Comments on: Does Your Website Make Sense?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:03:05 +0000

Hi,
I love a blog but it is to plan. I see you advertise for Unique Blogs. Is this your theme you have right now? I love the look of your blog and theme.

Thanks for the great info

Scott

By: How to become rich fast

How to become rich fast — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:35:00 +0000

great advice.
Once at the seminar we analyzed a website where everything was absolutely wrong. Flashing useless header with no information, very confusing to understand what website offers, main information was below the fold. In other words – everything was the opposite of what you told.

SAMusic Fan – flash websites are good for art and creative niches, where people love spending time staring at something beautiful.
I’ve seen pretty cool flash sites, but it takes time to load, and not everyone is patient.
Flash websites give an impression that company has money (at least has enough money to spend on a great website!). Just try not to overdo it…

By: Julius

Julius — Sun, 02 May 2010 09:08:44 +0000

Headings and lists make it easy for people to find information, and more importantly, these things allow people who use assistive technology to access information easily as people without disabilities would do.

By: sydney wedding venues

sydney wedding venues — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:45:53 +0000

Adsense is a program that puts ads on your site. When visitors to your site click on the ads then you earn money. In order to get paid you have to earn a minimum of $100 during the month before you will get a payment either by regular check or by bank transfer.

By: SA Music Man

SA Music Man — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:45:57 +0000

I’m curious Yaro, what is your opinion on Flash on websites.. I know the SEO implications, but I was also thinking about an overly busy website, one that might distract the visitor from the content you need him to read?

By: Pagerank Checker

Pagerank Checker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:16:05 +0000

A fantastic read….very literate and informative. Many thanks….what theme is this you are using and also, where is your RSS button ?

By: how to write good

how to write good — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:31:16 +0000

recently, i found out the the ABOVE THE FOLD term originated from news papers. news paper publishers always put their MOST INTERESTING content on the part of the news paper which is ABOVE THE FOLD. very interesting! just sharing!:)

By: Funny

Funny — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:51:26 +0000

Yup but one fact is there 90 percent of the top sites use white space a lot without it the blog designs doesn’t look good and headings should be bold and works great when its eye catching.

By: Ivan J

Ivan J — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:19:50 +0000

When looking for info on the net people tend to be lazy and if pictures help you to be concise then use them. I personally like what Corby Simpson did on his website.

Creating a Flash video to provide all the info about its services. That’s what most people would like. It gives you what you’re looking for and entertain you at the same time. You see it right in front of your eyes and don’t need to click so many times…

Again, you need to know your target audience.

By: Yaro

Yaro — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:45:04 +0000

Hi Doming – that’s a tough question to answer, it’s like the old “how long is a piece of string” question.

Look for cashflow at first and watch your margins. Keep testing new things and eventually you will find the right mix.

By: Domins

Domins — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:22:01 +0000

Hi,

Run a small online business (bungalowlights.com)a small retailer of lighting fixtures. Since starting my sales have slowly going up, but it is not steady. How long before an online store like this one can start turning a profit?

Regards
Doming

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:28:45 +0000

Rules no 1 is the most important I guess. It helps to let readers understand your blog in a glance. And it helps to keep you focused in your writing.

Hopefully, as your website developes it will not all turn to advertising spaces.

By: Corby Simpson

Corby Simpson — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:17:26 +0000

I agree with all the statements with the exception to this one:

“pretty doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t sell – the words do. ”

Wrong! If that were the case then beer commercials would never have young attractive good looking people and the same goes for any beauty products, etc. They would just write words on the television and the same for magazine ads.

In a blog? sure. It’s the words that sell because a blog is intended to be a dump of text and information. People expect it when they see it. But moreso, rather than the pictures or the text, what sells is the idea and image that is created through a variety of different presentation methods.

Long running text on a traditional website (non-blog is very ineffective. Take a look at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html

Generally, people don’t read online. It’s time consuming and text on a monitor is not easy on the eyes. We scan text and if a picture is worth a thousand words…

It all depends on your target audience. For a blog it’s much different than a traditional corporate website much like it’s different for a punk rock band site. There are no hard and fast rules but statements such as that hold no merit without understanding your target audience.

By: Raoul Pop

Raoul Pop — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:54:49 +0000

Thank you for spelling it out! It's always about quality, not quantity. I try to achieve the same in my work all the time. Just because a page jumps out at you because it's loaded with graphics or it's got Flash movies doesn't mean it's good, or that it's properly indexed in the search engines, or that most visitors will like it and be able to use it efficiently. Each site needs to be built for a specific purpose, and finely honed for it as well, otherwise it ends up being a foggy mess.

By: Jestep

Jestep — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:07:00 +0000

These are some great basics that need reviewed every once in a while.

So many people get caught up in rich media, flash, Ajax, and other potential usability killers without ever analyzing whether they are the best choice for their specific situation. Do most businesses benefit for swirling, dynamic, rich flash headers and logos. Probably not.

By: Linking Up | Internet Wealth | Affiliate Marketing

Linking Up | Internet Wealth | Affiliate Marketing — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:39:49 +0000

[...] Internet Wealth Master has only been live for a couple of weeks now, and I think I should be asking Does My Website Make Sense? Thanks for the tips Yaro – Do you think I should make the text larger? [...]

By: Lyndon Antcliff

Lyndon Antcliff — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:36:42 +0000

Simple in statement.

Yet complex in execution.

Getting design right is a never ending job for me, probably because I am not a professional designer.

I think a lot of sites have small fonts because they are trying to match adsense and I always have to increase the font size to read the text.

my new blog at lyndonantcliff.com/marketing has thrown off the shackles of adsense and is aimed more at the affiliate market.

It’s quite refreashing.

Good post Yaro, the basics need repeating as we forget them whilst doing other less important stuff.

By: dim kon

dim kon — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:43:53 +0000

I guess it all depends if you deal with the right people. Unfortunately, web development business is still not structured or standardized. There is no branding as there is in different industries. In regards to it is even worse. Google and Yahoo should provide exact step by step guidelines to webmasters for search engine optimization.

By: GolfersWired

GolfersWired — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:20:38 +0000

There is something to be said about the KISS method. (Keep It Simple Stupid). It amazes me some of these one page sites that sell a information product of some sort. They always scroll on forever and it is full of useless information. Those are really great simple tips that I wish every site would follow.
-Craig