Changed my design... what now? Please help me decide

Hi, im fuser and as we are very close to another google pagerank update, i decided to modify and refresh my directory design. Im expecting a PR5 so i wanted to improve the design.

The url is www.sc4m.com

The stripped search box is from the old design and the menu below is new. Should i adapt the search box to the new design? As you can see, in the low right of the menu, a box is missing. Should i leave it like that or not? I thought of maybe puting a box with the prices of the links or maybe making it an advertising space... Last month i got 13k uniques so that could work right?...even more if i get a PR5 because the traffic would also increase..

Well, thats it

Thanks everybody for the help,

fuser

 

Just for your notes, Google takes a snapshot and determines PR a couple of weeks before it is sent out, so Google would have taken a snap shot of the old design.
If your not bothered about this, then I think your site is lovely how it is now.

 

I like it.

-Nice domain
-Good web 2.0
-Doesn't look like your very day directory (which is good)

However the site is taking longer than most sites take to load on my comp.

 

Thanks for the help!

fuser

 

wow, very neat, very original. I like it.

 

I might like to see the SC4M.com navigation bar go 100% across the top of the screen. There is a lot of dead space. For me it is to much white, but overall I like the look.

 

I'd personally change the font/color of the footer. It also seems to load slowly for me, overall however I really dig the look of the site.

 

I really like your design. I am a big fan of pretty buttons like you have for the menu. As for the missing box I would make that a "Submit site" button with a different color or shade to make it stand out from the actual categories.

Also I assume it was intentional to make the domain look like "SCAM" but I am not sure why.

 

Yepp, this is a good looking directory, fun that it does not follow the ordinary in-the-box-design!
Keep up the good work!

 

I like it overall although the design starts low down on the page so you're wasting valuable space.

Oh, and I submitted my URL!

 

okay, automatic problem, everything opens in a new window! annoying!

 

Yeah it's very much annoying and very much unprofessional because it is OPENING IN NEW WINDOW . maybe keep your link opening in the same window.

 

i like the pictures! i think that text links might be better for google... also i couldn't find any music type category to add my site to

 

Hi yes, i will change that new window thing... i didnt noticed it when i changed the design.

SONGSMADEFORYOUR: try here:

http://www.sc4m.com/categories.php?c=186

Thanks, fuser

 

I agree that there's a great web2.0 feel!
Maybe some kind of a:hover effect on the buttons would make it feel more interactive.
I'm sure you've done some testing with this, but I personally wouldn't put those "premium links" where you have them. If they're premium links, why aren't the in a more prominent position where you don't have to scroll to find them?

 

much better now that the links open in the same window.

 

Yes, ive changed it...

what do you think about the missing box? should i leave it like that or put a banner there?

THanks, fuser

 

hmm, the missing box seems to be an invitation for some advertisement.

 

Looks decent for a directory. Most directories just keep the default theme their script came with.