Review my freebie site

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by DerkThunder, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hey guy's it's been a while since I had my site reviewed and I made a lot of changes. Please have a look and tell me what you think.

    Freebies
     
    DerkThunder, Nov 21, 2007 IP
  2. crazycatsville

    crazycatsville Peon

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    #2
    Looks fine. I don't know if there's anything more to add.
     
    crazycatsville, Nov 21, 2007 IP
  3. webmastersmallorca

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    #3
    Love the leaving part.great site. Bookmarked
     
    webmastersmallorca, Nov 21, 2007 IP
  4. monosodium

    monosodium Well-Known Member

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    #4
    you have obviously put a lot of effort into this site. i think it's amazing you managed to find all those freebies. so you have great content. but unfortunately your site design doesn't do the content justice. i know you say you just overhauled it, but i think you will want me to be honest and brutal so that you can take your site to the next level.

    1. the animated gifs suck. it's 2007, not 1997, so you need to do away with low-res animated gifs, and use flash. if you don't want to use flash, use a non-animated jpg or png image. the gifs resolution is just atrocious, looks awful.

    2. your logo looks as if it was made in 1 minute with Paint. you definitely need to improve it. also make it clickable, so that people can get back to home after clicking on "Pets" or whatever. your graphics generally are not pro looking. the "no dollar" symbol is ok as an idea, but the implemention is awful. and why is there a white to red gradient at the start of the content box?

    3. the javascript which rolls back the page from the top left corner is cute, but annoying because you tend to activate it unintentionally. then the leaving thing pops up and you have to hide that. can you change it so that it goes through the routine only if intentionally clicked? every time i go for the back button, or nudge my mouse, or switch tabs, the damn thing activates. i've had to deal with it about a dozen times and i've only spent 1 minute at your site. i would get rid of it altogether... but i know it means a lot to you. just try to make it less obtrusive and annoying.

    4. you want the site to be more dynamic. you want the latest freebies listed on the front page, by date. you want stats of "N freebies listed". you want to build a community also, integrate it with free social network from ning or wherever. you want people to interact and rate freebies.

    5. the freebies themselves, you could add descriptions, and show the URL where people are going, etc. you could do more with your content. maybe add automated screenshots using thumbshots or snap. that kind of thing.
     
    monosodium, Nov 22, 2007 IP
  5. jammu143

    jammu143 Banned

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    #5
    cool site for freebies nice work
     
    jammu143, Nov 22, 2007 IP
  6. anand.dongre_20

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    #6
    Well done
    I like the combination of color red & white
     
    anand.dongre_20, Dec 16, 2007 IP
  7. microbrain

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    #7
    nice site - Everywhere Red & Red!!
    site is unique & looking nice.
    loading time is ok - opening fine with IE & firefox.
    Best of Luck!
     
    microbrain, Dec 16, 2007 IP
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    Agree with whatever monosodium said, your site design needs a lot of work to be honest, so much bright red hurts my eyes. Though, the content is pretty good.
     
    dman_2007, Dec 16, 2007 IP
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    I could only handle the red for a short period of time. I like the concept and the content is pretty good. Good Luck
     
    whadyapuck, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  10. weblomoney

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    It looks good but too much red might not be good idea. I would use colour scheme with couple of more colours not just red n white. It is my opinion you or other dont have to agree with that.
     
    weblomoney, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  11. Johnnyboi91

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    It looks very well done, although the ad placement is all wrong in my honest opinion. You could maybe remove some from the top and ad them to the left hand side.
     
    Johnnyboi91, Dec 17, 2007 IP
  12. alex_d1

    alex_d1 Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Nice design and use of colours.
    The navigation is easy to use.
    You have tons of great content.
    One suggestion that I will write here is to make better use of your title tags. If you can beef them up a little, then your site should do even better in the search engines than it does today.

    Good luck with it.

    Alex
     
    alex_d1, Dec 17, 2007 IP