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I'm developing a website pitched at the sailing/boating community
I'd like two things if anybody would care to have a look at it - http://www.sail-the-net.com 1) General feedback on the site and anything you think that might improve it 2) I'm very keen to swap links with other related sites, I have a links area and anybody interested can email me from there Two final things I'm going to post this message on several newsgroups so my apologies if you're reading this as a crosspost. And lastly if you consider this spam then let me again apologise. There I've said it - no need for anybody to get nasty now is there :-) Regards Ken |
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:33:06 -0400, "ken jones"
wrote: I'm developing a website pitched at the sailing/boating community I'd like two things if anybody would care to have a look at it - http://www.sail-the-net.com 1) General feedback on the site and anything you think that might improve it 1. Employ a professional web site design company. Your site looks amatuerish and that doesn't engender confidence in your visitors. There's no reason why your front page has to scroll like it does - you could easily fit that content onto a 800 x 600 resolution screen and make it more visually interesting at the same time. 2. Spell check it before you publish. Your 'glag' to get our feedback?! Really - this is pretty basic stuff! 3. Have a clear vision of what you are trying to achieve with this web site and the steps and resources required to get there. It's not enough to have an idea - you need to follow it through. 4. Don't publish the site until its got some usable content! There's little of interest there at the moment so you have to provide the content yourself - a big job - or give people a reason to send you content. If you don't source the content first the site will fail. 5. What are your USP's? (Unique Selling Points) Why should I visit your site as opposed to any of the other dozens of sailing web sites out there? Don't be too discouraged by the above comments - we all started exactly where you are now.... Cheers Mike |
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My idea is that contents are the key point of success. If you are the only
place when one can find some special information, people will sniff it. To compete with general directories is an waste of time. If one uses good old html, he can do all the work by himself. And when the site begin to be rentable, by some small ads for example, then one can consider using a professional. A idea for content. A directory of marine bookshops. A place to look at when you are in the middle of nowhere and needs some marine printed stuff, you know, charts, these books about harbours (portolano in Italian), etc, also programs. Seems it not exists. The only thing I've found is a directory of resellers of Admiralty charts. Unfortunately they are not shops. My half penny. Fran "Phil" a écrit dans le message news: ... On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:33:06 -0400, "ken jones" wrote: I'm developing a website pitched at the sailing/boating community I'd like two things if anybody would care to have a look at it - http://www.sail-the-net.com 1) General feedback on the site and anything you think that might improve it 1. Employ a professional web site design company. Your site looks amatuerish and that doesn't engender confidence in your visitors. There's no reason why your front page has to scroll like it does - you could easily fit that content onto a 800 x 600 resolution screen and make it more visually interesting at the same time. 2. Spell check it before you publish. Your 'glag' to get our feedback?! Really - this is pretty basic stuff! 3. Have a clear vision of what you are trying to achieve with this web site and the steps and resources required to get there. It's not enough to have an idea - you need to follow it through. 4. Don't publish the site until its got some usable content! There's little of interest there at the moment so you have to provide the content yourself - a big job - or give people a reason to send you content. If you don't source the content first the site will fail. 5. What are your USP's? (Unique Selling Points) Why should I visit your site as opposed to any of the other dozens of sailing web sites out there? Don't be too discouraged by the above comments - we all started exactly where you are now.... Cheers Mike |
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