What is user experience? How does it affect SEO? What do I need to know?
We have all the answers and explain why you need to focus on both SEO and UX if you want your website to be a success. We also provide a lot of actionable advice… so dive straight in!
With search engines getting smarter thanks to the increasing usage of machine learning, old SEO tactics are thankfully being rendered useless.
While before, a few keywords stuffed throughout the content was sufficient to get noticed by a search engine, it’s no longer the case. More relevant factors are now being taken into account to judge the quality of a website.
https://www.seo-plus.co.uk/user-experience-seo/
Well-designed digital systems and government websites are crucial for e-governance to succeed.
Governor of Hawaii David Ige had a Muffley moment earlier this month. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency had just pushed out a false ballistic missile alert on cellphones and airwaves. Ige was informed of the mistake within 2 minutes. But it would take 38 minutes for a public correction. The alert system, it turned out, had no cancellation option. How, Ige might have wondered like Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove’s hapless US President Merkin Muffley facing the prospect of nuclear armageddon, was it possible for the thing to be impossible to untrigger?
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/z3CG0VhULZg81JAvLr7ePI/Why-user-experience-matters-for-egovernance.html/
Companies like Nike have realized that they’re no longer just making and marketing products; they’re really in the business of crafting user experiences.
As Dan Maccarone, CEO and co-founder of product design firm Charming Robot, puts it, “The experience is the brand.”
In an omnichannel world, the user experience starts long before customers put their hands on the product or download the app. It encompasses everything from advertising and website design to social media, retail displays, packaging, the Muzak that’s playing as shoppers enter the store, the help they receive from a salesperson or a chatbot and the subject line on the emailed receipt.
https://www.adweek.com/digital/are-you-user-experienced/
Trust in a brand means that users are confident about the quality of your products or services, and reassured that if there is something wrong with it, you can be relied to make it right. If this is how customers view your brand, your conversions could be manifold.
For every digital business, the primary touchpoint for their consumers is the website or the application where brand interactions are created, and opinions are formed. For such businesses, user experience is a crucial part of a customer’s overall brand experience.
http://financialexpress.com/brandwagon/why-user-experience-ux-is-important-to-branding/1794275/
The term omnichannel has become a marketing axiom currently; however, mastering this strategy it is becoming a matter of concern for the marketing executives in the travel and hospitality industry.
It has become the trend for customers to reach out to several touchpoints for inspiration, price comparisons and customer reviews before finally choosing between different services.
The mission for travel brands, therefore is to satisfy the need for consistency of content available across all channels. At the same time, Netflix, Amazon and others have pushed forward the level expectations.
https://www.phocuswire.com/Travelers-brands-omnichannel-experience/
The experience your customers have when they visit your website and how easy it is for them to use is vital to the success of your online presence.
If your website is unprofessional or does not meet expectations from a design perspective then your audience may not trust your company, if it is slow and difficult to find what they want they may leave before getting in contact or completing their order.
This means, between a well-designed website that a customer finds easy to use and a poorly designed one can be the difference between success and failure online.
http://aspiringpanda.com/blog/why-the-customer-experience-of-your-website-is-vital/
Consumer habits are quickly shifting and more online activity is occurring on-the-go with mobile phones, netbooks, e-readers and tablets as opposed to desktops and laptops. Every device and operating system offers a unique user experience with specific functions, requirements and behaviours.
The Problem: Many business websites do not provide a smooth user experience on mobile devices. Users need to ‘pinch-and-zoom’ to properly view webpages, webpages are slow to load and site menus are difficult to access.
Not being accessible on mobile devices results in a loss of local website traffic, mobile leads, and potential profits.
https://greenlotus.ca/blog/responsive-website-design/
Most retail marketers would argue that the secret to effective sales is creating an outstanding customer experience. From investing in UX design and customer relationship management software to training customer service staff, frontline marketers know that every consumer touch point is critical to creating a compelling brand experience.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/why-product-data-is-key-to-superior-customer-experience/
Have you given much thought to your web performance? What about testing? Taking the time to regularly monitor and improve your website performance is the best way to create a user experience that’s positive and memorable. We all know the struggle and frustration of a website that doesn’t load quickly or properly, so why would you wish the same on your users?
https://techspective.net/2019/03/11/why-performance-is-the-best-way-to-improve-the-user-experience/
The eCommerce industry has experienced a tremendous amount of growth in the past decade. This growth – in combination with a (still) relatively low market share – represents a huge opportunity for more innovative eCommerce companies looking to overtake their traditional counterparts.
However, in order to latch on to the ‘growth train’, these same eCommerce companies (and therefore, eCommerce managers) are going to have to put their best foot forward. In other words, they’ll need to be sure that they are providing a first-rate online customer experience.
https://www.digitaldoughnut.com/articles/2018/june/why-online-feedback-is-vital-for-ecommerce-manager/
