Please Review my site.

rog0622 · 2005-10-16, 01:35 PM

I am new to this board and also a new to the business. I have been trying to learn how to do galleries for the past few months and more recently I have trying my hand at doing freesites. I know that I am new and still have a lot to learn. Below is an url to one of my freesites along with the url to my freesite hub. I welcome any constructive criticism that anyone might have.

http://www.sapphicrealm.com/Nadia_main.html

http://www.sapphicrealm.com/

Halfdeck · 2005-10-16, 06:35 PM

Hi rog, welcome to the board :hi:

-Remove any javascript on your freesite.
-contrast background color and text color enough for people to read the text.
-Avoid linking entire paragraphs.
-Use 20 - 30 pics per free site max.
-Avoid promoting multiple sponsors/paysites with one freesite.

MadMax · 2005-10-16, 08:25 PM

Hi Rog, and welcome.

To add to what halfdeck already said:
-- many reviewers would consider that cam ad on your warning page either too many links out or blind links because the pics link to the paysite. It's an iffy ad, and I suggest you avoid that style of ad altogether on free sites
--those two button ads are a waste of space. Use somewhat larger graphics and add some sales text to give them some punch. I had to look twice to realize they weren't recips

--the italicized times new roman text has got to be replaced with something easier to read. You're trying to get a porn surfer to read your sales text, and italicized Times is hard on the eyes. Hard to read = doesn't get read
--you get 3 ads per page...use them all. Your galleries only have two sponsor links on them. I find mixing a graphic ad with supporting text works great. A good rule of thumb is that there should be no place on the page, however long it is, where there's not a visible ad.
--the thumbs are a bit large. Smaller thumbs will give you a better balance of pics to ads and help with the point immediately above this one.
--the full sized pics are somewhat heavy. Surfers on dialup will be waiting longer than they want to for them...try to keep your full sized pics under 60k

Not bad at all for a first effort....just needs some streamlining

rog0622 · 2005-10-16, 09:11 PM

Thanks for the welcome and advice. I'll try to incorporate your tips during the week on my future projects.

2005-10-16, 01:35 PM	#1
rog0622 Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New England Posts: 5	Please Review my site. I am new to this board and also a new to the business. I have been trying to learn how to do galleries for the past few months and more recently I have trying my hand at doing freesites. I know that I am new and still have a lot to learn. Below is an url to one of my freesites along with the url to my freesite hub. I welcome any constructive criticism that anyone might have. http://www.sapphicrealm.com/Nadia_main.html http://www.sapphicrealm.com/

2005-10-16, 06:35 PM	#2
Halfdeck You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 985	Hi rog, welcome to the board :hi: -Remove any javascript on your freesite. -contrast background color and text color enough for people to read the text. -Avoid linking entire paragraphs. -Use 20 - 30 pics per free site max. -Avoid promoting multiple sponsors/paysites with one freesite. __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

2005-10-16, 08:25 PM	#3
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	Hi Rog, and welcome. To add to what halfdeck already said: -- many reviewers would consider that cam ad on your warning page either too many links out or blind links because the pics link to the paysite. It's an iffy ad, and I suggest you avoid that style of ad altogether on free sites --those two button ads are a waste of space. Use somewhat larger graphics and add some sales text to give them some punch. I had to look twice to realize they weren't recips --the italicized times new roman text has got to be replaced with something easier to read. You're trying to get a porn surfer to read your sales text, and italicized Times is hard on the eyes. Hard to read = doesn't get read --you get 3 ads per page...use them all. Your galleries only have two sponsor links on them. I find mixing a graphic ad with supporting text works great. A good rule of thumb is that there should be no place on the page, however long it is, where there's not a visible ad. --the thumbs are a bit large. Smaller thumbs will give you a better balance of pics to ads and help with the point immediately above this one. --the full sized pics are somewhat heavy. Surfers on dialup will be waiting longer than they want to for them...try to keep your full sized pics under 60k Not bad at all for a first effort....just needs some streamlining

2005-10-16, 09:11 PM	#4
rog0622 Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New England Posts: 5	Thanks for the welcome and advice. I'll try to incorporate your tips during the week on my future projects.