal with the situation is to renovate the site to adapt to the given changes. While being stubborn or refusing to renovate could save money, the same will also lead to decline in profits. The customers will surely flock to new websites or other websites offering the same goods and services.

            An article posted at the Washington Post website (washingtonpost.com) claimed that it would be a national and global shame if our most valuable born-digital knowledge, like the ancient holdings at Alexandria, were lost forever. The website enterprise will disappear for two possible reasons. First, the governments will shut it down as what happened in Egypt and Tunisia during the Arab Spring. Second, the participants of the internet – website builder and website designers – refuse to accept the importance of changes in design. The website owner must never place his business in danger. He should modify his website design when the need arises. He should start improving website parts if signs of decay become apparent. He should not wait for the entire website to collapse before he starts renovating. Website design decay is inevitable for the simple reason that there is no such thing as permanence in website design. A design might be hailed and considered as brilliant today but it will be dismissed as nonsense several weeks later. Thus, the website owner should be vigilant enough to check the signs of design decay and conduct a renovation as soon as possible.