What Wrong with my New Website?

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Hello Warriors,

I was wandering if a few of you could give me your honest feedback on my new website. The link to the website may be found in my signature area.

Thanks!
#website #wrong
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      • Profile picture of the author UMS
        Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

        It may just be my computer, but the top nav menu/header look a bit "broken".
        Very broken. The last tab appears on the next line (in FF4)
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        • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
          Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

          It may just be my computer, but the top nav menu/header look a bit "broken".
          Originally Posted by TyErickson View Post

          It lacks clear direction and focus. It is not clear immediately when visiting the site who it is serving and with what service.

          Also you have a link that leads to a sales page AND you have some advertising down the side. You should pick one focus that you want your visitor to take.

          HTH,

          Ty
          Yes, what is said ^^^^^^ and the ads on the page are all solar stuff? Not even on topic.

          I think it's strange that the copyright is different on the home page than it is on lets say your privacy page, Your membership subscribe option should really be on the first page, you have double redundant links going on - IE that FAQ link is in the upper right corner and again right below it in the toolbar.

          Probably TMI,
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      • Profile picture of the author BigMarv
        Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

        It may just be my computer, but the top nav menu/header look a bit "broken".
        I think my signature was linking to the wrong page. The problem is corrected, if you would like another look.
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        • Profile picture of the author Christian Little
          Originally Posted by BigMarv View Post

          I think my signature was linking to the wrong page. The problem is corrected, if you would like another look.
          Oh god...go back to the first site.

          First things first - get rid of the AS SEEN ON TV image. That's trademarked, which means you are facing copyright infringement suits if you are not authorized to use that logo.

          Next - colors. I see green, blue, brown, white, black, yellow, and red. All are in large proportions. Pick 2-3 main colors and stick with them. The green/blue header does not sit well with the greyish background color.

          On the Download Course page, you have way too much yellow highlighting in the first box.

          As a usability item, the menu on the right just redirects to various paragraphs on the homepage. I'm not sure if that's a good idea. Usually sidebars and menus link to different pages.
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    It lacks clear direction and focus. It is not clear immediately when visiting the site who it is serving and with what service.

    Also you have a link that leads to a sales page AND you have some advertising down the side. You should pick one focus that you want your visitor to take.

    HTH,

    Ty
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  • Profile picture of the author SearchBlogger
    Hi Marv, As others have said the menu heading on the right is broken and the adverts shouldn't be on there. I would also replace the stock images and reduce the number of pop-ups. I have a blog post on my site about 7 things your homepage should have which may be of interest. Jamie
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    • Profile picture of the author madaffiliatemoney
      Site looks pretty good. Way to much pressure with all the exit pop-ups. Some people will see these, click exit/ok/cancel 10 times, and probably never return.

      Best of luck,
      Justin
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  • Pop up hell, but just my humble opinion. If it converts all the power to ya.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dital
    It needs serious organization.

    And when the first thing one reads when coming to the site is the word TAX, people will be more inclined to run rather than stay and make sense of what its all about.

    Just saying.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonas B
    It lacks layout, think about usabillity, give it a more structurised layout like 3 colums, or 2 colums. Also i suggest you give use the full width, but thats my opinion
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  • Profile picture of the author Christian Little
    Chrome does NOT like your site, see what happens to your menu:





    At first glance your site appears to be trying to look professional. Then you discover you are displaying adsense ads on the homepage, and you are just trying to push digital products onto your customer (the landing pages of which are ugly and don't look anything like your site, so it's obvious you are just trying to push sales).
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  • Profile picture of the author mkt
    What others have said, but the two thing that don't make sense to me.

    1. There is no call to action. I got on your site and had no idea why I was there or what I was supposed to do.
    2. You have adsense ads on your site, but it appears that you are trying to sell your own product. There may be some disagreement on this issue, but in my opinion, if you are trying to sell something on your site, then having places for people to click where you will earn a few pennies isn't that smart.
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  • Profile picture of the author bateati
    May be just me, but I am a bit confused as to what the site actually does and how you can help.

    I read some paragraphs and became bored so I clicked away.

    Explain everything quicker and more efficiently.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trieu
    Looks very nice actually. Perhaps you could put your text ads above the fold and it may convert better.
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  • Profile picture of the author noangel
    I like the colours and how they tie together.
    I like the simple background.

    I feel it is not sufficiently organised.
    It does not clearly say exactly what your visitor will benefit from.

    I'm not a fan of the ads, it makes me think you are a marketer, not a business owner.
    Hate, hate, hate the exit pop-ups.

    The site has good bones, a few tweaks and you should be fine.

    Angela
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  • Profile picture of the author luckyshah290
    Okay Site Really Cool ..

    I really Like the choice of the colour ..

    I like Green too ..

    really Simple and attractive.
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  • Profile picture of the author TyErickson
    All of that for the wrong page! LOL.

    You need to break up the text better on your new home page. It's too painful to read so most won't.
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    It's clean. You have big blocks of text on the home page. You should consider breaking some of the longer paragraphs into much smaller ones. People have a mental aversion to seeing large chunks of stuff to read.

    I clicked on the Download Course link and wow. You're selling a tax lien investment course. Okay, if that's the main purpose of the site you need a compelling sales letter on the home page. The entire site should be devoted to selling that course. As it stands now you've got little or no chance for a sale because you haven't given your readers a compelling reason to even click to the course page.

    If I were you I'd rethink the entire selling process. As for all the great info on the home page, break it into bite sized pieces and work it into a sales presentation designed to get the sale. That means an attention grabbing headline followed by a compelling presentation explaining the benefits of buying tax liens.

    Stop by Clickbank and look around at how those sites are set up. They exist for one purpose and that's to grab the sale immediately. Probably not what you wanted to hear but if you want go make money, it's what you need to do. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author StevenJones
    It looks quite good. Got one pointer though and that are the colors. If you want to add some psychology in the mix then you should go with different colors. The background could give a boring feeling to your visitors. Further more I would drop the whole greens which is a real pain in the eye.

    You see, colors have their own psychology. Blue for instance is a good color but I would go for a lighter spectrum of the color. 90% of the western's world population have nothing against blue and in matter of fact blue has a trust worthy feeling to it. To put it bluntly, blue is the color if you want to give your website a trustful feel or build a trusting relationship with your visitors or subscribers.

    Hope this gives you some value.
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  • Profile picture of the author TonyG23
    Love the color scheme looks clean. the banner could use some work to make it look more professional. Other than that it looks great! now start driving targeted traffic to it and you will be set!
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  • like some other guys i found the navigation bar broken. decoration of your site is good. colors are also good but not eye catching. contents did not look good to me. some paragraphs are boring too. i think heart of contents is avoided in many cases.
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  • I think it looks great, although I've never been a fan of blue and green together. As an informational site, it's awesome. As a sales page, you might be better off having someone else write your copy for you for the main page.
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  • Profile picture of the author bilzz
    Its nice for me ...LooK so simple and decent ,Good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author Dital
    The new site looks much better, however, the font u used looks very boring.

    The breaks between words are nearly impossible to see and that makes all that reading even more painful.
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