Hello Can you review my directory site and come with some suggestions and critic? Have redesigned the site and I'm interested to hear if there is room for some improvements. Thank you in advance. Click here
Is there someone who want to come with a detailed and explained review and if possible some suggestions? Thank you very much.
Several things jump out at me. 1. Suggest you add a login and register window so people can log in immediately - saves them from having to make an extra click. 2. What is the purpose of the site? The very first article and "Featured" link is for penis enlargement, which appears to be totally unrelated to the rest of your links. Is there a special reason for including that link. Seems ironic that right after penis enlargement is a student link. 3. The site took a long time to load. 4. I like the red background, but the rest of the page is very busy - and all the same. Somehow, you need to differentiate the various boxes/sections of the page. 5. Your links all seem to be uk - is that your goal? Oops, I did see one about NY limousine. 6. I would like to see some explanation at the beginning/top telling the visitor what the site is meant to deliver. Right now, it's hard to tell. If this is targeted to one country, perhaps write something to indicate that. If it is meant to be international, (which may be a bit overwhelming!) then tell the visitor that as well. Right now, I don't know why I would visit your site, and once I get there - why would I stay? What's in it for me (WIIFM formula). If you don't make it clear to the visitor immediately, you've lost them and they won't come back. 7. Would suggest moving your articles to the top and putting your stats, etc., under the articles. If it's a directory, then I want to find out about things; to learn about them. I don't really care about your stats. Does this make sense? 8. I'd also suggest that you make more of an emphasis on your articles and get rid of one set of links. You have featured links in three places on the page - to what purpose? When people click on the links - you are allowing them to leave your site. The link opens in the same window (and is also very slow loading) - which means if the person is not interested in that link once they get there, they will close that window - and they're gone forever. It is vital to give people reasons to stay on your site - the longer they stay, the more they will buy. Right now, the minute someone arrives at your site, they are invited to leave it again. 9. What is the reason a visitor would have to register with your site? Why should they register or log in - when all your links take them away - immediately? So you've lost the customer and you never even got their information to build your list. Well, you asked - so there it is.. Hope it's not too overwhelming!
Thank you for all feedback! DartLady; I appreciate your suggestions and will make some changes. I had two adsense ad too, but have removed them. Banner in the header which is for my site with ebooks will I also remove. New header will come in, more articles, less links, new category listing icones etc. Slowness is because I am experiencing the server issues and will move to another server so soon as possible. And the statistics are very important for the visitors. When you are submitting your site you will know how popular directory is, how many links it have, how many visitors and from which continent etc. Featured slider is also important, because people are paying for featured listings, there fore they must have maximum exposure with listing highlighted. Thank you once again, I like to get healthy critic. sdverna & m1cky69; Thank you for the nice words. Nasrua, Thank you. This is a custom design with my favorite colors, red, gray and white. Not the "original directory colors", but I like it. The slider is unique, because I have not seen a slider like that on a another directory site. There are showing featured listings (penis enlargements too, DartLady. Not all man in this world are "big") and people are willing to pay for that. I am getting many featured on daily basis. The site is under construction and except some small changes in the coming week.
Hello, I have done some changes, so I hope it looks even better now. The new header will come and some minor changes will be done. The website is always improving.
Hi United32, Nice info site, I would put the p ad at least not the first ad that is viewed, girls or a older lady looking in directory for info might freak out. LOL>. The second column is shown at the bottom of column 1 & 3, 316,000+ views since August is pretty great to me.
Yes, I understand. He paid for that featured link and it moved up to a very highlighted place. I will work this out with the site owner. What you mean? It can be that DNS settings are rotating a little bit because I am moving to a new server and ip address is resolving. Some times in the first 24 hours after the site has been moved will it show column organized as I have on the temporary test database. Yes, it is. And thank you.