Mastering the UX Design for Arabic Interfaces
Last quarter, a Saudi company consulted me after using over 120,000 SAR on international SEO services with disappointing returns. After implementing a specialized Saudi-focused search optimization, they achieved first-page rankings for numerous competitive keywords within a single quarter.
* Position the most important content in the right upper section of the page
* Structure page sections to flow from right to left and top to bottom
* Apply more prominent visual emphasis on the right side of symmetrical compositions
* Ensure that indicating icons (such as arrows) orient in the right direction for RTL designs
Recently, a business owner complained that his platform strategy was consuming considerable sums of riyals with minimal results. After reviewing his tactics, I pinpointed several critical errors that are surprisingly common among Saudi businesses.
If you're building or improving a website for the Saudi market, I urge working with designers who genuinely comprehend the nuances of Arabic user experience rather than merely adapting Western interfaces.
* Shifting call-to-action buttons to the right area of forms and interfaces
* Restructuring information hierarchy to move from right to left
* Redesigning interactive elements to match the right-to-left scanning pattern
Using extensive testing for a fashion retailer, we discovered that communications received between 9-11 PM significantly exceeded those sent during standard daytime, achieving substantially greater open rates.
A few months ago, a store owner mentioned that their electronic messaging initiatives were producing poor results with visibility below 8%. After applying the approaches I'm about to share, their open rates jumped to 37% and purchases grew by over two hundred percent.