Godaddy.com… Good design or Bad design?
Web-hosting has become a very big business in the online world. There are many companies out there that offer a variety of packages including hosting, web-design, custom domains, email, and traffic builders. With all these options available, it can become very overwhelming to introduce this new way of establishing your own online identity, whether it be for business or personal use. To someone who is just starting to familiarize themselves with the World Wide Web, a web-site that has a lot going on all at once may force some potential customers to look else where. One site that comes to mind is www.godaddy.com. An obvious thing about godaddy.com is the “official” web-site feel it has. The website is organized with buttons along the top that allow users to quickly access the selection they wish to gain more information about. At first glance, it seems as if your stay here is going to be an informative one, and it can be, if you know what you’re looking for. Graphically, it has great visual appeal, but I think it lacks organization. Granted, it is organized but too busy. If I was trying to start an online business, I would be able to navigate around the site easy after studying it carefully. It is no surprise that we live in a world that demands instant gratification, where most consumers want everything yesterday. All the information available on godaddy.com is useful; I don’t see the average consumer wanting to read everything that is contained within the site. They just want a web site. With that said, godaddy.com could make their website a little more appealing and user friendly to those of use who have no idea what to do first. To some, I would image that the style of this site would make the visitor feel rushed into getting the process over with. The colors on the website are very loud and give a feel of commotion, much like the one you get from shopping in a big box store such as the “Home Depot”, which utilizes the color orange to make customers speed along their shopping experience by the get in, get out method. This type of rushing I would imagine would cause a lot of customer service issue down the road. But maybe that is the goal. Get the numbers and then solve the issues later. Whatever the goal or intended audience maybe for godaddy.com, I think re-constructing the website to be less confusing with options, options, options, would benefit them long term. What do you think?
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