Thread: How NOT to design a good website....

Don't really think this kind of "pointing at" people's websites who probably are not involved in this forum is either appropriate or conducive to active discussion... but then that's my opinion.

I'm sure she, whoever, thinks highly of your websites too.

Not everyone has reached your level of expertise, so don't knock em.

Jason

studying bad websites can really help when learning how to make good websites.

When i think back to my first attemps at web design about 6 years ago it makes me shudder.

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I AGREE WITH JASON, URL REMOVED![/quote]

Hope it wasent one of mine

<em><strong>Hope it wasent one of mine</strong></em>

No that's the thread "how to make sites that Google follows around like it's Pacman trying to eat them little pills"

hmm that's what i been doing wrong clarke... I been taking the pills and following google around.DOH !!

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So no-one can post URL's of sites they think are poor anymore ?

Yet books are published and sold worldwide featuring "websites that suck".

The moderation on this board is now intruding on upon its normal day to day affairs.

Please lighten up or clearly state what is and is not allowed.

<em><strong>>So no-one can post URL's of sites they think are poor anymore ?</strong></em>

If your point has some value and is relevant to affiliate marketing then I don't see a problem and is posted in the correct forum.

<em><strong>>Yet books are published and sold worldwide featuring "websites that suck".</strong></em>

They sure do, but they don't just say check the state of this web site. The point to these books is to break down what is wrong and explain how you can improve your own site without making the same mistakes. It's not just pages of "oh my god this is total rubbish".

<em><strong>>The moderation on this board is now intruding on upon its normal day to day affairs.</strong></em>

Far from it, if it wasn't for board moderation this forum would not be online at all and no merchants or network in their right mind would post on an un-moderated forum. Comments edited included personal attacks on networks staff, slander, personal attacks on other board members, the lists goes on. Every single edit that is done is has to be posted in the Moderator forum, and our reasons why.

<em><strong>>Please lighten up or clearly state what is and is not allowed.</strong></em>

Basic forum rules are here <a href="http://www.affiliates4u.co.uk/forum-rules.htm" target="top">www.affiliates4u.co.uk/forum-rules.htm</a>

Reason for having more moderators is here <a href="http://pub105.ezboard.com/fukaffiliatemarketingforumfrm6.showMessage?topicID =2078.topic" target="top">pub105.ezboard.com/fukaffiliatemarketingforumfrm6.showMessage?topicID =2078.topic</a>

You are welcome to bring up any unfair moderation with Matt as it is his board at the end of the day, he may even put back what was removed or edited as doing the moderator role is a volunteer position by people who just want to see a more balanced and fair view expressed on the board and it's hoped many of the networks will return to posting on a regular basis.

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I'm sure she, whoever, thinks highly of your websites too.[/quote]

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Hope it wasent one of mine[/quote]

It's funny, i'd never considered you could be a girl Aqua :rollin:

diggerz1
As you were complaining about web design, just taken a look at your urls.
Coldfunk is made using oneandones webbuilder and templates not exactly design genius.
coolnetstuff looks content wise like everyone elses 1st go at affilate marketing and boy look at the header and left border.that sure is a strange colour and design.:rollin:

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>It's funny, i'd never considered you could be a girl Aqua[/quote]

Nahh, im just a little boy trapped in an old mans body :lol:

Luckly Firebox just sent me a nice bag of sweeties.

I must agree with aclarke's comment above.

There seems to be a slight bit of stuffiness going on around here.

Not all of us on this forum have been in the game for years, some of us only started very recently.

Some of the guys and gals on here are (quite rightly) not so forthcoming with free information on what makes a great affiliate website that will pull in the mega-bucks so can we at least be shown what DOESN'T make a great affiliate website?

I can see no harm in it, I doubt CUSTOMERS read these pages, it is solely here for peeps who are actively involved in affiliate marketing.

If you guys displayed my site as a "This site totally sucks" example, I would probably be quite hurt at first but then I would take your criticism and use it to make my site better.

Of course, if I was making an amount of money from my site that pleased me, your comments would be mostly ignored and I would select those genuinely constructive pieces of criticism to work on.

If a site is selected for discussion negative or otherwise, I don't see what the problem is at all... the biggest lessons to be learned are not necessarily from other people's successes but from other people's failures.

In summary, don't think that because you are earning a ton of cash from your website, everyone else on this forum is doing the same, some of us are new and welcome any information this forum can afford. Even if it is only "How NOT to do it".

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>so can we at least be shown what DOESN'T make a great affiliate website?[/quote]

How you know she dont make any money? Shes probs making a fortune.

Heres the worst designed website ever.. in fact it dosent even have a design.
<a href="http://www.google.com/" target="top">Plain and boring ...yuccck!</a>

That's kind of the point I was making in part of my comment... if the site is making the owner a ton of cash, our comments aren't going to upset anyone.

By putting sites up here for "judgement" then it can only be personal judgement... what you dislike, I may like.

It's all opinions, some criticism can be ignored, some is worth taking on board.

Let us decide without censorship is the main thrust of my argument I suppose.

Well shrugged we all could aggree with your points there, but the biggest point that you should not forget is how capable the person was at making the judgement.

ie having a flash intro and your site in a frame is a big no no.

As long as she (I will refer to her as she as ive no idea who she is or who she's website is) is not doing any of those two things then she cant be doing that much else thats bad.