Creating Fast WordPress Sites That Convert
It’s No Secret That Slow Sites Are Going to be No Good in 2018, there being three good reasons for this. Slow Pages = Will cause the site to have…
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How to Make Your WordPress URL’s SEO Friendly
We all know that websites are built for other reasons than to impress Google, but there is a lot of potential traffic and sales to gain by getting a site…
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Thoughts on User Interface Design in 2018
Over the past years website design has in some people’s view, become a little staid, no one wanting to break the mould. For many this means all sites seem to…
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SEO in 2018 and the Implications for Website Content
SEO, or Search Engine Optimisation is all about ensuring that a website is configured so that Google and the other Search Engines ‘like what they see’ and list it when…
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Why good user interface design is so Important
Whatever the device, it has to have a ‘user interface’, this could be as simple as a telephone keyboard, but whichever form it takes, it is the way in which…
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A Bad User Interface Is Like A Scary Receptionist
Picture yourself visiting a business office for the first time and then imagine a really grumpy receptionist behind the reception desk. Stunned (and slightly afraid) by what you see, you…
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The Importance of Fixing User Experience (UX) Issues Before These Issues Cost You Customers
The word on the ‘digital street’ is that User experience (UX) is now the most important part of any website or app. One top group of pundits / experts, the…
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Things Not To Do When Designing a Website
Many people assume that website design is a piece of cake, but when you look a bit deeper it soon becomes apparent that if you want a website that is…
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A Definition of User Interface (UI) Design and User Experience (UX)
So What is User Interface (UI) Design? The goal for any user interface designer is to create interfaces (for software or machines – a good example being a website or…
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There is an old saying about first impressions and how important they are, but there is more to it when you dig deeper. For example, if you go back to…
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The Keys To Creating The Perfect User Experience
Logic v Emotions Most people can apply a degree of logic when it comes to using technology, be this a website, mobile phone or a fridge, but besides triggering the…
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The term “User Experience (UX)” is perhaps the latest top term to do the rounds on the Web, one reason being that as just about every business area is getting…
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The Perfect Approach to Creating the Very Best User Experience
Defining the Scope of the Project Before you can start to design the perfect interface you have to decide what you are trying to achieve and what approach you wish…
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The latest area to come under the spotlight is that of the User Interface (UI for short) Design. One reason for this is that Google is now giving ‘points’ to…
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Conversational User Interfaces and Rosetta Stones
As mentioned on an earlier post, one of the hot topics in web design today is that of improving the User Interface and thus the User Experience, both critical areas,…
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Creating the Perfect User Interface and Experience
The World is always changing, new vogues coming and going over the years, although possibly it all happens a lot faster on the web , this due in part to…
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One Thing Per Page can Increase Conversions
It is always a great idea for a website to have a ‘purpose’, in fact it is a perquisite for any site that can ever be truly said to be…
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It comes as no surprise to know that keeping your website up to date means you have to do a lot more than just moving a few words about on…
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Why Does My Business Need a Website?
Does My Business Need a Website? There are many small businesses up and down the UK that don’t have a website and assume that they don’t need one. Maybe you’re…
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SEO and Website Design
At Rouge we are proud to be amongst the small number of web design firms that understand that Search Engine Optimisation, whilst being vitally important for any business that wants…
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