Review and Criticism much appreciated

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Hello,
My site The Satire Magazine - Where Everything Has Its Own Meaning! is months old but traffic has not been much (around 400 page views daily)

I would love to receive constructive criticism and feedback to know where I am going wrong and how I can improve the site's rankings.

Thanks a lot,
Soubhik
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  • Profile picture of the author Radium
    The header is not very convincing to me. A static, good looking header would give a sense of "credibility".

    Might consider a fixing or changing the theme. The slider you have does not work full screen and the background is not wide enough.

    And finally, might want to add some focus to the newsletter sign-up. That will give you a higher return rate.

    After all, you'll just need to find ways to drive traffic to the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author curly sue
    Soubhik you need to reduce the space in the red area, remove the grey bar. put the search and social book marks in the header. only leave just enough space for the slider.

    400views per day is not bad to start. just multiply what you have been doing x10.
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      Hi, yes am thinking of removing the carousel at the beginning altogether to increase space.
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    I don't like the header Social Media icons and the pop up that saying "Download".
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    • Profile picture of the author Soubhik
      I am definitely thinking of changing the header to a normal one. Any good way to increase visitors? Site is updated daily, so would want dedicated visitors. Radium - I thought the bakground of the slider was flexible, meaning it adjusted to the screen... At least that's what they say...
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  • Profile picture of the author dsouravs
    I dont like the top part design of the theme.
    Also the footer part looks ugly.

    Also the theme opens lot of pop ups...and I hate pop ups...

    TY
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  • Profile picture of the author lakersfan32
    If you want to increase visitors you need to increase the engagement of your visitors. Google is looking for this now. Increase your average time on site and reduce bounce rate. Ways to accomplish that will be to update the header so the spacing compliments the elements. Right now it looks like your slider image does not have enough height. Also I would recommend keeping your logo static as it is distracting. Testing and research will help you find out ways to increase engagement.
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    • Profile picture of the author Soubhik
      Hello. I changed the things mentioned. What do you think of it now?
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  • Profile picture of the author thatjc
    1. Your rotating red logo looks amateurish and jagged.
    2. I'm not interested in downloading "Video Performer" and do not trust that download. Your site should support video with standard players everyone already has. Just that popup is enough to cause many to leave your site. Check your bounce rate and time-on-page.
    3. An Amazon add for a product I've ordered in the past popped up in the left column. That's OK and I see it on other pages - but yours is too far right and is obscuring your text.
    4. Big waste of vertical space above the slider.
    5. Red is a poor choice for logo and backgrounds - it means "Stop" in many cultures.
    6. Popups over posts are annoying. People will share if they want to - without you prompting them with a popup. In fact, telling them to share just annoys them and who would want to share an annoying site? That popup is self-defeating.
    7. I read your "Visiting Jail" post and I like your writing and style.
    8. A/B split testing your site (free from Google) will help your try eliminating problems, seeing the effect of popups, etc. A website is never finished and should be constantly split tested and improved. Many small improvements over time make a huge difference. Some better popups might even help you - but no way to know without good split testing.
    9. Slider works fine here.
    Hope this helps...
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    • Profile picture of the author Soubhik
      Hi,
      Thanks a lot for the long and lengthy reply. I couldn't remove the space above without removing the slider. Anyway, made most of the changes, I will have to look at another advertising host provider - because the popup you are mentioning is happening because of that.

      The other ad that you mentioned is obscuring the text, I am taking a look at that. Shouldn't happen.
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  • Profile picture of the author Blakos
    1. The header kills the rest of the layout. I needs attention, badly.
    2. I hate pop ups, don't you?
    3. Although your slogan has the word "meaning" in it, I am struggling to find the meaning of the site.
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    • Profile picture of the author Soubhik
      Check out any of the news - every news is a satire. Every article like the one on bad sex, one on Words - all give a different meaning to things than we know it.
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