Request to review my design

smub · 01-02-2007, 07:03 AM

Hi guys

i would like an opinion of my directory

www.ewebdirectory.net

please let me know what you think. It is a unique design.

Thanks

Mike · 01-02-2007, 07:50 AM

I like the load times, it comes up EXTREMELY fast, at least on my machine.

Aha! Someone is bouncing of the Apple functionality of the toolbar. Neat idea, i like it. I'd mouse over with a bit of magnification though, rather than just having them sit there staticly. Having seen this before, on a user level, i'd almost expect to see it on your site as well.
Interesting that you include the PageRanks, who are you catering to? Domainers, Webmasters, etc? Reason to ask; the PR is your first choice, i'd switch it up and cater to the "generic" user first, and they usually look for, who's got the most hits, where are people looking first,...must follow...the...herde. (you know where i'm taking this)

As most other pages, sites i look at; i extend the same question to you: what is the content that entices user to return to your page? What is the enforcing content that users WANT to come back to, other than using the embedded links?

I like the general design of the site, it's just enough to immediately know what it's all about, while at the same time, the site is not overloaded.

Your "Live Fee" RSS icon doesn't show a tool tip, opposing to all others which show the tool tip upon mouse over.

I took the liberty to submit my Forum to your links, currently still in Beta Stage, thus not quite yet ready for the public, however, i'd like to see how you handle it. Response time, generated email to address my submission, etc. It seems to either come slow, or not at all. Change that, it's customer service and after all, you're looking to get submission on the ground level to later on up-sell them into Featured links $5 (Permenant Inlcusion).

All in all. Not a bad job at all.

smub · 01-02-2007, 01:29 PM

thanks for your review

really helpful..

idk which site you submitted but i hope it got accepted ... and i have not set up any email templates, so you will not recieve any, but i'll try to generate some.

Thanks

Edit: i just added all the email templates ... so once the link submitted you should recieve one, every link accepted or rejected should recieve one, and all payment sent to ewebdirectory.net ... should recieve an email. (This is for the new sites only)

Mike · 01-02-2007, 02:14 PM

I submitted IntelBank - Forum For Intelligent Banking (Currently being built)

zk0 · 01-02-2007, 02:44 PM

I think it's kind of hard to understand what those top icons means and where they lead to. Maybe you should add some kind of description text?

smub · 01-03-2007, 02:14 PM

take your mouse over them and u'll see

blatant · 01-03-2007, 02:32 PM

I like the design a lot. The icons on top are a great idea! The color scheme is flawless and the logo is pro. I also like how the PR is shown.
Adding a number to how many sites are in the categories would be nice.
Overall great design and site!

mykel241 · 01-03-2007, 02:58 PM

Very nice looking site. If you could do the magnification on the above toolbar it would def. appeal to a mac crowd.

smub · 01-04-2007, 06:19 AM

thanks all for helpful reviews.

01-02-2007, 07:03 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
smub Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: balkhis.com Posts: 3,158	Request to review my design Hi guys i would like an opinion of my directory www.ewebdirectory.net please let me know what you think. It is a unique design. Thanks __________________ Balkhis - Helpful tips regarding marketing, SEO, Web Design and SEO. Uzzz Productions - Custom Web Designs \| WordPress Beginners Guide

01-02-2007, 07:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mike NamePros Expert Join Date: May 2005 Location: www.chrome.us Posts: 5,217	I like the load times, it comes up EXTREMELY fast, at least on my machine. Aha! Someone is bouncing of the Apple functionality of the toolbar. Neat idea, i like it. I'd mouse over with a bit of magnification though, rather than just having them sit there staticly. Having seen this before, on a user level, i'd almost expect to see it on your site as well. Interesting that you include the PageRanks, who are you catering to? Domainers, Webmasters, etc? Reason to ask; the PR is your first choice, i'd switch it up and cater to the "generic" user first, and they usually look for, who's got the most hits, where are people looking first,...must follow...the...herde. (you know where i'm taking this) As most other pages, sites i look at; i extend the same question to you: what is the content that entices user to return to your page? What is the enforcing content that users WANT to come back to, other than using the embedded links? I like the general design of the site, it's just enough to immediately know what it's all about, while at the same time, the site is not overloaded. Your "Live Fee" RSS icon doesn't show a tool tip, opposing to all others which show the tool tip upon mouse over. I took the liberty to submit my Forum to your links, currently still in Beta Stage, thus not quite yet ready for the public, however, i'd like to see how you handle it. Response time, generated email to address my submission, etc. It seems to either come slow, or not at all. Change that, it's customer service and after all, you're looking to get submission on the ground level to later on up-sell them into Featured links $5 (Permenant Inlcusion). All in all. Not a bad job at all. Last edited by gjsys; 01-02-2007 at 07:54 AM.

01-02-2007, 01:29 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
smub Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: balkhis.com Posts: 3,158	thanks for your review really helpful.. idk which site you submitted but i hope it got accepted ... and i have not set up any email templates, so you will not recieve any, but i'll try to generate some. Thanks Edit: i just added all the email templates ... so once the link submitted you should recieve one, every link accepted or rejected should recieve one, and all payment sent to ewebdirectory.net ... should recieve an email. (This is for the new sites only) __________________ Balkhis - Helpful tips regarding marketing, SEO, Web Design and SEO. Uzzz Productions - Custom Web Designs \| WordPress Beginners Guide Last edited by smub; 01-02-2007 at 01:56 PM.

01-02-2007, 02:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
zk0 NamePros Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 163	I think it's kind of hard to understand what those top icons means and where they lead to. Maybe you should add some kind of description text? __________________ Green Blog and Green Web Hosts. AdBrite Forum and Webmasters Blog.

01-03-2007, 02:14 PM	THREAD STARTER #6 (permalink)
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01-02-2007, 02:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mike NamePros Expert Join Date: May 2005 Location: www.chrome.us Posts: 5,217	I submitted IntelBank - Forum For Intelligent Banking (Currently being built)

01-03-2007, 02:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
blatant NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NE Posts: 455	I like the design a lot. The icons on top are a great idea! The color scheme is flawless and the logo is pro. I also like how the PR is shown. Adding a number to how many sites are in the categories would be nice. Overall great design and site! __________________ :camera: Talk Stangs.com-Lets Talk about Stangs! :o 225 and LPX .US bzet .com oqpj .com -Offer through PM-

01-03-2007, 02:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
mykel241 NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lincoln, RI Posts: 465	Very nice looking site. If you could do the magnification on the above toolbar it would def. appeal to a mac crowd.

01-04-2007, 06:19 AM	THREAD STARTER #9 (permalink)
smub Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: balkhis.com Posts: 3,158	thanks all for helpful reviews. __________________ Balkhis - Helpful tips regarding marketing, SEO, Web Design and SEO. Uzzz Productions - Custom Web Designs \| WordPress Beginners Guide

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