Please Review My Website

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Hey guys,

Please review my website- twobirdersandbinoculars.com

I just switched themes and was wondering if you guys have any criticism or ideas for the website as I am trying to make it the best it can be.

Thanks,

-Sam
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  • Profile picture of the author RK Corbes
    It's a decent design. It's a blog and it's not very important to have a great design, most important thing is having regular fresh content.

    Nice photos btw, did you took those photos yourself?
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  • Profile picture of the author viator
    I think it looks great!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rockt
    Looks nice! One thing for me was that it took me a while to find out what it was about (although I could guess at birdwatching)

    Maybe somewhere in the header or the page title you could say "Two Birders and Binoculars - Learn to be a Better Birder" or "Articles, tips and Advice on becoming a better Birder" or whatever sentence you'd use to pitch the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author sambrunson96
    Yea, that's a good idea Rockt, do you mean I should put it next to the logo? . And my cousin and I have taken all the photos renancorbes
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  • Profile picture of the author sambrunson96
    And also, how and where do you think I should place my ads (adsense)?
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    • Profile picture of the author Elamros
      Originally Posted by JGSimmerman View Post

      I agree. This is an exception to the rule, I think.

      One thing that I noticed: on the mouseover of "Gear Review & Tips" and "Art Gallery & Tutorials", it's hard to notice the difference between the black drop-down and the dark blue background. At first it looked like a glitch.
      I noticed those too. Try to change the colors for the drop down.

      Originally Posted by sambrunson96 View Post

      And also, how and where do you think I should place my ads (adsense)?
      I suggest you place your ads in your blog posts. Within the body, at the beginning or at the end of the post. Your ads should should blend seamlessly with your whole site. The ads should appear like they're part of your site and not look like ads. I see that you have banner ads already. Use text ads in the body. I heard that text ads have higher CPC.
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      • Profile picture of the author bookworm techie
        the site is really nice. Great theme
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      • Profile picture of the author sambrunson96
        Originally Posted by Elamros View Post

        I noticed those too. Try to change the colors for the drop down.



        I suggest you place your ads in your blog posts. Within the body, at the beginning or at the end of the post. Your ads should should blend seamlessly with your whole site. The ads should appear like they're part of your site and not look like ads. I see that you have banner ads already. Use text ads in the body. I heard that text ads have higher CPC.
        Do you know how to put the ads in blog posts? I Googled it but nothing relevant showed up...

        Also, with the Home page thing, I want when someone clicks home it redirect them to twobirdersandbinoculars.com but I can't get it do that...I gave it the "Home" attribute on wordpress and it still wouldn't work...
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  • Profile picture of the author zotown
    I really like it. nice theme. Well done
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  • Profile picture of the author kayebee
    I really like your website. I love the design and the colors used mesh well, very nice. I do have one suggestion. Maybe you can place social media buttons in a different location, perhaps in header. It seems oddly misplaced at the very bottom of the main page. The buttons and updates widget makes the page appear to have a huge spacing gap between the welcome and pictures columns. Other than that I don't see anything else you need to fix. I think you did a great job!
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  • Profile picture of the author TheFox
    Not bad, but the theme seems a little outdated and you seem to have a bit too much going on in your navigation. Maybe condense some of that into drop-down menus. Also, on first load, I couldn't tell what the heck that was in your logo. Took a minute for my eyes to adjust; the blue is barely visible so it looked like random white splotches. Very distracting.

    My biggest advice would be too try a cleaner, brighter theme. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author newking32
    i love the design :-)

    All the best mate
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  • Profile picture of the author rodtyler
    I never cared for sites with a black background, but yours looks really nice.
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    • Profile picture of the author JacobS
      Originally Posted by rodtyler View Post

      I never cared for sites with a black background, but yours looks really nice.
      I agree. This is an exception to the rule, I think.

      One thing that I noticed: on the mouseover of "Gear Review & Tips" and "Art Gallery & Tutorials", it's hard to notice the difference between the black drop-down and the dark blue background. At first it looked like a glitch.
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  • Profile picture of the author jonathancottlea
    I have visited your site. It is good design. But you should more well. Keep it up.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andycoper
    I have seen your site. It is good design.
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  • Profile picture of the author YongC
    Wow, very nice sit wat's this theme ?
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeye
    Good design. The only problem is it shows a blank page when clicking on "Home" in the menu, not the logo.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zazz
    I find the header a bit too dark, and the menu is a bit too crowded.
    Classic theme.
    Perhaps You should populate the Home page also.
    But I definitely Love the topic, though.
    Best of luck!
    bryan
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  • Profile picture of the author bolista
    nice site well done
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  • Profile picture of the author custompsds
    Very nice.

