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Review my website and blog (Both really new)

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by Andrew10, Jul 28, 2012.

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    Hey guys, can you let me know what you think about my website and blog please? I need some tips on where/if im going wrong. It is my first ever website and blog creation so keep that in mind ;) my web address is www.practice-speaking-english.com and my blog address is www.britishexperiences.blogspot.com.

    Please let me know what you think about my design of both of them as well and if you like the design! :)

    Do you think it is very user friendly, it is aimed at people who want to improve their english speaking skills therefore english is a second language.

    Many Thanks for any tips you can give. :D
     
    Last edited: Jul 29, 2012
    Andrew10, Jul 28, 2012 IP
  2. w3bm@st3r

    w3bm@st3r Peon

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    nice looks, i like your site theme.
     
    w3bm@st3r, Jul 29, 2012 IP
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    Too simple ..why dont u use wordpress ?
     
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    Hey Andrew and welcome to the blogging world! :) Blogspot is a perfect platform for starting your first blog. It's very flexible and you can experiment quite a lot. I like the way you styled your blog and I also enjoyed the articles! Keep up the posting! :)
    As for practice-speaking-english.com, I think it's a good, simple, well-designed presentation website! Good luck with your new business!
     
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    eamiro Well-Known Member

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    I think you should redesign the website logo to make it more professional looking
     
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  6. Andrew10

    Andrew10 Greenhorn

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    Brilliant thanks, I tried to keep it as simple as possible so it is really user firendly and understandable. As im new to all this im not sure what wordpress is? but will look into that. Did you guys find it easy to navigate around the website? Ill keep up with the blog doro and thank you for such a positive review! As for the logo, I would consider making it look more professional although it does have slight centimental value to me (personal reasons) so would only really look at changing that as a last resort.So overall areas for improvement:Its too simpleLogoWhat do you recon about the navigation of the website? I can't stand websites that are confusing (messy) with so many links everywhere.


    Thanks for taking the time to look it over. Do you think I should stick with the simplicity of it or condence it more? Keeping in mind the TA
     
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    Andrew10, Jul 29, 2012 IP
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    This design is beautiful, I love the simplicity of your site. I think this is a nice website. Beautiful colour combination. Basically I really like your theme. Good work.
     
    jenyfarlopej, Jul 30, 2012 IP
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    Andrew10 Greenhorn

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    Brilliant I will stick with the simplicity then :) Also what do you guys think of the design and layout from a SEO point of view? Any more comments on how I can improve the website layout?
     
    Andrew10, Jul 30, 2012 IP
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    1) As for the 1st site, I wouldn't place the logo at the centre and would, actually, advise to make it larger
     
    tom.jeraldino, Jul 30, 2012 IP
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    2) As for the second one, I would remove an article from the blog title. As far as I'm concerned, experience is an uncountable noun
     
    tom.jeraldino, Jul 30, 2012 IP
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    ShrinkCSS Peon

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    The logo is prominent twice on the homepage, try making it only show once.

    Also, the background took a long time to load
     
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  12. Andrew10

    Andrew10 Greenhorn

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    Ok brilliant I have made some changes to the site, I have removed one logo from the top. This also helps the background load faster so is better this way. Thanks
     
    Andrew10, Jul 30, 2012 IP
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    your site 'www.britishexperiences.blogspot.com' is nice and simple. but i like http://www.practice-speaking-english.com/ more because:-
    1) nice color scheme
    2) theme is more suited to this site
    3)Concise and targeted.
     
    Hamid Farhan, Jul 31, 2012 IP
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    Agree on the prolonged loading time, this should be fixed
     
    tom.jeraldino, Jul 31, 2012 IP
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    Andrew10 Greenhorn

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    I have taken the logo off the top and i thought that improved loading time, not sure how else to make it faster? any ideas?
     
    Andrew10, Jul 31, 2012 IP