Wrapping Up Your Website

The displays at the grocery store during Super Bowl time are beyond eye-catching. When you walk through a mall, the mannequins displayed in the front windows sport the newest of their inventory. Ever watch a cooking show and see the care that is taken by the chef as they plate a dish?

It is all about presentation. How it looks. The aesthetic value.

Ask Google and Facebook - these websites are always changing it up. With each update, the look of it changes as well. While Google has gone for a simple, cleaned-up interface, the look of Facebook seems to get more complicated as it goes on, and the complaints are loud and clear.

The Evolution of Design

To see the top 10 most popular websites of 2008 and their design upgrades, click here: http://www.wakeuplater.com/website-building/evolution-of-websites-10-popular-websites.aspx

You can see that the sleek, simple, and clean backgrounds on the majority of these sites is the way web design is progressing.

What does your attorney website look like?

Is it directly reflecting who you are and your practice? Is your style more of a family-run practice, but your site is uber-professional and on the verge of being cold and impersonal? Is your physical office located on the 30th floor in the middle of the city with business-professional dress, but your site looks like a hand-stitched quilt?

Your attorney website is an entire package, and it includes the content, video, live chat, links, and the look. Do not dismiss the design as unimportant. If a future client comes upon your site, and there is so much going on that it refuses to load for them, you have just lost a client. If your site is user-friendly and nice to look at, then a future client will keep clicking to dig further and further into your website.

Content will always be your main focus, but without the proper look your content will never be read. Think about your practice and what you represent, and present that with a fabulous-looking website that is pleasing to the eye.