Website Review and Suggestions

**Susanwang** · 06-27-2007, 04:38 AM

Hello everyone,

I have just offcially released my new site: http://www.vbuddy.com/ Hope to get feedback, ideas, comments from everyone here. Of course if you want to register that would be great.

Thanks!
Susan

**icyblue** · 07:17 AM

You've got PR5, that's cool! I would recommend you to put more explicitely the idea of the website for the layman like me.)))

**Nima** · 06-27-2007, 12:56 PM

Yea, i dont understand what the website is about either

**Riane** · 06-27-2007, 01:49 PM

Why do people always insist on slapping beta on their application, but yet still release it to the public (eg: linking the site all over the place?)

Anyway, it's not really clear what vbuddy would do for me.

Are you just flipping the plate and letting social networks connect with other websites, versus websites using a social network to connect with other websites.. or...?

It's just confusing and doesn't really explain, and doesn't make me interested in wanting to find out more either.

That huge arrow is also unnecessary and keeps taking my focus away from the little content you have. Obviously it's so people will look and possibly submit their e-mail to the newsletter, but it doesn't need to be that obtrusive, especially when it's not even a logo.

**miniplaya** · 06-27-2007, 04:11 PM

I agree with the others, it is unclear, I did not straight away see what it was about so I would not normally have read on.

You need to make it clearer from the start what its about.

I like the template though and if you make some small edits it will be a good site

**rllunzmann** · 06-27-2007, 04:21 PM

I like the dynamic menu's but vBuddy isn't totally explained what it can do for someone. I might rephrase or embelish more into that.

Otherwise, looks good!

**webomaniahars** · 06-27-2007, 05:38 PM

Wow... nice design. hope you'll cross the PR-6 in the ensuing updation. I have registered myself...

**Susanwang** · 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icyblue

You've got PR5, that's cool! I would recommend you to put more explicitely the idea of the website for the layman like me.)))

Hello icyblue, Nima, Riane, miniplaya, rllunzmann and webomaniahars,

Thank you all for the review, and here I explain something more:

In Vbuddy ,

Every web site has its own network.
Network members (employees, students, etc.) are authenticated, so there are no fakes.
Webmasters can promote their sites and make money through ads in their network.
Fans can join and participate too.
Social voting promotes great content, and buries crap.
Privacy controls let you control who can view your profile or communicate with you.

You can see the details here at: http://blog.vbuddy.com/ thanks for your interest.

**MattCoops** · 06-30-2007, 10:39 AM

Update us when the site is complete.
The site is not doing anything right now.
Asthetically it looks ok.

**moussa854** · 06-30-2007, 02:12 PM

The page cannot be displayed

**varoon** · 06-30-2007, 02:36 PM

I cant really understand the site.................

**tenub** · 06-30-2007, 04:03 PM

It looks very good but the problem probably lies in the coding because my browser crashes every time I try to hover over anything past the first "category". Might want to fix that...

**EGS** · 07-01-2007, 02:12 AM

I really like your site's design, and from an SEO perspective: great job on achieving a PR5.

Now, what exactly is your site about? I couldn't find that on the main page. You should...go more with asking the question on the main page of the site.

**webomaniahars** · 07-07-2007, 12:36 AM

Hi,

I have registered in your site. Awaiting for seeing the BETA...

**dadaas** · 07-07-2007, 04:22 AM

i dont understand this beta? is this site deeper than 1 page?
frontpage looks good but that is all i have seen, and i dont want to join mailing lists...
how the hell you got pr5 with just frontpage you must be good SEO guy, hehe

anyway i dont think if there is deeper pages that not linking to them is good.

**Susanwang** · 07-27-2007, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Justice

I really like your site's design, and from an SEO perspective: great job on achieving a PR5.

Now, what exactly is your site about? I couldn't find that on the main page. You should...go more with asking the question on the main page of the site.

Hello King Justice, thank you very much for the review.

Here is more about vBuddy, it is a new, free social networking site, similar to sites like Friendster.com (except here you have full control over
permissions). A versatile service, vBuddy offers lots of
features, including a personal journal, message board, community
calendar, personal photos, bookmarks, and much more.

**CSS4Life** · 07-27-2007, 06:21 AM

Aesthetically, the site is very good. I recommend that the dynamic link bar actually goes somewhere since many novice computer users will repeatedly click on the buttons and either think there is something wrong with their computer or it will put them off the site in general.

The colour scheme is very suiting, but when you have time, you should try looking for a better Wordpress theme for your blog - the 1.6 version is a bit plain. There are plenty on the Wordpress themes site:

http://themes.wordpress.net/

Or you can search Google for some - whether free or paid themes.

By the way, congratulations on getting to PageRank 5 - wow!

**HighVoltage123** · 07-27-2007, 09:03 AM

it looks great but isn't its purpose to create an e-mail database which you can easily spam (or send a mass e-mail) which will actually provide a serious amount of backlinks to your site

**Susanwang** · 07-29-2007, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whym

Aesthetically, the site is very good. I recommend that the dynamic link bar actually goes somewhere since many novice computer users will repeatedly click on the buttons and either think there is something wrong with their computer or it will put them off the site in general.

Hello whym,

I have never thought of the problem of the dynamic link bar, thank you so much for the review and the suggestion.

**bezo.ean** · 07-30-2007, 12:12 PM

i like the green~