Website review needed

Discussion in 'Websites' started by rchase14, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. #1
    Please review my website. Its about 2 months old now and I am doing my best to design it as recommended from the many wonderful members of this forum. Everything I've learned so far has come from DP.

    Recommendations for improving my site is welcomed.

    Thanks,

    Ray

    http://chaseconsulting.blogspot.com
     
    rchase14, Apr 14, 2008 IP
  2. Nilgesz

    Nilgesz Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Great blog, text size is a bit small. Buy a custom domain to make it better.
     
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  3. rchase14

    rchase14 Active Member

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    Thanks for the review.....you know, I did not even think about the size of the text until you mentioned it!
     
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  4. Proximity

    Proximity Banned

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    #4
    Good template, good site... looks good
     
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    mcfall2008 Peon

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    Looking good, I like the combination of the colors. Not sure if you meant to
    have the days and months in small caps. I beleive most of the time they are
    capitilized. That is your call. Very good content.
     
    mcfall2008, Apr 14, 2008 IP
  6. rchase14

    rchase14 Active Member

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    I guess that is how the template is....I thought that was weird too.....

    Maybe someone knows how I can change that....if so, PM me.

    Thanks
     
    rchase14, Apr 14, 2008 IP
  7. pablopabla

    pablopabla Active Member

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    The template is one of those default templates, right? Try to change it to something less common. For an IT consulting site, I would expect a custom domain rather than blogspot. Buy a domain. You can still host it on Blogspot if you don't want to spend money on hosting.
     
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    sydneyaus Active Member

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    Nice clean look, good colour scheme, good info, I like it!
     
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  9. Christina Bold

    Christina Bold Member

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    Pm me, I am intersted
     
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  10. afhosting

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    #10
    nice site you have there.
     
    afhosting, Apr 30, 2008 IP
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    dollarshower Active Member

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    Good stuff rchase...the overall design is good. I see, though, too many 160x600 adblocks or similar stuff, may be you want to reduce a bit there.

    Ajith
     
    dollarshower, May 1, 2008 IP
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    There's an orange field with some kind of categories on it which does not work. What is it for? When I click on them, nothing happened, so I got the feeling that this site is not ready or does not work properly.

    Good luck with your business!
     
    boomax, May 1, 2008 IP
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    I agree with pablopabla the template is a one of the default templates which
    has probably been used by many different people. It would be great if you
    had a unique template.
     
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    #14
    template looks simple and good
     
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    You should definately get your own domain, a unique template and your own unique logo if you are a serious computer consultant. You should also lose the ads or at least get rid of as many as possible. These things will make you look more respectable and professional.
     
    iboltmedia, Nov 11, 2008 IP
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    I agree with iboltmedia's post. If this is going to be a professional site to get actual computer consulting work, there are way too many ads, especially the big google one right in the middle of the first post. If you are going for ad revenue then it's great. I do like the overall layout though.
     
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    BANAGO Active Member

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    You have got a nice blog.

    I have got two suggestions:

    1. Use the same font size for the posts. It does not look neither nice, nor professional.
    2. It is OK to have Google ads on front page, but it is not good it be the first content your visitors see. You should remove the first ad block that you seen when you just visit the site (before the fold - if you are familiar to the term)

    And another thing - I would love it if you got some time to review my site at DP too. It is here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1101446

    Thanks and good luck!
     
    BANAGO, Nov 11, 2008 IP
  18. KIC

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    I like the look of it. Nice work.
     
    KIC, Nov 12, 2008 IP