What do you think about my unique website ? Critque

13 years ago

It looks good. It needs cross browser testing (goes to hell in a hand basket on IE8) and test various screen sizes. The top black bar seems to be fixed rather than expanding regardless of the screen size.

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RKeele

13 years ago

Good looking site. My only suggestion would be the background color of white on the site. I would change it to a very light grey to get everything to blend better with all the content on your site.

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by RKeele

Good looking site. My only suggestion would be the background color of white on the site. I would change it to a very light grey to get everything to blend better with all the content on your site.

I was thinking about trying light gray indeed... thanks for the suggestion

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Art of Marketing

Hey Nicholas,

My first impression was not bad at all..I stayed on the site out of curiosity and that is good.

I got a pop up to FB Likes but I would rather you came up with a way to collect an email address so you can promote Amazon or CPA offers later in music niche.

You have thousands of people on social media that is great start.

Maybe you can begin adding even more content pages with stories on different artists or concerts as well to pump up your adsense displays.

I think the site has great potential...congrats.

-Art

Much thanks for the comments...

maybe i should have turned off the pop-up for now since i would be getting reviews. I use fb because at the moment i think its easier to work with, dont have time for email campaigns and all that at the moment, however i do understand that getting emails may be the better route.

Regards.

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AlexandraMarch

Banned 13 years ago

It looks great, although a bit crowded for my taste...but otherwise interesting and easy to use.
I must confess I was also impressed with your large number of facebook fans, I expected it to be a new site, recently created, so I didn't count on thousands of fans already!

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AlexandraMarch

It looks great, although a bit crowded for my taste...but otherwise interesting and easy to use.
I must confess I was also impressed with your large number of facebook fans, I expected it to be a new site, recently created, so I didn't count on thousands of fans already!

The facebook twitter and youtube pages were started before the actual website thus i have that much fans, also these ares are where i get most traffic from. No the website is not new. its actually 1yr old.

Thanks for taking a look and giving your response ...

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nicholasb

13 years ago

I like it, I'm listening to Mavado on your site as I type.

Whats your overall monetization strategy though? It's pretty much just an entertainment site, so get your traffic up and charge a premium for advertisements.

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by nicholasb

I like it, I'm listening to Mavado on your site as I type.

Whats your overall monetization strategy though? It's pretty much just an entertainment site, so get your traffic up and charge a premium for advertisements.

Thank You.

I sell Banner Spots, plus use adsense which is my main income at the moment.

However i am trying out "chitika" and "infolinks" to see if i can get some form of backup earnings because with google adsense one never know. Your account can be taken away at any point with all earnings.

I must add that its hard to find good alternative(s) to adsense for my website..

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kstep

13 years ago

Nicolas,

I will get it straight man. It looks very bad.

I don't know what experience and taste in web design industry do the others have here, but with such design you won't go very far away.

Guys were developing such websites in early 2000s.

Why don't you pick already developed template which will blow away this website with its look and functionality. It will save you money and countless hours of time.

Templates cost $30-$55 and are easy to setup / maintain. And you will look like a real pro.

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by kstep

Nicolas,

I will get it straight man. It looks very bad.

I don't know what experience and taste in web design industry do the others have here, but with such design you won't go very far away.

Guys were developing such websites in early 2000s.

Why don't you pick already developed template which will blow away this website with its look and functionality. It will save you money and countless hours of time.

Templates cost $30-$55 and are easy to setup / maintain. And you will look like a real pro.

Are you sure that u went to the right website ??

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Patrick 13 years ago

Originally Posted by kstep

Templates cost $30-$55 and are easy to setup / maintain. And you will look like a real pro.

Buying a template and putting it up will definitely not make him look like a pro, coz that same template is purchased by many other people out there. So I don't get in what way his design would be "unique".
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momtraders

13 years ago

LOL @ kstep.

The site is done really well. Did you do it yourself? I run a large community site too, and it is a different bread of site. I bet you are already doing fairly well with it. Just remember, a community site is EVERYDAY marketing and new content, or else the readers get bored and move on.

Good luck! I wish we were in the same niche, I would link to you.

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kstep

13 years ago

@momtraders

There should exist benchmarks that mark the line between what's a good design and bad.

I work in web consulting industry for 4 years and believe me I have fairly high standards.

I clearly see that none of you guys don't follow the latest trends of web design industry at all.

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momtraders

13 years ago

kstep, I have been doing web design for 12 years. As a matter of fact, I just finished a design for a national brand. This young man has found a niche that works, and he is capitalizing on it. His design is perfect for the market he is marketing too.

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momtraders

13 years ago

Nicholas,

Some more thoughts, I think the posts page is done beautifully. It kind of reminds me of how YouTube keeps you on the site with the relevant content. Nicely done.... My only complaint is your menu. I know you have style and want to show it, but the menu would be better off with a regular hover. When the words go white with outlines it reminds me of amateur design.

Also, how long did it take you to create this site from concept to completion?

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by momtraders

Nicholas,

Some more thoughts, I think the posts page is done beautifully. It kind of reminds me of how YouTube keeps you on the site with the relevant content. Nicely done.... My only complaint is your menu. I know you have style and want to show it, but the menu would be better off with a regular hover. When the words go white with outlines it reminds me of amateur design.

Also, how long did it take you to create this site from concept to completion?

I got someone to code it initially however its all my design , then i start to make changes on my own adding tweaks as time goes buy. its an yr old and i still make frequent changes to design and features base on response from visitors.

This young man has found a niche that works, and he is capitalizing on it. His design is perfect for the market he is marketing too

YOU COULD HAVE NOT SAID IT BETTER

THANK YOU!!

Yes i do agree with the menu font/look, i did it, don't like it...
Just ran out of ideas with regards to the menu bar i think...

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it. Can i take a look at your website?

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Edge360

13 years ago

Nice site, good niche for sure. Try lower the amount of http requests though, that will help speed your site up. Another thing I noticed was the facebook popup - many people will get drawn away from the site because of that. If they want to like your page, they will. Don't try force them.

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nicolas simpson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Edge360

Nice site, good niche for sure. Try lower the amount of http requests though, that will help speed your site up. Another thing I noticed was the facebook popup - many people will get drawn away from the site because of that. If they want to like your page, they will. Don't try force them.

Ok, Going to remove the facebook popup soon. just trying to get more likes fast

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jay walters

13 years ago

The site looks good and I was really curious on the other tabs and videos. Made me stayed for awhile to listen... Good job.

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