Hi, Just created a new design for my website http;www.passive adsenseincome.com Please give me comments on how to improve further. Some broken links but will repair them soon. Cheers!
Its lacking a eye catching design. The structure and content is fine, but if you want people to give your site the time of day then you'll need some nice graphics on there so it looks more professional! I can do this for you if you are interested.
Yes, I have to agree.. not very appealing at all. - Having a "cover letter" as the front page is amateur. People want to see content, not your manifesto. - The header banner looks very drab. The shadow behind the text looks very 1996. - The text and the header on the inner pages doesn't line up. - There are huge spaces between the paragraphs for no apparent reason. - You are doing something funny with the links on the right side. In firefox, it is hard to hit them with the mouse. Stop that. - The only way to get back to the home page is through a link AT THE BOTTOM. this is bad. all in all, pretty much a great example of how not to make a site. sorry.
Visually, ramijames covered most of the bases - though wasting space restating the site url in the header is just stupid - it's in everyones address bar you don't need to say it again. Likewise that 'something for everyone' text adds NOTHING to the page. Something to touch upon is the code, which is very 1998. You've got that MSONormal rubbish from a word copy, you appear to be using some CSS, so bit the bullet and get rid of all that presentational nonsense. No doctype so in future expansion IE's gonna bite you, you're throwing the align class around like it was going out of style (again this could be declared ONCE in the CSS instead of ten times in the markup) - and you've got flat wrapped columns with no dividers, so there's no reason to be using a table - much less THREE of them. You can tell the code is bad, there's only 2k of content and you've got a 7k html file. Given how simple your layout is there's no good reason for that to me more than 3.5 to 4k. From an accessability standpoint you have images being used as textual elements without text fallbacks - images off it's a train wreck so search engines aren't going to see jack - likewise all that presentational markup makes it hard to say how well it's going to gracefully degrade on less capable hardware. Given the topic, the site should at least be designed with minimalist semantic markup and make SOME attempt at SEO. You might also want to have a professional writer go over your copy - it be spreaking the engrish moist goodry. If I were to write that layout (I probably wouldn't) the HTML would go something like this: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en" ><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="screen.css" media="screen, projection" /> <title> Home - Google Adsense Income </title> </head><body> <div id="container"> <h1> Google Adsense Income <b></b> </h1> <div id="content"> <h2> Everyone deserves an opportunity to have a passive Google Adsense Income. Have you had yours? </h2> <img src="O-036-0261.jpg" width="140" height="90" alt="Guy in front of pillers"/> <img src="O-031-0406.jpg" width="140" height="90" alt="Man arms upraised in victory" /> <img src="O-029-0872.jpg" width="140" height="90" alt="Chart line going to the top" /> <p class="greeting">Hi Friend,</p> <p> Education is, by far, the greatest gift there is available. It changes the way one perceives the world altogether. This is the reason for the creatiosn of this website-to enlighten you on the various benefits of having a passive income. We believe the reason you have come to this website is because you are looking for a stream of passive Adsense income from the Internet. </p><p> Compiled on this site is a list of relevant and interesting articles that summarizes all you need to know about Google Adsense to get started. Aimed to maximize your Adsense income, it is perfect for beginners who have no prior knowledge of Google Adsense. Whether you are looking for a way to start an Internet business or other streams of passive income, we would still strongly advise you read through some of the articles before deciding whether Google Adsense is suitable for you. For those without any prior experience in Adsense, it is advised that you start from the section 'Getting Started' as they are specially written to guide you in the process of making a content web site of a particular standard. Till then, we sincerely hope that you will discover an avenue where you may fulfill your true potential, just like our creation of this website to provide a comprehensive course towards passive Google Adsense income. </p><p> We are appalled at the lack of a comprehensive guide and resources available on the Internet that specially deals with Google Adsense. If you do find this website useful, do us a favor by recommending this website to you friends. </p><p> Yours sincerely, </p><p> The Editorial Team </p> <!-- #content --></div> <div id="sideBar"> <ul id="mainMenu"> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="adsense/gettingstarted/whygoogleadsense.php">Getting Started</a></li> <li><a href="resources/list.php">Resources</a></li> <li><a href="#">Ebooks</a></li> <li><a href="contactus.php">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> <!-- #sideBar --></div> <div id="footer"> Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved. www.passiveadsenseincome.com <!-- #footer --></div> <!-- #container --></div> </body></html> Code (markup): Everything else in terms of appearance would go in the EXTERNAL screen.css file. Not even 3.2k, and I doubt the CSS for that would be more than 2k.