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    • Do something with the navigation. Looks very sloppy and just thrown in there. Also the dropdown backgrounds are the same color as the website background, I would highly recommend changing that up.

    • The features section under the header image - I would make those titles a but bigger.

    • Newsletter signup button. Change the color to make it pop.
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  • Profile picture of the author premise911
    Good design. I Like the bird in the logo and images of birds are good quality too.

    I say add more info and content in the footer and the bottom half of the site. It looks too empty. Use as much of the space as you can.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikedex
    Footer section is showing blank and there are gaps in header section.
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  • Profile picture of the author hotlinks
    There is a nice format

    But if you use the format that you need to upload photos smaller is better.
    Site to load faster
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  • Profile picture of the author rodtyler
    Okay, you wanted opinions, I'll give you mine. But keep in mind, that's all it is, an opinion.

    As I stated in an earlier post, I don't care for sites with a black background, but that's just a personal preference. the text in the header seems too squeezed together and I can even tell what the image is. I assume it's some sort of bird, but if I didn't know what the site was about, I wouldn't be able to tell. The good thing is that the theme of the site is obvious, birds.

    Someone else mentioned that the home link goes to an empty page. You need to fix that.

    Beyond these things, it's a really nice site, lots of quality information and nice pictures. But you need to slow down the feature image slider. You don't leave enough time to read what it says.

    Like I said, other than the home link, this is just an opinion.
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  • Profile picture of the author sambrunson96
    Alright, I changed the theme and logo and pretty much everything. What do you think of the site now?
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  • Profile picture of the author rodtyler
    Much better. Much easier to read. The only thing missing now is the image slider. I, for one, loved the different images. If the theme doesn't have one built in, try Royal Slider. I use it all the time and, no, I am not affiliated with it.

    One last thing. At this point, whatever the site may lack in appearance, which isn't much, it makes up for with information. I just may bookmark it myself. I love birdwatching and your site provides a lot of quality information. And that's really the bottom line.
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    • Profile picture of the author sambrunson96
      Originally Posted by rodtyler View Post

      Much better. Much easier to read. The only thing missing now is the image slider. I, for one, loved the different images. If the theme doesn't have one built in, try Royal Slider. I use it all the time and, no, I am not affiliated with it.

      One last thing. At this point, whatever the site may lack in appearance, which isn't much, it makes up for with information. I just may bookmark it myself. I love birdwatching and your site provides a lot of quality information. And that's really the bottom line.
      Instead of a slider would it be a good idea to put some sort of welcome or where to get started sign?

      Again, thank you everyone for the help and reviews, I appreciate every single one! Keep the new ideas coming!
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  • Profile picture of the author rohits
    great design of your website.but idea say that be grate content and proper way use English in your site. and always update content in your site.....
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  • Profile picture of the author muddywaters
    Hi,

    The theme is awesome. You might want to also leave a little space between your header logo and the tabs. All in all it's a good theme.

    Best of Luck
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  • Profile picture of the author soniamit
    sam design is good, but your logo is too Big, try to change its width.
    rest looks good.
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  • Profile picture of the author bd24x7
    Your site looks Great . You may add some ads after the post body . and can add subscribe option . Oh your site Page Rank 3 , Its Good .
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    • Profile picture of the author c4cycle
      hey nice site
      i did like the theme
      awesome man
      do visit my website too..

      cheers!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author redexclub
    hey sam, you got a nice and clean website.. I like it
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  • Profile picture of the author OmiTaylor
    Very nice. Put ads in sidebar and post headers.
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  • Profile picture of the author sambrunson96
    Also, does anyone know of any good call to action plugins for subscribing to a mailing list besides optin skin (not in my budget)?
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  • Profile picture of the author paradigm13
    I like it very nice!
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  • Profile picture of the author Leejeong
    You got an amazing site. It's all about birds and how to be a great birder. Well if you're worried about your designed theme, you shouldn't be. It's simple, neat and very alluring in eyes. What has been more important on the website aside from its look, is the quality of the content. No wonder you have readers on your website. Your ads must be placed on the side so it won't distract the viewers reading your article. You have a great shot of those birds. I'll post your site on zizbang to help you reach more people.
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  • Profile picture of the author markmatthews
    I like the site. It made me stop by and read some stuff... good content and the blending of the theme is great. Good job!
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  • Profile picture of the author kazim
    I don't know what happened , I can't open your site on my computer.
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  • Profile picture of the author abhishekcis
    Originally Posted by sambrunson96 View Post

    Hey guys,

    Please review my website- twobirdersandbinoculars.com

    I just switched themes and was wondering if you guys have any criticism or ideas for the website as I am trying to make it the best it can be.

    Thanks,

    -Sam
    great..how old your website is ? i can see your website is having PR 3..nice
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