Note: when a website is doing the wrong job

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A short note on the point where a website stops supporting the business and starts creating work.

Note: when a website is doing the wrong job

If your team is busy answering the same basic questions that the website should answer, the site is doing the wrong job.

It may still look fine. It may still contain the right information somewhere. But if it is not reducing uncertainty for buyers, it is creating extra work for sales, delivery, and admin teams instead of helping them.

That usually points to a clarity or structure problem before it points to a visual one.

Good signs the site is doing the wrong job:

  • enquiry quality is weak because fit is unclear
  • your team keeps sending the same explanatory email after contact
  • buyers need help finding pages that should be obvious
  • internal teams avoid updating the site because it never stays consistent

A better page order or a clearer explanation often fixes more than a redesign refresh alone.

If that sounds familiar, start with do you need a website rebuild or a focused improvement? or review services.

Put this into practice

If this mirrors your situation, compare it with services, how projects run, or use the Start a project pack.

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