{"id":27400,"date":"2017-07-18T22:38:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T02:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=27400"},"modified":"2020-06-16T20:18:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T00:18:38","slug":"top-3-website-ux-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good user experience can make or break a website. The success of your site and the effectiveness of your online presence depends on the quality of experience presented by the site. Your best bet is to find a user experience agency<\/a> to manage the process for you – budget dependent of course.<\/p>\n

Similar to SEO and internet marketing, there are trends and changes to follow when it comes to user experience. Good UX is no longer just about usability. Here are the top three website UX trends you need to know.<\/p>\n

Website as Anchor<\/h3>\n

\"dont-kill-off-your-website-use-it-as-the-hub-for-your-social-media-presence\"<\/a>
\nDon’t Kill Off Your Website — Use It As The Hub For Your Social Media Presence<\/em><\/p>\n

A lot of professionals and businesses are putting more efforts into expanding their social media presence. Social media sites are essential tools to use in internet marketing, but that doesn\u2019t mean you should forget about maintaining a strong website. In fact, your primary site should always act as an anchor to all of your online activities.<\/p>\n

It is great to direct social media followers to your site, but that is only one-half of the equation. The site must also present easy access to social media pages for the user experience to be positive. Visitors that find your site through search engines and other sources can then find you on social media without hassle.<\/p>\n

You can even go a step further by displaying your latest or top social media posts. It is not uncommon for a company\u2019s or professional\u2019s website to display a line of Instagram photos just before the footer of the site. This is a good practice to try if you want to integrate your social media presence with your site better.<\/p>\n

Context Is Queen<\/h3>\n

\"why-content-reigns-supreme-in-ux-design\"<\/a>
\nWhy Content Reigns Supreme In UX Design<\/em><\/p>\n

Content will always be the king of a website. Visitors come to your site for the information it contains. The sooner visitors can find the information they need, the better. That said, content is not the only aspect to focus on when developing your site\u2019s user experience.<\/p>\n

Context is now just as important. Gone are the days of stuffing pages with keywords for SEO and internet marketing purposes. Readable content is far more valuable than an array of keywords.<\/p>\n

Studies compiled by the George Washington University<\/a> and its online masters in public relations department also revealed that context works just as well off the site. The backlinks that point to your site, for instance, are now valued based on relevance and context. Online SPR degree students are now learning more about maintaining a smooth and consistent context on and off the site, including in online public relations campaigns.<\/p>\n

User-First Approach<\/h3>\n

\"response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux\"<\/a>
\nThe UX Design Process: An Actionable Guide To Your First Job In UX<\/em><\/p>\n

As mentioned earlier, usability is no longer enough. A usable site with good navigation and sufficient features may work well for certain audience segments, but good user experience goes beyond that. Users no longer follow a certain flow to get the information they need. What\u2019s important is that they can get the information quickly and effectively.<\/p>\n

The focus of UX development<\/a> now shifts towards ensuring a smooth flow from the entry point (or the landing page) to the information that visitors are looking for. Whether it is the search functionality, the navigation menu, or highlighted contents on the site\u2019s sidebar, everything needs to work seamlessly for the benefit of visitors.<\/p>\n

These are only some of the many UX trends and new approaches you need to know to be successful in today\u2019s market. However, these three UX trends are perfect starting points if you want to develop good user experience and a successful website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good user experience can make<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[571,5885,6496,686,5887,5879,115,452,272,2153,1073,848,2149,677],"yoast_head":"\nTop 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-19T02:38:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-17T00:18:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"833\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/\",\"name\":\"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-19T02:38:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-17T00:18:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\"},\"description\":\"User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png\",\"width\":833,\"height\":435},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards\",\"description\":\"Design Inspiration & Business Resources for Creatives\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\",\"name\":\"Andy Sowards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Andy Sowards\"},\"description\":\"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know","description":"User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know","og_description":"User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good","og_url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/","og_site_name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan","article_published_time":"2017-07-19T02:38:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-17T00:18:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":833,"height":435,"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Andy Sowards","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@andysowards","twitter_site":"@andysowards","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Sowards","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/","name":"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png","datePublished":"2017-07-19T02:38:52+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-17T00:18:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415"},"description":"User experience is an important element to consider whether you are developing a product, an app, or a website. With web design, in particular, a good","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/response-time-icons-the-ux-design-process-an-actionable-guide-to-your-first-job-in-ux.png","width":833,"height":435},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/top-3-website-ux-trends\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top 3 Website UX Trends You Should Know"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/","name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards","description":"Design Inspiration & Business Resources for Creatives","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415","name":"Andy Sowards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","caption":"Andy Sowards"},"description":"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27400"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38006,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400\/revisions\/38006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}