Comments on: 20 one-minute jobs to improve your home page

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:10:27 +0000

Edie, I don’t think there’s necessarily anything wrong with constantly redesigning: it’s one of the joys of web design as opposed to print, that you can change things so easily. And of course the flip side of that is, as you say, it’s easy to change things without looking at the bigger picture.

By: Edie Houston

Edie Houston — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:48:14 +0000

How many times have I worked on a design until I got it ‘just like I want it’, only to step back and think *it’s just too d#%@ cluttered*. Good points for any beginning designer to keep in mind. Otherwise you are constantly redesigning your site (like me….).

By: knickermafia

knickermafia — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:05:27 +0000

I disagree with the get rid of credit card symbols comment but otherwise great piece Sue… some sites really do make you cringe!

By: Whirly

Whirly — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:19:20 +0000

#11 Take off at 1600 your time, god knows how wife managed to pack my case, gonna have to buy another bag at the airport and carry my clothes in carrier bags till we get there.

Nice article BTW Biddy.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:08:53 +0000

#10
Oh. Spoilsport.
Are you home yet?

By: Whirly

Whirly — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:27:44 +0000

#7 Calm down dear.

By: DJ - Internet Marketing Guru

DJ - Internet Marketing Guru — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:32:10 +0000

Very nicely written Sue.

In short, internet marketing depends largely on well written content taht speaks to the reader. Keep it simple and remember to write for your visitors not search engine bots. Use graphics effectively and simply and dont let it take away from the content. Well done.

I also like to tell website owners to put a contact form on their own website. It cant hurt and can only help. Especially if you are a lead generation website.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:08:09 +0000

#5 Who, Moi!

By: Will - ArenaFlowers.com

Will - ArenaFlowers.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:40:46 +0000

A good list.
I agree with #4 though, that credit card logos build trust. They don’t need to be at the top of the hp though…footer is fine. We also find lots of people enjoy reading our customer comments.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:54:05 +0000

Excellent stuff Sue, I wonder how many site owners went straight to their front page after reading this to make some changes.

A tiny one that annoys me is people still displaying the “Switch” card logo, this card ceased to exist well over a year ago, but loads of sites still display it.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:45:19 +0000

#3 by the sounds of it you would of liked to see my model in them (well mens knickers anyway)

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:44:20 +0000

Good Post! Sue! It Was Wicked! 08.09.08 09.32am!

Lol just messing!

Some good points that I am sure we are all guilty of at some point, but then it’s all about learning and changing which we are doing all the time.

One point I would like to flag up is about the payment logo’s, I do think it is important for security to have on your home page logo’s for paypal or google checkout as it does put trust in your site, I remember hearing the ‘real customers’ at the catalyst this year say that would make them trust a site more and make them feel protected.

Stu

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:38:18 +0000

#2 depends on who is inside them doesn’t it?

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:32:08 +0000

knicker browsing now thats an interesting hobby

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:50:56 +0000

All good stuff… most of which I am guilty of.. oops.

off to declutter …