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Website not bringing customers? 7 causes and how to check yourself
A website rarely fails to bring in customers because "the design isn't pretty enough". Usually customers can't find it, find it but don't trust it, or want to get in touch but can't. Below are the 7 causes Weme sees most often when checking websites.
Written for businesses operating in Vietnam; laws and prices cited are Vietnamese.
7 common causes
- Google can't find it: pages are not indexed, or there is no dedicated page for the service you want to sell. We have seen a website with only 2 of 38 pages indexed by Google.
- The content talks about you, not the customer's problem: customers need to know what you solve, roughly what it costs and why they should trust you.
- No clear call to action: missing call, Zalo and form buttons where customers need them.
- Broken forms: customers submit but nobody receives it (see how to check your form).
- Slow on phones: images are too heavy, pages load slowly and customers leave.
- No proof of trust: no real projects, real clients or clear company details.
- No measurement: you don't know where customers come from or which pages generate leads, so you don't know what to fix.
Check it yourself in 15 minutes
- Search
site:yourdomain.comon Google: do the results cover all your main services? - Test the speed on mobile with PageSpeed Insights.
- Submit a test form and try the call and Zalo buttons from a phone.
- Open Google Analytics: are contact events (form submissions, call taps) tracked?
- Read the home page as a stranger: within 5 seconds, do you understand what you do, for whom and what the next step is?
Where to start fixing?
Fix in this order: measurement and forms (so you don't lose the leads you already have) → speed and messaging → a page for each service and SEO content. Doing SEO while the form is broken is pouring water into a leaking bucket.
Weme checks websites against groups of technical, SEO, conversion and measurement criteria, then proposes the order of fixes that fits. See the website upgrade service.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my website get visitors but nobody gets in touch?
Usually because there is no clear call to action, the form is broken, the content does not answer customers' questions (price, trust) or the page loads slowly on phones.
Should I do SEO or fix the website first?
Fix measurement, forms and speed first so you don't lose the leads you already have, then invest in SEO to bring in new ones.
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