How to Create a User Friendly Blog Design?

User Friendly Blog

If your website is not suitable for a normal user, it will never rank in the Google. The more best user experience your website have, the most it will love by the Google. For this you need to make your blog website friendly. Means it is easy to read, mobile friendly, load faster on mobile devices and clear text style.

There are so many features which you need to make them perfect for a good website structure. Because if a user face any issue while using your website, they will leave it quickly which gives a signal to Google they considered it a wrong practice and never rank your website. User friendly design also help you getting AdSense approval easily.

Why User Friendly Design Is Important?

Before I tell you the importance you must know what is a user friendly blog design. It simply means that your website is simple to understand, a normal person can easily understand it what is it about. Users can easily navigate through different sections. Also it can run smoothly on all devices. Your website need to provide information quickly without confusion.

A good blog design helps you:

• Reduce bounce rate which help in ranking.
• Increase page views, with SEO optimization.
• Improve SEO rankings in the top of search results.
• User trust your website and visit it again when need.
• Get easy approval from Google AdSense.

Here below I mentioned some steps and points you need to apply on your website.

1. Choose a Clean and Simple Layout

If your website include only articles and blog post not other services. Make sure make a design simple because it works good for blogs. For this you need to choose a lightweight theme which is simple and suitable for blogs. Make a single column or two column layout. Don't include the elements which you don't need to extra. 

Make some space between the sections and add white color. So, it is easy to read and understand by the users. Because this will help readers focus on the content not on the other elements. And the more they engage with your content the more it is better for you.

2. Make Navigation Simple

Navigation is a place where users can see your other pages and it is very important for all the websites. It give a signal to users where they can visit next on your website. To make a better navigation follow these steps:

• Use a clear top menu like Home, Blog, Categories and contact.
• Add only 5 to 7 options, don't add too much.
• Use logical category names which is short and user click on it.
• Add internal links inside blog posts

When you perform these steps it improves the user satisfaction and helps search engines understand your site structure. Which helps in the ranking of your website.

3. Optimization for Mobile Devices

The most important part of blog design is, the mobile friendliness. Mostly blog audience are mobile users, they read from their mobile devices. And if your blog is not visible, slow or any other issue with mobile devices. It is a big problem for you. For this choose a responsive theme which work on every device. 

Make short buttons which is visible and small. Don't add large displays or pop ups. Test your website on different mobile device and reduce the image sizes. Always clear the cache of your website. And if you don't need for videos in blog don't include them.

4. Improve Website Speed

If a website is slow it will not loved by the user and also the Google. Also Google AdSense will not give you approval on a website which load slower. For this you need to do some changes like:

• Use optimized images which size is small.
• Choose fast hosting with a larger space.
• Enable caching which remove the stored caching burden.
• Don't use too much plugins, in your website.
• Minimize the scripts which you don't use.

If a blog is fast it keeps users engaged which help in reducing the bounce rate.

5. Headings and Content Structure

Content structure is very important for a user friendly blog design. It helps for user to read a blog easily. For this you need to do some changes like:

• Use H1 for the main title
• Use H2 and H3 for subheadings
• Keep paragraphs short around 2 to 4 lines.
• Use bullet points and numbered lists

Most readers don't read the full blog because it includes only paragraph which affect the user experience. So, make sure make it easy to read for user. Like you are reading this article which is simple and to the point.

Tips to Improve Blog Design:

Use simple fonts like Arial, Roboto, Open Sans, or Poppins for all your content. And choose only one font overall website. Add proper small size and spacing for text. Avoid fancy fonts that are hard to read on mobile devices. Add images related to your topics and reduce their size. Maintain consistency in one design because it helps in branding. Choose one color, font and button styles. 

After AdSense approval make sure to avoid too much ads in the content. It will harm the user experience. Do not place ads too close to buttons or links. To increase the trust add some pages like About us, contact us, privacy , terms and conditions. These pages build credibility and are important for AdSense approval.

Conclusion:

Focus on the blog design help in your website ranking. If one website have not too much good content but it load faster then your website which have good content. Google will rank their website. Because the complete the user intent and also provide a good experience to users.

Every time a user visit your website and then quickly left it for any reason. Google considered it a bad experience. And if more user do the same thing, your website ranking will dropped. So, focus on the steps which I guide you and it will make your website better.