The web is constantly evolving through the regular appearance of new trends.
Websites must therefore adapt to these various developments, whether technical, visual or functional. Here's what you need to know about redesigning and creating a website.
DISCOVER THE AGENCYWhat is a site redesign?
Website redesign aims to restructure or modify the appearance of an existing site. This practice allows you to achieve new goals or keep your site up to date.
Several SEO redesigns are possible:
- the graphic redesign: change of design of the site, responsive design priorities and UI/UX (User Interface/User Experience);
- the functional redesign: structuring of the site and the content present, change of objectives, new tree structure.
Why take SEO into account from the beginning of the project?
To gain visibility, your site must adopt an effective SEO strategy from the beginning of your project through: the structure of your site, the content, the lexical field used, the netlinking strategy...
The site redesign is particularly favorable to an SEO restructuring. The existing history (domain name authority, URL and backlink capital) can be profitable. A redesign SEO strategy consists, in particular, in selecting the decisive internal and external links to start on a healthy basis.
As for site creation, it allows structuring from A to Z, writing SEO friendly content and access to controlled costs, including IT.
The main steps of a redesign or site creation
Updating your SEO through a site restructuring requires a strategic process. Below are the different steps of a website redesign or creation.
FAQS
Why redesign a website?
It is recommended to redesign a website in order to gain notoriety, interactivity with prospects and customers, generate more leads and sales... Site redesign can also make it possible to deploy a new line of business more effectively.
When to redesign a website?
Here are different situations conducive to the redesign of a website:
- The obsolescence of your site's design: aging web design, non-responsive site;
- Change of design, graphic charter or elements in the visual identity of the brand;
- Implementation of a natural referencing strategy (SEO);
- New digital strategy;
- Diversification of your company through a new activity;
- Your site is not secure with an SSL certificate and does not allow its installation;
- Your site is outdated from a technical point of view (loading too slow, bugs, lack of security, outdated features ...).
Do we often have to redesign a website?
The updating of a website must be implemented by regular redesigns. These aim to make it more efficient from a technical point of view, to meet the new needs of users and to achieve better positions in search engine results pages (SERP).