I would like a review please of my new website counter and stats site http://www.counterthe.net the site is up and running for about 24hrs but needs a few loose ends sorted out but it running rock solid on a fair size dedicated server with a back up facilty in place to keep all the stats safe,it will take a few more days to get some of the small print added but we are working on it at the moment. Thanks very much and look forward to some constructive feedback.
Your site made an immediate positive impression with a sleek and professional look and feel. The counter and functionality look good too. Here are some thoughts of mine: 1. I would have a mild preference to slightly tone down the color, especially of the green. I'd reduce the saturation in particular: it's just a tad too bright. The blue might be okay as is, I'd first tweak the green, and then possibly tweak the blue. That is, if it's not too much work. 2. Your page seems under construction. Your FAQ page is empty, also the "Free Counter" link in the footer leads to an empty page. I'd fix these ASAP. Either remove the links, or put something on the pages. 3. Some of your hyperlinks are unintuitive. Under "About us", the link "imprint" is unintuitive. I was expecting "About us" to be a live link. I would rename "imprint" to "Company" or "Who we are" or something of the sort. Also, why "International"? 4. Wording choice, saying: "Right now we offer our API only to partners." sends the impression that you just haven't gotten your act together. You want to convey a different connotation. Instead say something like: "We make our API available to select partners and developers. Do you have an interesting project and would be interested in partnering with us?" etc. This language would make you seem more desirable / professional. You want to communicate that you're selective, not that you just haven't finished the public aspect of the API. Good luck!
@cazort thanks for the feedback,i totally agree with your findings about a few loose ends this we have been working on and getting the wording right,the initial parrot fashion text was added just get a feel of how it would look and not ment to be permanent. Your feedback has been most welcome and tells us that we are headinf in the right direction.
Glad to be of assistance! This looks very promising! If you have time, I just posted a thread in this forum about my tea rating website and no one has replied yet, I'd be grateful if you'd take a look at it and share your thoughts. I think my design is not quite as sleek as yours, but the site has been active a bit longer and has some participation.
The site looks quite good to me. Obviously, cazort seems to be more of an expert and I think he offers some great insights.
Well, I found your site allover good however there are some good things and some drawbacks, so I have mentioned it below. 1- You are using heading tags well with your main keyword, so its ok. Heading tags on your home page are as given below. [H1] Your own Counter [H1] Statistics and Charts [H1] Simple integration [H1] Why Counterthe.Net is a perfect fit for you [H4] Customizable as easy as pie 2- You have not declared the language of your website in meta tags. So please declare it. 3- You are not using xml sitemaps. Sitemaps helps search engines to find your inner pages. And you are also not using robot.txt. So use them properly. 4- You are not using google analytics. So please use this so that you can know the vsitors that from where they are comming and by which key word from search engines. 5- You have very few backlinks. 6- It is very good that you have listed your site in DMOZ and yahoo directory.