Critique my site please.

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:53 pm

Hi all, I would just like your expert opinions on my site. My site is http://www.bitnip.com

All comments will be most appreciated! Thanks a bunch!

Also, if anyone likes to write about similar topics, you'd be more than welcome to join in. Please don't be shy!

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:17 pm

Did you design it?

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:31 pm

Yeah, parts of it... it took a lot of trial and error considering I know jack about anything. I used Joomla and a template and modified it to my liking.

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:34 pm

looks good

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:40 pm

Looks very streamlined. Lots of ads though.

JC · Post by JC » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:41 pm

I'd rather not comment, or critique.

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:47 pm

JC wrote:I'd rather not comment, or critique.

Aww.. is it something not nice?

Does it really seem like a lot of ads? Perhaps I should remove some.

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:38 pm

Advertising is the scourge of the Internet, if not the world.

If you can't afford to run a personal website, free from advertisements, you shouldn't run one at all.

Advertising banner in the header, google advertisements just under your article selection slideshow, more advertisements in the navigation bar on the right... another banner at the bottom of the page. All this, just on the first load of your site. I've already lost interest in sticking around any longer.

Selecting an article, I still see google ads to the right of the article text, still in the header and in the navigation bar and again, still at the bottom.

=(

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:43 pm

Immortal wrote:Yeah, parts of it... it took a lot of trial and error considering I know jack about anything. I used Joomla and a template and modified it to my liking.

Not bad.

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:58 pm

thanks steve for the comments. I can afford to run it but this is the first time I try anything with ads in them.

I didn't think that the ads were that intrusive though. I guess I was wrong. I will try to mimimize them.

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:02 pm

Immortal wrote:thanks steve for the comments.

Don't mention it, I hope it made a difference.

Good luck with the site.

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:07 pm

Ads aside, how is the layout and subject matter?

I now have 2 ads per page. Top and side/rectangle. I hope that's not too much.

archolder · Post by **archolder** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:16 pm

not bad, looks alright.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:49 pm

so so, seen worst but hey dude I dont have a website and dont even know how to make one

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:32 pm

sorry to say Immy, but your site violates many of the intellectual property & patent laws of the UK & European Union......

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:45 pm

It does load slow from me. Yesterday as well.