Please review my Indonesian Auto

Discussion in 'Websites' started by dropdrop, Feb 3, 2010.

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    I have auto community website for my country, but i want to make this web go intl., please review my web with your advance, thx

    This is my web site.
     
    dropdrop, Feb 3, 2010 IP
  2. pak guru

    pak guru Peon

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  3. ryan_uk

    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    Very slow to load, at least for me from the UK anyway. (Other websites are opening fine right now.) Perhaps a fluid template would be better? It feels very narrow and cramped on 1280x1024.

    I see a lot of adverts quickly and not content. Do you just want people to click the ads (or click the back button as I had the urge to) or actually browse other pages of the website?

    Your header image could do with improving. How about a cool car which somehow incorporates the site name and then the slogan below?
     
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    andre_bw07 Peon

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    terlalu to much contentnya bro... padahal di header udah bagus... sukses selalu bro
     
    andre_bw07, Feb 4, 2010 IP
  5. tonyran

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    Good site, good traffic and good PR, are you sure thats your site?

    Anyway, the problem with Indonesian site is that you can't put google adsense on it, and all Indonesian PPC are craps.

    I'd suggest you to make two versions of the news and use the english one as the default.

    As for the layout you are wasting almost half of it that would otherwise be used for ads
     
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  6. dropdrop

    dropdrop Active Member

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    Thank you for all review... :)

    pak guru is very true, I am currently making a new template with a size of 950px wide, whether it was wide enough?

    Yes, I do not understand why I was so heavy website to be accessed, whether I use <table> make every block in it?

    Actually I want visitors to browse my site, that ad is only as temporary, because I want to get serious with this website and I am in dire need of capital to it.

    Is not a problem if I put a certain brand of car image in my logo header?

    Makasih bro atas dukungannya :) btw posisi dimana nih bro ? salam kenal ;)

    Yes, of course mine, my IM users also use the same name with my website, thank you for checking my Pagerank and traffic.

    Yes, therefore I do not put adsense on my site, google always cancel my request for adsense ads, but that's not an important issue for me, but thank you for your input.

    Good idea, i will make two versions of the news ;)

    That ad is only as temporary, because I want to get serious with this website and I am in dire need of capital to it.


    BRgrds,

    Dropdrop
     
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  7. free.man

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    nice website,.... betul yang di katakan diatas,.. PPC indonesia semua Crap,..

    good luck then..
     
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  8. ryan_uk

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    use page speed alongside firebug to analyse what's causing the slow loading times:
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843
    http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/

    I would definitely look at getting rid of tables and using divs plus css. You'll find it a lot easier to manage as most of the layout will be controlled through just the css. This will also reduce the amount of html, some quicker loading times. But the above addons might help identify other bottle necks, too.

    Perhaps you should try a car that's within the price range of your target market? Not one too luxury but still attractive, if your website is going to be about buying/selling/trading cars?

    Perhaps you can find a free to reuse image on wikimedia?

    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Car

    If you know someone good with graphics/drawing then you could come up with a good looking, I'm sure. For example, the Os in the site name could be wheels.

    All the best, mate.
     
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    ARE$ Peon

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    I agree with pak guru, the template is not big enough
     
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    most say the narrow width looks a bit old fashion. font is too small for me too. For a UK audience the falshi banner adds don't go down very well
     
    Londondigital, Feb 5, 2010 IP