Infographic: Summary of Top Company Website Design

Effective website design should take into consideration such data-driven principles as search engine optimization (SEO), social media optimization (SMO), responsive Web design (RWD), and user experience optimization (UXO). But visual design is also important. The above Infographic by GO-Globe.com (enlarge it) is an analysis of how Fortune 500 companies generally design their websites. Something to think about for your own site.

·         93% of Fortune 500 companies place their logo in the top left corner.

·         27% of logos include a tagline or slogan.

·         63% of companies have content above the fold. Users scroll on the remaining 37% websites to find content.

·         87% of websites have a search field.

·         50% of websites features a scrolling content window of some kind.

·         47% of websites have clear call-to-action buttons on their homepages that take users 3 seconds or less to find.

·         Only 11% of Fortune 500 websites have social media links above the fold; 89% below the fold.

·         60% of companies feature latest news and blogposts on their homepages.

·         Contact information is hard to find on 63%.

·         More than 80% of companies do not have a newsletter signup feature on their homepages.

·         More than 70% of Fortune 500 companies use favicon icons.

·         Average loading time of a homepage is 6.5 seconds; average size of homepage is 766 Kb.

·         Average width of website is 877 pixels.

·         Only 3% of websites use Flash to display content throughout the entire homepage.

·         80% of websites primarily use a light background and color scheme.

·         93% of websites have centered-approach navigation.

·         63% of websites use high quality images on their homepages to connect with users.

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