From ef032818714ac3aec8f1ce6c35d63e577264dcb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jessie Thibodeau Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:38:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add Perfecting the Best UX Design Practices for Arabic Websites --- ...UX-Design-Practices-for-Arabic-Websites.md | 50 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Perfecting-the-Best-UX-Design-Practices-for-Arabic-Websites.md diff --git a/Perfecting-the-Best-UX-Design-Practices-for-Arabic-Websites.md b/Perfecting-the-Best-UX-Design-Practices-for-Arabic-Websites.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83e37aa --- /dev/null +++ b/Perfecting-the-Best-UX-Design-Practices-for-Arabic-Websites.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Using extensive testing for a store chain, we identified that posts released between night time significantly exceeded those published during standard optimal periods, achieving one hundred forty-three percent higher engagement. + +Recently, I was consulting with a large e-commerce platform that had poured over 200,000 SAR on a beautiful website that was converting poorly. 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