Redesign projects often begin with visual dissatisfaction, but the costly problems usually sit deeper: unclear positioning, duplicated pages, weak proof, slow templates, poor mobile forms and missing analytics.
Treat the redesign as a measured business change. Preserve what already earns traffic or trust, redesign the paths that underperform and define evidence of improvement before launch.
Key takeaways
- Top landing and conversion paths
- Organic pages and backlinks
- Mobile and form friction
- Content accuracy and ownership
01
Audit the current website before deleting anything
Combine analytics, search data, sales feedback, support questions, recordings, accessibility checks and content inventory. Identify pages that attract qualified traffic, assist conversion or hold valuable links so the new architecture protects them.
- Top landing and conversion paths
- Organic pages and backlinks
- Mobile and form friction
- Content accuracy and ownership
02
Fix the proposition and journey before styling
Clarify who the site is for, which problem each service solves, what proof reduces risk and which action fits each stage. Wireframes expose missing information more cheaply than polished design.
03
Protect SEO and measurement during migration
Map every valuable old URL to the best new destination, retain useful content, update internal links, metadata, canonicals and language alternates, and monitor indexing after launch. Test analytics and consent before traffic is switched.
- URL and redirect map
- Metadata and structured data
- Analytics event QA
- Post-launch crawl and monitoring
04
Launch a foundation for continuous improvement
Compare qualified conversion, task completion, speed and search visibility against the baseline. Use post-launch evidence to improve offers, proof and forms in controlled iterations instead of beginning another full redesign.
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