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So I've been working on my web design skills, and am thinking about possibly learning about SEO. To that end, I've made a website that covers both SEO and writing. For now, I hope to learn more about SEO, add a lot of content to the articles part, and improve my web skills.
Any thoughts, critiques? I've not done web design for many years, so am a bit rusty. The website is still undergoing major work.
There are also spelling errors, like "genericly" on the page titled "Writing for business success." There are a few grammar problems and awkward verbiage issues on that page as well.
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Well graphic/appearance input would be most useful. The writing on that page was just stream-of-conscious blurbs, mostly. It all has a lot of work, and my main concern is that the website looks good.
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quote:Originally posted by Phanto: Well graphic/appearance input would be most useful. The writing on that page was just stream-of-conscious blurbs, mostly. It all has a lot of work, and my main concern is that the website looks good.
Weird font sizing. The highlighting absolutely needs to go. Sans-Serif header and Serif body do not mix.
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Hrm. I think it looks unprofessional, in the way that so many things designed to appeal to people who are getting in on a trend too late look unprofessional; it reminds me of Publishers' Clearing House, or the Web equivalent of an infomercial.
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There's not a whole lot there to base a critique on, but it does seem that there's a bit too many fonts and colors. You refer to IBM - take look at their site. One font and no highlighting of text in the middle of paragraphs.
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And a word of advice: if you're going to write articles about the proper use of the English language, proofread them first.
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The pitch is a little desperate-- lose the first person in the last sentence.
Also, get rid of the snark in the first paragraph.
"It's an exciting time."
Er...why?
What's Web2.0, and why should I care?
I'm not sure that viral marketing is to be leaned upon for any marketing campaign. If someone were to say to me, "Hey, here's our marketing plan, in one word: viral," I'd punch him in the nose.
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Also, the graphic next to your page title doesn't lend anything to the site; it's just an anonymous, silly picture.
The Learn More graphic (I suppose it's suppose to have a link embedded in it) is not the most attractive either.
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Does anyone else agree that the Learn More graphic needs to go? I thought it looked rather jazzy when I first made it, but perhaps Scott R is right. Thanks to everyone who has already given of their time to help me.
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It might work, but the main issue is that everything on the page seems to conflict color-wise. Do you know anyone who does graphic design? They could help you make it look better, because right now, black text with purple highlight on white background isn't working.
Look in the forums under Jobs to see if anyone is interested in that sort of thing, or perhaps, post your own call for designers. A lot are students, but the trick is to find the good students. Posts: 1236 | Registered: Mar 2002
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I can't quite understand what function it's supposed to have. Is "Learn More" your motto? Is that sort of a logo?
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It looks like something my (not computer savvy) boss might have cooked up in Word for the company newsletter.
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