To Redesign or to Refresh that is the question?
There comes a time when you realize that your site has become stale. At this point, you can do a drastic change or you can do simple changes.
Simple changes are good for the user as it allows you to make a small impact on the user experience that doesn't throw your user off from the way the are accustomed to navigating your site.
Drastic changes are great for search engines, they appreciate your effort and requires the spiders to rescan your entire site gaining you page rank and better search results. However, it has the drawback of sending your user to oblivion on the way they are accustomed to browsing for information. This kind of change is only recommended for sites that need a better architecture to accommodate their growth or to provide a better user experience.
Either way, change is good as long as change is for the better. This is the case for the ever popular Cnet.com who is in the beta stages of redesigned. Check out their progress. I like that they have drop the black background which makes it very difficult to focus on the content, but they have dropped their very impressive tabs. They have also removed the video player at a time when video is the new wave of the online experience. Hmmm, or is it?
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
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