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Bhavin Sheth
Bhavin Sheth

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I added 10 sections to my tools homepage… how many are actually needed?

While building my AllInOneTools website, I didn’t design the homepage randomly.

I added sections one by one based on what I thought users needed to trust and understand the site.

Right now, my homepage has:

  1. Hero section
  2. Trusted platforms section
  3. What is All-in-One Tools
  4. Tools categories
  5. How to use
  6. Most popular tools
  7. Case study
  8. FAQ
  9. CTA section
  10. Contact section

But here’s what I’ve started wondering after watching real users:

Do people actually go through all of this?

Or do they just scroll, find a tool, and start using it?

As builders, we often add sections thinking:
“this will help users understand better”

But maybe it adds more scrolling than clarity.

So I’m curious from both users and builders:

If you land on a tools website homepage…

  • Which of these sections do you actually notice?
  • Which ones do you completely ignore?
  • What makes you feel “okay, I can use this right now”?

I’d really love to hear honest opinions here — because I’m considering simplifying it.

What would you keep, and what would you remove?

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Bhavin Sheth

My own answer after thinking as both a user and a builder:

As a user, honestly — I don’t read sections.
I just want: open → find tool → use → close.

But as a builder, I realized something important:

Search engines don’t think like users.

They need to understand:

  • what this website is
  • who it’s for
  • how it works
  • why it’s trustworthy

That’s why sections like What is this, How to use, FAQ, Trusted platforms, etc. exist.

They are not really for users.
They are for search engines to understand the website, so users can find it in the first place.

So the homepage becomes a balance:

For users → simplicity
For search engines → clarity

That’s why I kept the minimum sections needed — not to add scrolling, but to help the site be discoverable and trustworthy.

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Aaron Rose • Edited

I like your site, Bhavin! cool! allinonetools.net/
❤🏆