Whats more important web design or SEO?

[AF-Roger]

Give us your thoughts.

 

[T J Tutor]

That's a tough call, but it has to be web design because SEO is for only one traffic source. There so many other traffic sources that can be employed, but you can only implement one web design at a time.

 

[Cavalier0754]

Web Design as I always press the back button if the site looks rubbish after clicking on if from google

 

[K36]

I think it depends on the type of business.

For those doing direct response or providing a service I think web design hands down, but for blogs and companies with lots of content on their site SEO.

 

[ShaneW]

Web design is the best way to 'hook' in a visitor, if the design is bad then the visitor is not going to hang around, regardless of SERP results.

 

[pwarbi]

I'd also have to say that both are important for any site, and it's not really a case of which one to choose, as you really need to be doing both in today's competitive market.

You obviously need a eye catching website that's good to look at, easy to read and features quality content. That's just some basic parts of any good web design, but without SEO, the people who actually get to see and be impressed by all your hard work will be limited.

 

[hasan45936]

i think SEO is more important than web design.

 

[Paralabs]

In many ways, the design depends on your niche, but it should also pay attention to usability, which is important for SEO

 

[all3web]

SEO or Web Design ?
To choose the best between them?
It is your requirement , you need to great design as the primary requirement, if you are running online business which is more competitive then your need to have SEO. Or else you many not need SEO automatically people who are interested get to know your website by taking from your or external sources. If you want popularity in the internet then you need SEO mandatorily.

 

[thinkp]

SEO is more important because a web designer don't know about SEO but a SEO also know about contents ,requirements

 

[LiveChatAdam]

It's a very hard question and I think that both things are very important. You can't run a business when your seo is weak because probably it will be very hard to find new clients. And you need good design to get attention.

Cheers,
Adam

 

[webexposite]

Web Design and SEO both are important for website

 

[Krishna Murari Singh]

Both are vary very important for your business .................................

 

[henrylos]

Website design and SEO both are important for website. Website design will help to create brand awareness. SEO will help generate leads for your business.

 

[Samantha Todd]

Web design is more important because the principles of good web design affect SEO as well. Besides, SEO does not guarantee conversions, but good web design does.

 

[johnbrent]

Both are equally important if you have good and attractive design then more visitors are come on your site and SEO helps to bring visibility of your site in various search engines. SEO is good for attractive and responsive web design.

 

[kabirthapar]

It depends on the situation. If you want to get more visitors then SEO is more important than design. If the focus is only on the layout rather on traffic then designing is more important. Things depends on the situation. Design will give you better user experiance and navigation, on the other hand seo helps in driving traffic.

 

[horus]

Both are important.. I wouldnt rank them

 

[Richard Joel]

Both are important to each other with out SEO, promotion you can't get more organic traffic on your web site.

 

[VintageIT]

In my view Answer the question of what is more important - web design or SEO, both are essential elements when developing a new web site for your business and be prepared to invest a considerable amount of time to work with your web designers to create the best possible site for your business.