Forums: Discussions for entrepreneurs and small business.

Hi all

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AdsMaster
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The site`s taking a very long time to load (FireFox 1.x, DSL, Windows). When it did load, I didn`t see anything immediately that would get me interested in pursuing "yet another" advertising site, y`know? It`s not "compelling," particularly when so many of us now are familiar with Craig`s List, eBay, etc.

3 things I notice.

1. The first page immediately turned me off because of all the Google ads. My impression is that is isn`t substance, just a page for easy click through revenue. It also has a Google "look" to it in the title and menu. 6 different ad areas. Just my opinion, but it looks cheap.

2. Inconsistent. No nav bar on every page that matches your index page. And using different types of programs, you have different looks throughout the site.

3. Localization. I don`t see anything in the Classifieds that tells me if these are for certain geographic areas, national ads, etc. No sense of who the actual market is. I also don`t know, before placing an ad, it its free or not.



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M Hall
Website Critique Community
International Society of Curmudgeons

Thank you Craig,

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AdsMaster
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Thank you Webline,

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AdsMaster
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I have no idea how to speed up pages, in general or specifically for browsers. I`m not a developer, just an objective viewer. My interest in these critiques has much more to do with watching an idea and its logic as it unfolds into reality. Contrary to most philosophers, these days, I hold that ideas are independent entities, and our mind "perceives" them to more or less clarity. What`s interesting to me, then, is to see the real-world results, and compare them with the internal logic of the idea itself.

In other words, I say that a song has a logic of its own, separate from what the songwriter thinks is that logic. The resulting, actual song then either agrees with the idea of the song, or "interferes" with the idea of the song. When the idea of the song and the implementation---the actual writing---of the song agree, that`s a "hit."

So too, a business idea or any other idea has its own internal logic. The people who decide to put that idea into existence understand more or less of that internal logic. The closer their implementation to the internal logic, the more successful the business.

From what I`m seeing at the moment, this is an idea that`s been done so many times it`s going to be very hard to make it "different"---enough so that people will see it as something new. So that`s my question: Do you intend to make it seem new, or will you go after a very tight target market? If so, what`s that target market niche?

Craig,

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AdsMaster
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The site is visually frustrating as far as where my eyes are drawn to. There`s no real "flow". It`s jam packed with Google Adwords and looks gimmicky. I understand you`re trying to advertise, but most of your visitors are probably looking at that home page and clicking their `back` button. I`ve always liked how sites like Digg use adwords. One div or section and that`s it. Most visitors are turned off by large amounts of ads. You`re whole site is basically blocked in by google and google adwords.

I would clean your page up a bit, and give people a clear idea of what`s going on. I personally don`t care for the Google color scheme. But that`s just my opinion.



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HYBRID Digital Media
"Providing High Quality Design Solutions"
http://www.hybriddigitalmedia.com

Feedback well taken. 

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AdsMaster
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I see that your website is hosted on 1&1, and the server may be hosting dozens or even hundreds of other sites.   (This is how they keep prices low).  You would have to pay for a dedicated server to make it respond faster.

I also agree with the other reviews - all I see is a page of Google ads.


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