New Site...honest opinions appreciated

**blueberry_fox** · Jul-07-2008, 08:30 PM

Hey Julz,
I like the site the photos and graphics are great. A few things though.

I would drop the intro page if you can, Google�s searching algorithm really doesn�t like them and they get kind of tedious if you have a slow connection. Also if possible it is a good idea to use actual text on your pages rather than images of text, it will help you get spidered for all the right things by search engines.

Other than that I think it is really cool and your character looks like lots of fun,

Any who,
Hope to see you at Tassie next year???

Jane

**Julz** · Jul-08-2008, 02:11 AM

hi Jane

Yeah I dont really like the "splash page" 'click here' type thing but it is the only way to open the page in a pretty new window.

...bloody google!!!...hmm...Search Engine Optimisation....urgh

I might make it to Tassie...that sounds much more fun than thinking bout google...

thanks for the input

**scot** · Jul-08-2008, 10:18 AM

you will never be good in search engines unless you make a parallel html site.

you don't need a new window. it's a waste and if someone doesn't have javascript enabled or they have strict popup blocker, they may never see your site.

Here's how people read on the web, first they see the picture, then they read the headline, then they read the first sentence, then they stop.

If the first sentence is generous and appetizing, they may read on. the first sentence on your site is greedy and makes me not want to read through all that garbage so I can decode what you do.

the magnificar photo shows much better what you do (I imagine -- I still don' tknow what y ou do) . Use photoshop to lighten the crowd up a lot so that the car is easier to see.

on your photos, don't use an "x" make a button above them that says "back to the gallery" really clearly.

your home button is funny. I like it. I don't like the other buttons.

on your contact page, keep the text version of your email address so that people can select it, but also make it clickable so people can email you.

**scot** · Jul-08-2008, 10:51 AM

#44 Font | dafont.com

http://www.dafont.com/44font.font

#44 Font | dafont.com

this is a crappy example, but don't use comic sans for anything if you can help it.

make the black text on your site blue to match your logo.

why have a border that just looks 1990 when you could have one that looks 1990 AND tells about you?

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**Julz** · Jul-08-2008, 01:49 PM

Hey scott

Do you really see 1990? I was hoping for 1970!

I like the fire and the tire treads...I might use the idea when I get the energy to spend another week staring at a computer screen. Do you mind? I'll buy you a beer when I get booked in Hollywood.

I dont really care about my google ranking. I get work through word of mouth and peolple who have seen my show. Not by people surfing google. Besides html is boring.

too much self absorbed text...I agree.

Thanks for the tips. Oh and comic sans does suck thats why I used Tekton but it obviously isn't different enough.

cheers

**scot** · Jul-08-2008, 02:27 PM

hey! my site is html!

google ranking is helpful for assisting in word of mouth too. "Hey, my friend julz does this show with a car and it's really funny"

search =
"julz remote control car show"
'rc car show"
"street show comedy car"
"julz car street show funny"
...
"pancake juggler"

enjoy using the tire treads and flames.

beer is gross. buy me a savings bond.

**Julz** · Jul-08-2008, 04:42 PM

I like pictures and colours

<html>nbsp...^&*^%(%^%^#%</html> urgh

**scot** · Jul-08-2008, 06:52 PM

what?

**Isabella** · Jul-08-2008, 09:44 PM

Clean and easy to read, nice color scheme.

I hate the splash page - if we had a store, and someone wanted to come in and buy something, would we slam the door in their face and say, "No! You have to read the sign on the door before you can come in!" To me, that's what a splash page is - it's one more barrier the client has to jump before they give me money.

Opening page loads slowly - I lost patience the first time I clicked it and just did something else. Even at home on my broadband, it loads slowly.

The first three paragraphs on the "Home" page all say sort of the same thing: "he's quirky and funny." Could they be one paragraph? They're well-written and clever, but it's a lot to read without much actual information - you're quirky and funny, I get that. I want to know more about what's actually going to happen during the show.

Tech specs - "Julian can asses your venue for it's" - should be "its", unless you use apostrophes differently in Australia.

Show page - the description of you in the opening paragraph is funny and well-written, but it reads a little inside joke for me. I wouldn't use the word "inappropriate" to describe any part of my show if I was marketing to all ages. Also, the description feels slightly dodgy, with words like "poured" and "shamelessly" - it sounds like a description other street performers will love, but i don't know enough about your clientele to know if they will get the irony.

Pretty site!

**Stephon** · Jul-08-2008, 11:37 PM

Originally posted by Isabella
Tech specs - "Julian can asses your venue for it's" - should be "its", unless you use apostrophes differently in Australia.

No, but in Australia they assess with their asses.

**blueberry_fox** · Jul-09-2008, 01:51 AM

I agree with you on the grammar part but i think the use of inappropriate poured and shamelessly in those contexts to a great job of describing the style of character I�m guessing Mr Ernest is.

It could be just a difference in cultures though because I reckon irony would go down with most clients in Aus. We do tend to like our sarcasm.

**Julz** · Jul-09-2008, 05:02 AM

I want to share Australian bad taste with the world...

**Julz** · Jul-13-2008, 05:06 AM

Hey guys

Thanks for your help. It's great getting feedback with all sorts of different ideas.

I will work on my site and Ill post it again in about a month for you guys to tear apart.

Thanks

**lucy lynn** · Aug-09-2008, 04:50 AM

hi,

this site definitly sticks out. unusual colours!
just few things i noticed: the pics could still be improved. e.g. frame the thumbs blue.
also the font blue, well, and personally i wouldn�t use a comic writing. maybe something else that sticks out a bit and is funny but not comic.

greets lucy

lynn.art, artists.events.photo.design

http://www.lynn-art.com

New Site...honest opinions appreciated

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