Comments on: Designing For Credibility http://designadaptations.com/design/designing-for-credibility/ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:47:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Who Said That? Friday, June 29nd 2007 | Create Business Growth Offers... http://designadaptations.com/design/designing-for-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Who Said That? Friday, June 29nd 2007 | Create Business Growth Offers... Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:45:47 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/designing-for-credibility/#comment-327 [...] Adaptations has a great post about Designing for Credibility that offers solid reviews and opinions about the psychology behind different website designs and [...] [...] Adaptations has a great post about Designing for Credibility that offers solid reviews and opinions about the psychology behind different website designs and [...]

]]> By: J. Bradford http://designadaptations.com/design/designing-for-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-331 J. Bradford Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:54:30 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/designing-for-credibility/#comment-331 It's all about putting forth the smallest effort possible for the biggest payout. It's just like spam. They only need one sucker to buy their "product" to make it all worthwhile. It’s all about putting forth the smallest effort possible for the biggest payout. It’s just like spam. They only need one sucker to buy their “product” to make it all worthwhile.

]]> By: Paul Enderson http://designadaptations.com/design/designing-for-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Paul Enderson Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:38:14 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/designing-for-credibility/#comment-330 I don't think they do expect (or particularly want) to be taken seriously... It's all about money at the end of the day - and if they can talk somebody into thinking they can improve their skills, then that somebody will hand over their cash! I don’t think they do expect (or particularly want) to be taken seriously… It’s all about money at the end of the day – and if they can talk somebody into thinking they can improve their skills, then that somebody will hand over their cash!

]]> By: Charity http://designadaptations.com/design/designing-for-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Charity Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:34:45 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/designing-for-credibility/#comment-328 Perfect analogy J, and I agree not everyone needs a site in order to be credible. Paul - the ones who *think* they're designers are the worst. They're probably the very same people coming up with sales letter templates in the first place! :) It just baffles me how people try to portray themselves as knowledgeable sources, and yet put so little effort into their "storefront" as J said. How do they expect to be taken seriously? Perfect analogy J, and I agree not everyone needs a site in order to be credible.

Paul – the ones who *think* they’re designers are the worst. They’re probably the very same people coming up with sales letter templates in the first place! :) It just baffles me how people try to portray themselves as knowledgeable sources, and yet put so little effort into their “storefront” as J said. How do they expect to be taken seriously?

]]> By: Paul Enderson http://designadaptations.com/design/designing-for-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Paul Enderson Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:44:54 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/designing-for-credibility/#comment-332 Ah... But the thing you've missed is that these sites are aimed squarely at either people who *want* to be designers, or people who *think* they are designers - and not the designers themselves! ;) Ah… But the thing you’ve missed is that these sites are aimed squarely at either people who *want* to be designers, or people who *think* they are designers – and not the designers themselves! ;)

]]> By: J. Bradford http://designadaptations.com/design/designing-for-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-329 J. Bradford Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:03 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/designing-for-credibility/#comment-329 It's kind of like the snake oil merchants of the old west isn't it? Just as a store front makes a retailer more credible than a traveling merchant working out of the back of his carriage (or the back of his van, today), your visual representation on the web is what represents your company. Your website IS your storefront. If a company doesn't care enough to at least put a morsel of effort into their site, it's probably not being run well, and probably for a good reason. However, there's always a flipside. Does a plumber need an awesome website? No. In fact, they don't need a website at all. If a distant mountain cabin rental company has a crappy webpage, that isn't the mark of their credibility. You have to put limits to judging a company by their websites, though in a broad and more general sense, I believe it to be a very valid measure of a company's character. It’s kind of like the snake oil merchants of the old west isn’t it? Just as a store front makes a retailer more credible than a traveling merchant working out of the back of his carriage (or the back of his van, today), your visual representation on the web is what represents your company. Your website IS your storefront. If a company doesn’t care enough to at least put a morsel of effort into their site, it’s probably not being run well, and probably for a good reason.

However, there’s always a flipside. Does a plumber need an awesome website? No. In fact, they don’t need a website at all. If a distant mountain cabin rental company has a crappy webpage, that isn’t the mark of their credibility. You have to put limits to judging a company by their websites, though in a broad and more general sense, I believe it to be a very valid measure of a company’s character.

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