{"id":818,"date":"2023-03-03T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testerdigital.ca\/?p=818"},"modified":"2023-03-08T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:54:38","slug":"three-website-features-you-should-ditch-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testerdigital.ca\/three-website-features-you-should-ditch-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Three website features you should ditch in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s 2023, not 2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The internet moves fast. And unfortunately, a lot of websites are stuck in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s mind-boggling to think that YouTube didn\u2019t exist until 2005, Netflix didn\u2019t expand its streaming service to Canada until 2010, and a majority of adults in the US didn\u2019t adopt online banking until 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because it moves so fast, with a trained eye you can look at almost any website and guess when it was developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, alternatively, if your website designer doesn\u2019t keep pace with the latest trends and best practices, you can figure out when they developed their skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here\u2019s a three terrible practices that got their start in 2010, and just won\u2019t go away for some reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embedded social media feeds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We know why this happens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You want your website to have \u2018fresh\u2019 updated content, but you\u2019re not sure if you have the time to post on your site regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you want people to follow you on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you figure, this solves both problems: There\u2019s always something new on your site, and people will see your Facebook feed, Tweets, or Instagram posts, and maybe they\u2019ll follow you there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No they wont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And your page won\u2019t look good with fresh content \u2013 it will look dated and have a poor user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody wants to scroll through your tweets on a website. Precisely zero people want to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrap the social media feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definitely include links to your social media, either in your main menu or your footer \u2013 people will navigate to your site to find your channels if they can\u2019t otherwise locate you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But nobody \u2013 literally nobody \u2013 wants to consume your social media on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sliders or carousels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We could write a whole blog post about why sliders are awful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, someone actually made a whole website about it: https:\/\/shouldiuseacarousel.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s the short version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n