Comments on: Does Your Site Design Turn Off Visitors http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html How To Blog and Start a Business Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Usman http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-182031 Usman Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:07:23 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-182031 In my humble opinion, loading a site with ads is not a problem. You only have to make sure that the users gets to see and concentrate on one item at a time. There should be no distractions which may spoil user experience. In my humble opinion, loading a site with ads is not a problem. You only have to make sure that the users gets to see and concentrate on one item at a time. There should be no distractions which may spoil user experience.

]]> By: Bryan Sinclair http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-148686 Bryan Sinclair Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:44:26 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-148686 Certain design works for certain blog. I mean that event the best design may not work for a certain website or blog. As long as the volume of traffic is high, the design doesn't matter. Certain design works for certain blog. I mean that event the best design may not work for a certain website or blog. As long as the volume of traffic is high, the design doesn’t matter.

]]> By: Dave Lucas http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-95125 Dave Lucas Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:48:59 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-95125 Hi Kristi! A few weeks ago, I ALMOST succumbed and assigned a new template to my blog. I'm glad I didn't, because, unlike so many other blogs, my blog has a particular look and feel: a "trademark" if you will. In answer to your very first paragraph, YES and NO! A ladyblogger friend of mine with a PR7 told me the other day "it doesn't matter what your blog looks like. CONTENT is king. She also recommends 1 column and 1 sidebar per blog, unless You have a blog like hers where advertisers are anxious to buy space: she has 1 column and 2 sidebars and not a single ad from any of those widget-based advert services! Her blog, which i'm not going to publicly criticize, is an awful eye-popping mess. Its only redeeming quality is that there are no popup ads! But when her articles push people's buttons, she gets boatloads of hits, comments and trackbacks. There are TOO MANY new blogs that look exactly the same (with a few color variations etc. here and there) and I'm running across new ones that don't "self-adjust" for screen size, meaning I have to "scroll sideways" - now THAT is something that makes me leave a blog immediately! I've also seen it happen where a blogger adopts a new template and in a few weeks, the site hosting the graphics suddenly isn't hosting them anymore because the template designer stopped paying the bill... Another "Design Faux Pas" is oversized fonts. Don't scream at me with big letters that make me feel like I must be in First Grade! I agree with you on the popups, BUT too many bloggers (even some of our very own "Famous Bloggers") are now using popup tricks for subscriptions and other features and that is DOUBLY annoying! We know you want to make a little extra money, but PLEASE knock it off with the popups! Hi Kristi! A few weeks ago, I ALMOST succumbed and assigned a new template to my blog. I’m glad I didn’t, because, unlike so many other blogs, my blog has a particular look and feel: a “trademark” if you will.

In answer to your very first paragraph, YES and NO!

A ladyblogger friend of mine with a PR7 told me the other day “it doesn’t matter what your blog looks like. CONTENT is king. She also recommends 1 column and 1 sidebar per blog, unless You have a blog like hers where advertisers are anxious to buy space: she has 1 column and 2 sidebars and not a single ad from any of those widget-based advert services!

Her blog, which i’m not going to publicly criticize, is an awful eye-popping mess. Its only redeeming quality is that there are no popup ads! But when her articles push people’s buttons, she gets boatloads of hits, comments and trackbacks.

There are TOO MANY new blogs that look exactly the same (with a few color variations etc. here and there) and I’m running across new ones that don’t “self-adjust” for screen size, meaning I have to “scroll sideways” – now THAT is something that makes me leave a blog immediately!

I’ve also seen it happen where a blogger adopts a new template and in a few weeks, the site hosting the graphics suddenly isn’t hosting them anymore because the template designer stopped paying the bill…

Another “Design Faux Pas” is oversized fonts. Don’t scream at me with big letters that make me feel like I must be in First Grade!

I agree with you on the popups, BUT too many bloggers (even some of our very own “Famous Bloggers”) are now using popup tricks for subscriptions and other features and that is DOUBLY annoying! We know you want to make a little extra money, but PLEASE knock it off with the popups!
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]]> By: James Moralde http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-29903 James Moralde Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:40:42 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-29903 It's those sign up forms that cover the whole page and disables the underlying page until you either close it or sign up. And some of them even make the sign up form so big that you have to scroll down to search for the 'close' button. Pop ups, that too. Adsense? Well, readers grow some blindness to it eventually, so it's not an issue. It’s those sign up forms that cover the whole page and disables the underlying page until you either close it or sign up. And some of them even make the sign up form so big that you have to scroll down to search for the ‘close’ button. Pop ups, that too. Adsense? Well, readers grow some blindness to it eventually, so it’s not an issue.
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]]> By: How to Find Free License Stunning Images for your Blog http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-21211 How to Find Free License Stunning Images for your Blog Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:50:17 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-21211 [...] to make it appealing for the human eye. One good way of finding the kind of image that will make your readers happy is to go through a lot of images and when a certain image grabs your attention completely, you have [...] [...] to make it appealing for the human eye. One good way of finding the kind of image that will make your readers happy is to go through a lot of images and when a certain image grabs your attention completely, you have [...]

]]> By: Jean http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-16657 Jean Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:31:54 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-16657 So far I have no ads cluttering up my food blog. And I am using a basic theme/template that I like very much because I happen to like simple and uncluttered. I've actually had compliments on the look of my blog, so I hope it is not holding me back! Of course, I'm doing another "no-no" -- posting just once a week, on Friday morning. My food is fabulous, but I'm no techie! So far I have no ads cluttering up my food blog. And I am using a basic theme/template that I like very much because I happen to like simple and uncluttered. I’ve actually had compliments on the look of my blog, so I hope it is not holding me back! Of course, I’m doing another “no-no” — posting just once a week, on Friday morning. My food is fabulous, but I’m no techie!

]]> By: When Good Web Design goes Bad http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-14102 When Good Web Design goes Bad Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:57:08 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-14102 [...] the first person to admit that looking good is a big part of online [...] [...] the first person to admit that looking good is a big part of online [...]

]]> By: 10 Ways to make your Website more User Friendly http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-6403 10 Ways to make your Website more User Friendly Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:15:18 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-6403 [...] designers are getting really creative these days. This is great because of all the good design that is around, but sometimes designers try too hard to “break the mold” and they end up [...] [...] designers are getting really creative these days. This is great because of all the good design that is around, but sometimes designers try too hard to “break the mold” and they end up [...]

]]> By: Udegbunam Chukwudi http://www.famousbloggers.net/does-your-site-design-turn-off-visitors.html/comment-page-1#comment-4531 Udegbunam Chukwudi Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:18:20 +0000 http://www.famousbloggers.net/?p=1025#comment-4531 The thing with adsense blog themes is that some folks say it generates more adsense clicks as visitors sometimes get frustrated wading through ads and most of them click on ads to get away from the site ;) .-= Udegbunam Chukwudi@Work Online Nigeria´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrictlyOnlineBiz/~3/rth3N7mhFWI/strictlyonlinebizs-top-blog-posts-of-the-week-6.html" rel="nofollow">StrictlyOnlineBiz’s Top Blog Posts Of The Week 6</a> =-. The thing with adsense blog themes is that some folks say it generates more adsense clicks as visitors sometimes get frustrated wading through ads and most of them click on ads to get away from the site ;)
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