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Your website is your company's home online, and it needs to be an accurate reflection of your brand, products, and professionalism. The right approach to web design helps you get there. Explore these free resources to learn more about web design.

Explore the Best Web Design Companies of 2025

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Explore the Best Web Design Companies of 2024 What does the title ‘best web design company’ entail? How does a company become known as the ‘best web design company?’ And what criteria are used to determine the title? Keep […]

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Website User Experience Analysis Services

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Website User Experience Analysis Services for SMBs Looking for ways to improve your bottom line? A great website user experience (UX) means happier visitors, more customers, and more revenue. WebFX can make that happen with a personalized, comprehensive UX analysis […]

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WordPress Web Design Services

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WordPress Web Design Services Whether you’re looking to build a new website, or you want to change up your current website content management system (CMS), WordPress is a great option. Use calculator Send me a quote We’ve generated over $2,416,945,839 […]

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HIPAA Compliant Web Design

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HIPAA Compliant Web Design The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) changed how the United States works with health information. For the most part, HIPAA concerns private medical information and keeping it secure. See Our Web Design Services

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Color Chart | ColorPicker.com

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Color Chart | ColorPicker.com

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Web Design Packages and Pricing

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Web Design Package Prices From WebFX After our many years designing professional and effective websites for a variety of companies across a range of industries, we’ve developed processes and strategies that make it easy on you. And most importantly, these […]

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Explore one of these categories to go more in-depth on a specific web design topic or keep reading for our beginner’s guide to web design, complete with additional web design resources.

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Learn the basics of web design

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What is web design?

The main focus of web design is improving your website’s aesthetic appearance and usability by creating various graphical elements. These elements include features such as infographics, ads, and logos and enhance the visual look and feel of a website. When web designers work on websites, they focus on how these elements come together to create a good user experience for site visitors.

Why is web design important?

The design of a site is the first thing any new user sees. Making a positive first impression should be a focus for any business. A clean, high-quality page will create a much better impression than a page that looks unappealing and outdated.

Another benefit of good web design is that it improves your search engine optimization or SEO. Google wants to rank sites that provide users with good experiences. Users also spend more time on well-designed websites, which sends positive signals to Google, leading to higher rankings.

Web design tips

When designing your website, there are quite a few factors to consider.

One of the main tips to remember is that your website is a part of your brand and should reflect that. Make sure that the design of your site reflects your brand since that’s how people will remember you.

You should also create a simple homepage with functional navigation. A core aspect of website design is user experience. If you overwhelm your users with too much information on the homepage and confusing navigation, they may get frustrated and opt to leave your site. Keeping your homepage simple and your navigation easy to use will keep users engaged and on your site longer.

One last key tip is ensuring that your site works well on devices of different sizes. You can achieve this with responsive design, which helps your website adapt to devices of all sizes to provide the same experience to everyone.

Web design tools

There are lots of tools that can help you design websites, create graphics, and evaluate your designs. Find some of our favorites at the links below.

Working with a web design agency

Professional web design helps you reach your business goals and ensure your users have the best experience possible. However, not everyone knows the ins and outs of creating a website that can meet their goals while keeping the site user-friendly. Top web design agencies like WebFX can help with this.

Web designers are experts in their craft and have a lot of resources available to them. You can rest assured that your website is in the best hands and will be properly optimized to increase a user’s time on page, your page speed, and more.

Professional web designers also have the time necessary to put into your website. If you’re trying to do it all on your own, you may feel rushed to finish the web design on top of other business deadlines. A professional design agency can craft your perfect website, giving you more time for other aspects of your business.

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How web design fits into your digital marketing strategy

Your website is the foundation of your online presence. Digital marketing helps you drive traffic to your website, increase your visibility online, and meet your business goals.

Check out these resources to learn about digital marketing strategies to pair with your web design and how these strategies and your website design impact one another.

Learn more about web design

If you’re looking for a web design partner for your business, look no further than WebFX. We’re a leading web design agency in the U.S. with more than 28 years of experience. We have a proven track record of increasing client revenue and can take your website to the next level.

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