12/23/2025
If you’re planning a website refresh next year, read this first.
Refreshing a website is best done when you know what’s working and not working.
Before a refresh, analyze the data: analytics showing which pages got the most engagement, heat maps, session recordings, etc..
Based on that analysis, create a hypothesis for increasing conversions and traffic. Maybe you have to improve the messaging, or maybe a section you thought would vibe well with visitors is actually being ignored completely so you intend on moving it higher up the fold (or nixing it altogether.)
Data like this helps you to be conscientious about including elements that will help you and prevent you from making costly mistakes that would hinder your business.
Companies have ruined their lead generating channels by not looking at the data (especially common in the SEO space).
For example, a company I served migrated to a new domain and modified pages that previously were getting over 4,000 monthly visitors, and they did that without a redirect, losing 4,000 monthly visitors and more.
Hope this helps as you go into the new year!
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