Creating First Impressions via Web Design

Hi Everyone,
Research has shown that human brain makes a judgement within 1/20th of a second when viewing a web page. So, that's how important your web design is. Well, this 1/20th of a second hold a lot of importance for web designers. An effective web design will include all the necessary factors to be able to create an impact on a website visitor within those milliseconds! Well, without this, visitors will move away, even before they find out how good your services and offerings are. If you do not include all the necessary factors, you are at a risk of losing credibility even before the visitor gets to know you. So, web design is crucial in creating first impressions.

Well, if a website visitor believes that your website "looks good", they will move on to take a look at the content and services that you provide. And since they liked your website in the first instance, they will critically look for content and information that will confirm their initial judgement. If web design is that important, let's take a look at what factors of a web design affect first impressions of a visitor.

Here are a few factors :

1. Colors

2. Graphics

3. Speed

4. Layout