The Impact Of Website Design On Online Customer Buying Satisfaction And Loyalty To E-tailers

The popularity of e-tailers has distorted the retail industry in India. Websites are becoming an important means through which customers get product information and purchase items for their needs. This research paper focuses on four dimensions, i.e. user interface, convenience, personalized recommendations, and perceived security of the website, to assess their impact on online customer satisfaction with and loyalty towards E-tailers. The study questionnaire used established measures. The data was collected from four large cities in India, namely Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. Analysis of the survey results suggests that perceived website security is the most important dimension for customer loyalty. E-tailers have to ensure adequate security provisions in their websites to build up consumer perceptions of trust and so repeat business loyalty.

Importance and Usability of University Websites

An organization's website is a gateway to its information, products, and services. As such, it should be a reflection of the needs of the clients that it serves. Unfortunately, website design and development is often driven by technology or organizational structure or business objectives, rather than user needs. Since higher educational institutions have started to use their websites as a means of recruiting students, an effective website design emerged as a critical factor in attracting students. The usability factor is an extremely important aspect in an individual website as it ensures the survival of each institution in digital environment. In addition to the importance of website usability, the COVID-19 virus significantly increased the importance of websites, especially university websites. Website users and designers accept usability as major criteria in developing websites. If any institution website has poor usability, it is difficult to use, and visitors may turn to other institutions' websites.

Impact of Online Recruitment on Organizational Attractiveness: An Experimental Study in the Context of Pakistan

The purpose of this study is to explore the aesthetical features of corporate recruitment websites, including the website design, style, and color, and to investigate their impact on organizational attractiveness and applicants' intention to apply. By doing so, the study also examines the effects of corporate websites on applicants' perception of the corporate culture and measures the mediating impact of perceptions of organizational culture on organizational attractiveness and applicants' intention to apply for the jobs in the context of Pakistan. The study is based on a laboratory experiment with three hundred undergraduate business students conducted at a university computer lab. Correlation, Independent T-test, One-way ANOVA, and Simple Linear Regression were applied to analyze variables using SPSS. The findings of this study support the hypothesis that website features have a significant positive impact on applicants' perceived organizational attractiveness. However, the website's design does not seem to impact applicants' intentions to apply for the job substantially. The regression analysis results also revealed that the perceived organizational culture partially mediates the relationship between website features and organizational attractiveness and fully mediates the relationship between website features and intentions to Apply.

Technology Integration in Higher Education: The use of Website Design Pedagogy to Promote Quality Teaching and Learning

The integration of technology within higher education, specifically teacher education, has become vital in preparing pre-service teacher for the 21st-century classroom. Literature shows that the integration of technology allows students to engage deeply with content and promote authentic learning. Over two years, pre-service teachers who nrolled for a language education module at a university in South Africa were tasked with designing their own websites using Google Sites – an online, free, collaborative, web-based application that forms part of Google’s G Suite. As part of the as part website design assignment, they had to include a blog, informative text and a YouTube video explaining a language-teaching-related topic. The study was conducted from an interpretivist paradigm and an embedded mixed-methods research design. The technological pedagogical content knowledge model served as the theoretical framework. Data collected from 214 pre-service teachers revealed that the use of website design pedagogy promoted the integration of different types of knowledge domains, authentic learning and proximal development. The pre-service teachers furthermore reported that the use of website design pedagogy better prepared them for the 21st-century classroom. Challenges that the students experienced included inadequate access to the internet and problems with recording and uploading videos. This study advocates for authentic learning and scaffolding and therefore recommends that higher education institutions integrate technology holistically by adhering to the principles of the technological pedagogical content knowledge model.

Implementation of E-Government through the Samsat Mobile Jawa Barat at the Regional Revenue Agency of West Java Province

The purpose of this study was to analyze the application of e-government through Samsat Mobile Jawa Barat at the Regional Revenue Agency of West Java Province. The theory used in this study uses e-government theory which includes (1) content development, (2) competency building, (3) connectivity, (4) cyber law, (5) citizen interface, and (6) capital. The research approach used is a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques by interview, observation and documentation. The data analysis technique is based on Creswell's thinking with a bottom-up hierarchical approach model. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of e-government through Samsat Mobile Jawa Barat in the Regional Revenue Agency of West Java Province has been running quite well. Although based on Idrajati's e-government theory, there are several criteria that need to be improved. Such as content development criteria that still do not provide an iOS-based Samsat Mobile Jawa Barat application, competency building criteria have not yet produced employees who are experts in managing the appearance of the Bapenda West Java website design and content. The connectivity criteria are good because they are in the West Java region. Cyber law criteria must be added specifically, because it only follows the rules of the central government, the citizen interface criteria still need to be developed because it only has two channels, namely the website and the android application. While the criteria for capital is sufficient, it only needs additional sources of capital apart from the APBD.

Website Layout Design of Kurnia Advertising as a Promotion Media in the City of Malang

Layout is the basic framework that must be built in a design work. In this Kurnia Advertising promotional website, the power of layout in displaying information is dominated by white which gives the impression of a clean and simple design. Other elements use dominant colors of yellow, black and orange which are intended to give a cheerful and elegant feel. Product photos and detailed product information are presented on the website to provide more complete information to users. The ease of accessing the website and complete information are the strengths of this website to attract consumers to be interested in buying services from Kurnia Advertising. Tests carried out by distributing google forms to measure the effectiveness of website design and content were carried out on 50 respondents. The test results show that the website is quite effective in providing information to users with a simple design. In addition, the development of a website that is used as a promotional medium aims to make it easier for users to get information through features and the addition of a complex but structured menu so that the information conveyed can be more optimal. Keywords: website, layout, promotion media, user interface