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Someone wrote that maybe the crappy, amateurish look gives the site more authenticity, much like a long-tail forum/bb. If POF's UI was really slick, it might l
by hussong 16y ago
Someone wrote that maybe the crappy, amateurish look gives the site more authenticity, much like a long-tail forum/bb.
If POF's UI was really slick, it might look too commercial for some people.
- omd 16y agoIt's true. I built the website for my brother's company 6 years ago and it looks, well, 6 years old. Even so his company gets 80% of new clients through the website. He always asks people why they chose him. Most say because they felt it looked like a professional company compared to the "flashy" companies that have more modern websites. I hate how it looks and he's embarrassed to refer people to it, but as long as it works we don't want to touch it. Through the years we've watched the competition go through one design after another and try all kinds of SEO, but our crappy, framed, obtrusive javascript website still outranks them. The only downside is the constant calls we get from SEO and design firms offering to "help us out".
- hussong 16y agoGreat example. Would you mind to share a link?