Comments on: Content is More Important than Design

By: Omer Greenwald

Omer Greenwald — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:09:40 +0000

Of course you’ve got a point here. There is one exception to the rule though: if a site design is worse than mediocre, than it can turn many visitors off and make them bounce quickly, no matter how great the content is.

By: Nevada Web Design Guys

Nevada Web Design Guys — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:41:51 +0000

It’s a little slice of heaven when a web designer and programmer are both happy with a completed website… and the content team is able to strike a balance between marketing speak and quality, SEO content. That’s when a killer website that gets results is born!

Great reminder on the true value and importance web content!

By: Clint Gazzara

Clint Gazzara — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:07:42 +0000

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By: matt nathanson music fan

matt nathanson music fan — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:31:10 +0000

I like your blog

By: Dragan

Dragan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:04:01 +0000

Content is KING!!!

By: Clayton Shumway

Clayton Shumway — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:30:20 +0000

I liked your take on why Facebook outgrew MySpace. Simple, clean design is always more pleasing than clutter. Some designers place too much emphasis on flashy graphics, but a clean design with accessible content is king.

By: Sandip Saini

Sandip Saini — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:18:46 +0000

You made some good points there. I searched this topic and found out that most people will agree with your blog. It’s good.

By: Web Designers with Blinders Syndrome

Web Designers with Blinders Syndrome — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:38:47 +0000

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By: Ryan v.

Ryan v. — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:08:06 +0000

Sure a good looking page goes awesome in a example portfolio etc, however your correct in stating that a design has absolutely no weight when it comes to ranking. Obviously things under the hood (h1,p’s,etc) all need to be correct but that’s all layout not design.

Good post keep em up

Ryan v – Dempsey Graphics

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:09:53 +0000

I am surprised this debate still rages on. Without content you have no visitors and no site relevance.

People search for information not flashy banners, give your visitors what they crave and you will be the winner.

I firmly believe by keeping your visitors happy you keep the search engines happy. And when you have that traffic you then decide how you want to monetize it.

By: The Agra Indian

The Agra Indian — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:39:35 +0000

This is the biggest mistake people often make while developing their website and when people out source the designing work they focus only on the looks of website. Sometime a good looking webpage becomes too heavy to load in the browser.

That not only affect the seo but also increase the bounce rate. No one want to see a website that is taking too much time to load, they just click on another link on search engine result page.

By: MySpace Design

MySpace Design — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:49:41 +0000

I certainly agree that content is far more important than design. Being a graphic designer, my work is pretty much useless unless there is actually consistent and updated content on my webpages.

By: drew

drew — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:17:02 +0000

lets sum in all up. http://twitter.com/zeldman/statuses/804159148

By: wilhb81

wilhb81 — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:08:25 +0000

I totally agreed, Kyle. Go figure, the site’s designation is brilliant, but the site’s contents are suck! I bet most of the readers won’t even bother to visit the site at all…

Therefore, remember that “web content is the main core” of one website/blog!

By: camelCase

camelCase — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:04:46 +0000

Aside from Seth and Todd, I worry for each participant here. Of course, not as much as I do for the author.
While your thesis (content over design) is valid, each argument is drastically flawed. From your ideas about “expired” content and search engines disregarding design, each is ill-informed.
I’d expect more research from a publication even of mediocre size like this, but I suppose anyone can set up Wordpress installation these days…