Please see following two layouts: http://techbrij.com http://techbrij.com/category/dev Which design is better as home page and why?
I'm no SEO expert, but having more information on the first page is probably good right? As far as my thoughts on actual usability go, though: At first, I thought I liked the first one. The reason was because it seemed cleaner and not as cluttered. But after viewing both of them for a little longer, I started to prefer the functionality of the second one. So, at first glance - First If I was a frequent user of the site - Second I think if you cleaned up the second layout a little, it would easily be the best. If the article feed all looked the same (for example, article post had a single image and all of the images were the same dimensions) then it would be much nicer. How it is now, though, with some articles not having a picture (e.g. "Show ModalPopUp to Edit Asp.net...") and some having a smaller picture than others ("What’s New in ASP.NET MVC 4"). Also, if there were a little more 'space' between the columns and rows it might help some. Without much of the grey background to break it up, it looks like a giant wall of text which is aesthetically unappealing to me. On the first page, 'sponsors' is spelled incorrectly. And is it really necessary to have a box dedicated to traffic information? Looks tacky.