My site in your opinion

Discussion in 'Websites' started by nino2007, Dec 16, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi! I want to know your opinions about my site
    www.toreduceweight.com
    What is wrong?
    what must be improved?
    what could be improved?
    and so on.
    Thank you for your time.
     
    nino2007, Dec 16, 2007 IP
  2. Lhlalyam

    Lhlalyam Well-Known Member

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    Hi Nino2007.

    I had a quick view of your site and these are my thoughts.

    Logo & Header
    I'd recommend that you capatalize the first letter of each word in your domain name. This will make it easier to read your logo. It would read as follows: ToReduceWeight.com

    Template
    I think if you find another template that is a little wider... you could fit more content with images that are relevant.

    Google Ad
    I think that if you changed the format of your google ad so that it is title only.... and not so wide... it would look better and your click rate may improve from this.

    Pyramid Image
    Not to sure what this is for. There is no explanation in regards to what it is about.

    Content
    I'd recommend that you have a friend, family or hire someone to edit your content. At present, I find it difficult to read due to improper use of words and such.

    Contact Page
    I'd recommend that you include a form for the contact page rather than just using your email address.

    Conclusion
    I think that your site could use more work... but it is a good start... and good idea!

    This review was done using FireFox 2.0.0.9 on Windows XP SP2.

    I do hope this was helpful.
    Respectfully,
    Lhlalyam
     
    Lhlalyam, Dec 16, 2007 IP
  3. crazycatsville

    crazycatsville Peon

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    I agree. You've got to have a good content - very informative and non-generic ones. Good luck! About the overall look, I give it 6 out of 10.
     
    crazycatsville, Dec 16, 2007 IP
  4. dustnx

    dustnx Active Member

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    Pretty bland layout in my opinion but how exciting can it be? lol. Anyways, I like the content and you've done a good job so far! Good luck!
     
    dustnx, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  5. CypherHackz

    CypherHackz Well-Known Member

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    #5
    here is my points:

    - unbold the text at the main section.
    - make the food pyramid as your logo (cool... :D)
    - make categories for the links at your sidebar
    - at more contents
    - lastly, i suggest you to install wordpress. it is really easy to update your website with it.

    -cypher.
     
    CypherHackz, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  6. shell101

    shell101 Peon

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    #6
    yep, somewhat bland
     
    shell101, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  7. experienceadvertising

    experienceadvertising Peon Affiliate Manager

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    #7
    They are right...add more content...pay a web designer to get you looking top-notch...there are some good ones on DP.
     
    experienceadvertising, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  8. nino2007

    nino2007 Peon

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    #8
    The content is added every week or two.Do you think my english is bad(the first post of Lhlalyam) because i am not a natural born english speaker and if it is bad i will try to improve it.Thank you for your time.Also I will try to get a good design.
     
    nino2007, Dec 19, 2007 IP
  9. webgrafix

    webgrafix Active Member

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    Nice Site!!!
     
    webgrafix, Dec 19, 2007 IP
  10. f1n

    f1n Active Member

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    #10
    Nice! I like it.
     
    f1n, Dec 19, 2007 IP
  11. WarzMX

    WarzMX Active Member

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    I wouldn't trust the people making two words statements about your website even if they are praising it by saying "nice nice" since all they care about is building their post count as fast as possible for the benefits that might come with that.

    Let's get this straight. The logo is bad. In fact, it's not a logo. It's text and I have to study it in order to see the meaning. To reduce weight. Ok, I got that, but I highly recommend you to make a logo instead, something which would look more neat and something that clearly makes it possible to see each and every word word.

    Secondly. The Google ad. I could say advertising is a nice thing, since it brings you money, but advertising isn't nice when it scares away people from your page even before they get to read any articles. So what you would like to do is either:
    - Change the size of the ad (to match the centered page)
    - Move the ad further down the page
    - Create a side bar (skyscraper) and put an Google advertisement in there instead.

    The image of food shouldn't be the first thing. I recommend you to make it smaller and put it after the introduction text.

    Then it's the left bar which reminds me of advertisement. It looks like it's a lot of random words to increase your traffic from search engines. You should remove that and create a REAL, WORKING menu instead. Some of the words cannot be clicked at, some of the words contain the very same link and all of them pretty much has the same message: Reduce weight.

    The contact page look messy, I'm talking about the text, it's several "spaces" between each word in the sentence "For advices ,suggestions please e-mail me." which makes it looks unprofessional and messy. Also the e-mail should not have a blue background like the word "Contact:" got. Almost all pages has their text in bold. Looks ugly, hard to read and totally unnecessary. Especially because of the small width, you should seriously consider increasing the site width.

    I can see that you use a free template, but you know what, get front page or another HTML tool and build it yourself. The chances are huge you will get a better result.

    This review doesn't concentrate about the information on your website, but your design and layout.

    Good luck and profitable future.
     
    WarzMX, Dec 20, 2007 IP
  12. clink

    clink Peon

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    #12
    Very well said WarzMX :)

    I agree with most of what you posted. Get a proper logo, and capitalize the first letters of each word.

    Make your to ad have a background that blends with the page background more, right now it's far too distracting.

    Give your menu a background that is different from your main content area, it needs to draw the eye more.

    Your left sidebar is very unorganised in my opinion, get some subheaders and group your links down here appropriately.

    I would put your welcome text above the health triangle image, but this is my personal taste.

    Good luck with it!
     
    clink, Dec 20, 2007 IP
  13. vpdesigns

    vpdesigns Peon

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    #13
    - What is wrong?
    i think its to slim and plane, feels liek something is missing from it!
    - what must be improved?
    The layout, just feels asif a child as created it.
    what could be improved?
    The layout again and lack on content, looks plane lik i said before try and make your own layout? or find another one abit wider.


    Good luck with your site
     
    vpdesigns, Dec 20, 2007 IP
  14. Great State Link Race

    Great State Link Race Peon

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    #14
    I like the subject matter but woul dlike to see more content... Ever heard of the Maker's Diet? It's has great information. Good luck
     
    Great State Link Race, Dec 20, 2007 IP
  15. wragge11

    wragge11 Guest

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    #15
    You need to get a header, and blend the Adsense ad's ;)
     
    wragge11, Dec 20, 2007 IP
  16. Proxy Lists

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    I agree with the post above me,,btw, Nice site :)
     
    Proxy Lists, Dec 20, 2007 IP
  17. mjl

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    #17
    I agree with him on that
     
    mjl, Dec 20, 2007 IP