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Old 10-30-2007, 02:25 PM Have at it.....
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I'd appreciate some input about my site.

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Old 10-31-2007, 01:13 AM
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1. Your site appears to have no content of its own, but merely affiliate links to other sites? I guess that might work for a certain audience, but a big turnoff to me. Instead of just a directory, why not add related content like articles, blog, forum, or something similar?

2. The individual pages of the directory require too much scrolling for my tastes. There's only a half dozen links in each category anyway. I would make the image for each link smaller (maybe 100x100 max) and rearrange the links so you can see all the links above the fold in each category with no scrolling required. It will make your site look a little more bare, but face it your site IS bare because there's not much on it. So that should give you incentive to add more content =).

3. I'd take the page counter off of the homepage, and not have it visible anywhere on the site. Surely you have some kind of statistics package that you can look at as the admin (if not get one). With the counter at 1837 currently all it does is tell people that your site doesn't have much traffic. Which can only hurt you for people to know.

4. Not a big fan of the black background.

5. The category links on the navigation bar at the left are very 1990-ish. Come to think of it, the site really doesn't have much in the way of a design at all. Just a black background page with a header and archaic-looking links on the left. I would recommend either getting a professional to make a design for you, or using a free CSS web design template (there are many available on various sites of the web).
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Old 10-31-2007, 07:41 AM
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online store has to many competition. you need to do research why people buy thru online stores. what kind of stores they usually buy? i heard a lot of online store owners having trouble to get conversion. first it is hard to get traffic then when they got traffic they don't get conversion. so please do some research first. you don't want to waste your time with biz that is not profitable. i'm not discouraging you but let your aware at something you might not known yet.
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Old 10-31-2007, 03:15 PM Thanks so far.
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I appreciate the feedback I've gotten so far. I do question why a shopping site would want content? I don't go to the mall to read, other than making the site more search engine friendly, I'm not sure why I'd want articles? I really appreciate the design feedback.
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Old 10-31-2007, 04:04 PM
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People use the Internet to find information. You're not providing them with Information so much as you're providing them with locations.

Lets say you want to keep the site idea, because you live and breathe shopping malls. You're a shopaholic and proud of it. Provide your vistors with information, not location!

How to find great deals
What is black friday
Cheap Size 13 Shoes

Do your keyword research. Come up with articles that will really build a trusting relationship between you and your visitors, then recommend a good place to buy shoes (or a place where you buy your shoes at).

You have to remember that you're not the salesman. You're just trying to get a click on a link. The sale is the job of the merchant. Get them to trust you, and you'll get them to click your affiliate link.
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Old 11-02-2007, 04:59 PM
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Here is one quick thing that I noticed on your site. For your links on the left they are a bit slow to the hover of the mouse over them to load. Once it is cached its not a problem but the initial lag is kinda annoying. Its a minor issue but thats something I noticed.
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Old 11-22-2007, 02:05 AM
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Hmm, it's so dark - quite a contrast to most other sites
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Old 12-24-2007, 04:11 PM
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Please check my redesign, I tried to add some information people can use in order to help drives clicks and return users. I appreciate your input.
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