Website Review and Suggestions

**wsdk** · 10-06-2006, 12:05 PM

Hello I have just finished my new directory HotelsMenu.com . I would be very happy to read any comments or suggestions about it in order to make it better. (Navigate through Europe to see it..)
Thanks in advance,

**adsenser** · 10-06-2006, 01:18 PM

Let me say your site is bulky.. first of all remove frame.. second make the page small and also the buttons..... third put some more content on atleast home page..

thats all

**cpsitesaver.com** · 10-06-2006, 01:38 PM

The navigation menus on the left are too big for the average surfer. I am on 1280 x 800 resolution and its already looking big here.

If you can do away with frames, that will be better.

**crush123** · 10-06-2006, 03:18 PM

i like the background image. but it is around 103kb
so takes some time to load on dialup
i dont know if you really need to use frames
but they dont help you with search engines.
further the horizontal scrollbar for the frame can be a inconvenience
better to think of a good design without frames.

**mdmcginn** · 10-06-2006, 04:03 PM

Great domain name, great concept (I think), but you must explain clearly and quickly what your concept is. Ask for a native English speaker to help you. I think you began to explain your concept in the second part of "Navigate through HotelsMenu.com" but I'm not sure. If so, you should put that information at the top of the page, or as the first paragraph (instead of the awards).

Do not use frames. They are hard for visitors to use. They even seem old-fashioned or unprofessional now. They hurt your search engine rankings and usability too, since only the main page has a title that can be bookmarked.

Your graphics software is not doing its job. The name of the site and the left menu (both in white) show aliasing, or jagged edges. You should redo the graphics. Your background GIF (with the palm trees)is more than 100 KB, more than three times as large as your entire home page should be. As a result, it loads much too slowly.

**wsdk** · 10-08-2006, 12:00 PM

Many thanks to all,
Specially mdmcginn and crush123 . Well now I am working in an new interface … you can search through Europe (hotelsmenu.com)… Tell me your opinions … Thanks a lot again …
And a small thought … if you are a programmer and you are doing web design don’t think like a programmer

))
Thanks ..

**script** · 10-08-2006, 04:04 PM

The design is not really impressive.... Also, no place for google ads, or anything that will earn $$$... How are you going to earn money with that?

**mdmcginn** · 10-09-2006, 03:14 AM

The menu graphics still have the aliasing problem. The text looks fuzzy around the edges.

Put some text on your results page saying (More) or (Click for more) or "Click on the name of the hotel to go to their website."

In general, you should put more text on your pages.

I like the concept. When I search for something, I want to see actual websites, not just a directory entry. So you're including only the hotels that have real websites. You could explain that more clearly. That's a unique selling point.

Directly isn't spelled derectly.

Put keywords in your titles, such as "Hotelmenu - Real hotel websites around the worth" and "Austria Hotels - Europe - Hotelmenu"

**LadynRed** · 10-10-2006, 06:27 PM

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Also, no place for google ads, or anything that will earn $$$... How are you going to earn money with that?

Geez, not EVERYBODY is obsessed with pay per clicks and ad revenue ! Geez, I could care less about it, I don't want google ad crap on my sites, there are other ways to get legitimate traffic.

I find the graphic header rather fuzzy looking. It is not a crisp, clean graphic, makes me think my glasses are dirty looking at it. The text on your menu buttons suffer from the same thing, they are not clean and clear at all.

It's tables (bleeeaaahhh) and deprecated html tags (like <font> and <center>).
You have errors in your code, so run it thru the validator. You have no DOCTYPE, add at LEAST HTML4.01.
Your header and your menu are all graphics. Anyone using any type of text browser will not see your links and will not see what your header says. You have no alt attributes on your graphics and that means anyone w/o grapics has no clue what's on the page. Do you think the blind or other visually impaired don't need a hotel ?

You're using non-standard fonts and the browser will substitute for something a user DOES have if they do not have the Garamond (for instance) that you specified. Garamond does not render well on screen, it looks awful, very bad for readability. Stick to standard fonts.

**bizops** · 10-11-2006, 02:41 AM

The font on your buttons in the top menu are hard to read. You could also create a link from your header graphic to the main page of the site so if someone wants to go to the main page, it would be easy to do.