Setting a side for a moment that in our experience, many solicitors simply still do not understand the web, and the fact that it is one thing creating a website and another obtaining visitors, and that this requires optimisation, keyword research, content, links and other factors, good design is important for legal sites now, as with ant other field.

So, when we see some great design and real thought put into a clean, easy to read and user friendly legal website, we are more than happy to recommend readers take a look.

Darlingtons solicitors new website contains not only a wealth of good information, written in plain English, it is also very easy to navigate around and makes it easy to find not only useful legal content but also which lawyers can be contacted from the firm for additional assistance. The site is bright and clean in design also, which is important. Data suggests that legal websites are really not much different to many other types of website, in the age where we are all time poor and bombarded by information, snap judgments are made based not only on how easy it is to scan content for what you want but also on the design. Like it or not, those judgements tend to be made on quite superficial criteria and typically within the first 30 seconds of a visit. In fact, the average time spent on a legal website is 90 seconds, clearly demonstrating the point.

Perhaps take a look at the new Darlingtons site and let us know what you think ? If you have seen other legal websites with great design features or content, get in touch and e may well write a post about them also.