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What constitutes great web design? – find out from the developers at Armour Interactive Galway.

Armour Interactive web design Galway, have recently been nominated for the creative web design on their new website by awwwards.com, “The awards for design, creativity and innovation on the Internet, which recognize and promote the best web designers in the world”. This is a significant achievement for the Galway web design company, so what are the most important elements that come together to produce an award winning website?
Graphic Design
Websites are predominantly visual, visitors take less than three seconds to decide whether to stay on your webpage or move away and they typically only read 28% of the content so grabbing a visitor’s attention with great graphic design is paramount. Andrew Dewdney is Creative Director at Armour Interactive, “Design and development go hand-in-hand, but for us it starts with the graphics and visual layout of the website. We start each web design project with a clear vision of what the website should look like at the end and we develop it around that. Many web design companies don’t have a graphic designer and all their websites look similar, if you want to build an award winning website it has to stand out from the crowd”.
Website Development
Developing an award winning website requires expert knowledge and world-class coding done by Armour Interactive’s team of web developers in Galway. Their new website incorporates extensive custom coding, including HTML5 and has also been developed for easy display on mobile devices and smart phones as more and more people browse the internet on their phones.
User Experience
Great websites need to be developed with the user in mind. How will visitors navigate through the website? What information are they looking for? Is it easy for them to find what they want? Can we show them using various media such as images and video as well as text? Armour Interactive web design Galway outline their creative process through an animation on the home page, which adds to the user experience and is the basis for the look and feel of the website. The web design is carefully laid out so that their services are clearly distinguished and easily navigatable by the end user.
Content
Great content is essential if you want an award winning web design. Content is what drives visitors to your website and keeps them there. Armour Interactive have included case studies in the areas of e-commerce, application development, mobile apps as well as web design to really showcase what they can do to visitors and potential customers. The team of web developers and web designers in Galway are also maintaining a blog with fresh and interesting content that allows visitors to the website to engage with them through comments and feedback.

Developing an award winning website requires a significant about of skill, innovation and creativity and the team at Armour Interactive are definitely on a winner here. The awwwards.com nomination is a significant endorsement for the Galway web design company, for more information check out www.armour.ie/about/awards
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Google conducted a survey of Irish SME’s in November 2010. They found that over 40% of them did not have a website. If that does not say ‘OPPORTUNITY’ then I don’t know what does. Having a great website can give you a very real competitive advantage. If you are researching a purchasing decision on a product or service, where do you begin? For most Irish people an internet search is their starting point. Here are some more interesting facts and figures about internet and ecommerce trends in Ireland.

2. According to the Central Statistics Office 43% of Irish adults surveyed by them had shopped online in the previous 12 months.

3. VISA Europe reported that Irish consumers spent € 2.96 Billion online in 2010.

4. More than 3 million Irish people use the internet every day (Comreg)

5. Irish people spend on average of 2 hours 44 minutes online every day.

6. There are now 1.63 million broadband connections in Ireland; this is increasing despite the recession.

7. There are 741,000 smart phone owners in Ireland, they use their phones to browse the internet ‘on the go’

8. According to an Irish Internet Association report there is considerable evidence that Irish consumers are using the internet to research traditional purchasing decisions.

9. Local search results on Google and mobile mean that if someone is searching for a product or service in your geographical area, you can compete with national and international brand websites to appear in the search results.

10. Modern website content management systems mean that you can easily update the content of your website yourself, communicating offers and information to your customers, without having to outlay additional costs to your website developer.

If you don’t have a website for your business, feel your current web design could do with a face- lift, or have a great idea for an ecommerce website, contact us at Armour Interactive and we will create a great new website that will set you apart from your competitors.
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