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Business Websites will be hit by Recession

Recession is here. The web is still here.

Job losses tales abound. Management looks for savings, so it seems natural for traditional targets to go: marketing and anything web related.

Management never seem to look at their own websites, so why should anyone else? Stick a contact button on the site – at least they can call us.  

People are using websites though: they skim, they scan, they want to complete a task. It’s not asking for a lot, but still web content screws up.

Ego gets in the way of good useful content, but still people seem to struggle through and do their tasks. 

We should applaud them.

Writing for them would be better: usable text (“Buy Tickets”), words that lets people move through a task.

People go to the web with a task in mind. Search gives them a list of sites that might help them.

But Search is the first step. Websites must complete the task.

Website Managers should focus on: 

  • Attracting people to their website 
  • Making it easy for them to do their tasks

Management should care because:

  • Google gives a list of your competitors
  • All of them are one click away

Being first on the Google results just isn’t enough. Websites that help people accomplish their tasks easily succeed. Those that don’t, don’t.

Websites often have business goals: business goals accomplished help companies make money. Analytics data helps companies see what business goals their website is achieving

Search gets people to your website. Data tells you what they do on it.

This deeply effects how you develop and manage web content on your website.

Websites are your shop window to the world. Leaving a vase filled with dead flowers there will not inspire confidence.

Content management and content development will soon be ignored by many. This is the worst time to consider doing so.