Good Web Design and Good Web Designers

For some it's the look, for some it's the usability, for some it's the results. Good web design is a lot of things to a lot of people. Any way you slice it good web design is what it is. Same goes for a good web designer. To be a good web designer you need to produce good web designs, but you also need to be accountable and accessible.
So what signifies good web design or good web designers? I think I will take a page out of Jeff Foxworthy's routine to try and explain. Let's start with good web design.
• If your site looks clean and professional,it might be good web design.
• If your site generates lots of sales, it might be good web design.
• If your site drives a lot of traffic, it might be good web design.
• If your site is easy to use, it might be good web design.
• If people fill out feedback forms just to tell you they like your website, it might be good web design.
• If other people in your industry ask you who does your website, it might be good web design.
• If your website evokes the general feel or emotion you intended it to, it might be good web design.
• If you find a lot of people link to your site without you asking them to, it might be good web design.
• If your site loads quickly, it might be good web design.
• If your website looks the same on every computer you view it on, it might be good web design.
• If you visit your website sometimes just to look at it and you find yourself spending a few minutes before you even click anything, it might be good web design.
• If you are happy with your website, it might be good web design. Now what about those designers? I'm sure you hear a lot of horror stories about the bunch, so let's see if we can define what makes a good web designer, again using the Jeff Foxworthy formula.
• If your designer produces good web designs, you might have a good web designer.
• If your designer returns emails and phone calls quickly and consistently, you might have a good web designer.
• If your designer is generally concerned about your business' success, you might have a good web designer.
• If your designer strives to understand your vision, you might have a good web designer.
• If your designer is willing to compromise, you might have a good web designer.
• If your designer regularly hits deliverable deadlines, you might have a good web designer.
• If your designer takes the time to explain why things are done instead of just doing things,
you might have a good web designer.
• If your designer is competent and friendly, you might have a good web designer.
So according to Jeff Foxworthy (well, not the real Jeff Foxworthy) there are quite a few attributes that make up a good web design and a good web designer. When choosing a web designer, or signing off on design comps, first ask yourself these questions and you too...
might have a good web design.