What is more important for a blog: Content or Design?
I just started a blog and wanted to know if adding features to the blog and/or enhance the design would be worthwhile monetarily.
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Mar 11, 2020
SEO is not an easy strategy to promote your business. It includes a variety of factors. These factors affect your website/online business. Two of them are content and design. Both factors have their own importance and are linked to each other. If you have very useful content, but design is not permitting your audience to go through the content, then there is no use for what you created. Similarly, if you have good design, but your content is not useful, then the user will not stay on your website and your business will lose followers. social media marketing orange county
Feb 27, 2020
When you are building a blog website, both attractive content and eye catching design are important. If I talk about the content, then it should be unique and relevant. For SEO purposes, do not use copy content in your blog.
Feb 27, 2020
Obviously content. Not only content, but you also need depth informative, SEO friendly, and well-written content.
Feb 27, 2020
The "CONTENT" without a good, rare unique content: Design is just nothing but for a raw attention only
Jan 3, 2020
No matter what type of blog you have, the content was and still is the most important for any blog or website. Yes, the design of a blog also does matter but without useful content, its value would not be the same as it would be with quality content. That's why content is widely called King.
Dec 31, 2019
Content is the most important thing. But the design also very important for a blog. You can monetize your blog by Google AdSense, sponsored links and posts, affiliate link publishing, etc.
Dec 30, 2019
Without the right keywords used throughout the article and the headings and all over your website - Your content will have trouble being found. When people do find your content it has to look appealing to click through to. So I would say that you have to nail both! BUT do not get stuck in the perfection procrastination circle, you need to take imperfect action and then you will get better with each blog post.
Oct 15, 2019
The first impression is the last impression. Visual and content both are important. The content has to be as good as the design. Nowadays, due to real advancement in technology, people are mostly using portable devices. They don’t waste time reading long articles with poor visuals. I always worked with an experienced digital agency for my satisfaction like https://lightwavedigital.co.uk.
Oct 2, 2018
The most important content is the information given to the user. Then it should be explained with visuals.
Sep 29, 2018
Design and content, both are most important for any kind of blog. Because no one will read your content again if your blog has low-quality content.
You can attract your blog readers' attention with the help of the beautiful design of your blog.
Make sure, your content will not be copied from other websites. Always try to be unique. The more you provide meaningful and useful content to your readers, the more they will take interest in your blog.
The design is the very first point that will draw your readers' mind to the blog content. If your blogging platform is WordPress, then there is one way to design your blog without extra effort: https://wordpress.org/plugins/blog-designer/
It is a step ahead WordPress plugin that allows you to modify blog and single page layouts and design.
Making your design more visible to your readers will inspire them to read your content easily.
I hope my answer will be helpful to you.
Aug 20, 2018
I think you’ve asked one of the internet’s great questions there! Content writers like myself will, of course, say it’s the words that really matter most, while designers may beg to differ.
But let me ask you a different question: “Why would you want your blog to look and sound less than great?”
If you’ve chosen to start a blog it’s presumably because you want to showcase yourself, your company or a product. Even if it’s only personal, you’ve still gone to a not inconsiderable effort to put your ideas out there and invite people to read them. Therefore, you should make it look as good as possible within the budget that you have - and make sure your content is the best it can be. Otherwise, why bother?
That said - and looking at the sub-heading to your question - from a commercial perspective it’s worth noting that design on its own doesn’t really sell anything. It just makes you look good. In a recent article for Webdesigner Depot (https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2018/06/4-ways-to-improve-your-sites-content/) I argue that “there are two key areas in which only content can really perform: driving traffic to the website, whether by garnering links or attracting bots; and making that final link with customers that persuades them to buy.”
Only great content - whether photos or words - will make you stand out and gather repeat views. Of course, you’ll want it to look good and you should make the effort, but I’m not convinced you need to spend any money: It’s perfectly possible to run a decent-looking blog on a free platform and make it stand out by the quality of your content. As others have said here, the user experience is now very important in Google ranking so, to an extent, you want to keep things simple and in particular, images relatively small to aid page load times.
My advice is: make your design good and your content great and spend any extra resources on promoting your blog. That’s the real hard work!
Aug 10, 2018
The design for sure can attract the attention of the readers. However, it is the content that engages them and can even lead to conversions ultimately. This is the only factor that leads to the readability of the blogs. The design of the blog can be optimized later, but the content should be taken care of first.
Aug 9, 2018
“Web design and content are like the yin and the yang, perfectly balancing one another. Or, if you prefer to think of it in terms of form vs. function, great website design is the form that creates the vital first impression. Content is the Function, the device that attracts search engines, intrigues your audience, and drives measurable results.”
-Good design attracts people to your website. Good content keeps them there.
-Your web design and written content work together to develop a cohesive branding message.
-Both design and content are key factors in obtaining a better position in search engine results.
So before this turns into a knockdown, drag-out struggle to steal the spotlight, be sure you understand that web design and content marketing are equally important to the development of a successful online presence. Instead of competing, your design and content must work together. A great website can’t have one without the other!
Aug 8, 2018
Both are important for the blog in their own ways, they go hand in hand.
'Content is the king' as said by many is true.' If the content is good the user is going to remember you and will surely visit again. Your content should connect with your audience.
On the other hand, a person hardly spends any time on a page with a design that is dull or boring, it is very necessary to make sure that the design is attractive to keep the audience hooked to the page.
Hope this was helpful.
Jul 24, 2018
Both are important for a website. Good content brings organic traffic from Google search and design increase user or visitor engagement to your website.
Jul 24, 2018
As per the latest trends, both are required because a design helps users to easily navigate and content engage with the audience.
Content is KING of any blog.