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My frist impression was that it looks very much like one of these spam sites.. I guess the adwords taking up most of the screen property above the fold give tha

by kolinko 16y ago

My frist impression was that it looks very much like one of these spam sites.. I guess the adwords taking up most of the screen property above the fold give that impression. The add looks too much like the rest of the site for me. I know that this will drive clicks, but it doesn't make me want to get back to the site again. 2. the text is barely readable. I've got a perfect eyesight, but small white letters on dark background + small line heights make it hard to read. 3. What's up with the title? When I see a site entitled "Free RSS feed.." (Chrome doesn't display more in the tab title) I automatically classify this site as one of the "Free Icons", "Free Screensavers" etc. sites. You should move "McSquare" to the begginning of the title. 4. I like the image view of news (Onion & Twitter) And here are some more comments. This is a screenshot of when I first entered your site. Notice how little usable information is on the page and how much does the ad take. http://img.skitch.com/20101017-eq5huu5yhm6egmby4p7p6ys8c4.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20101017-eq5huu5yhm6egmby4p7p6ys8c4.jp... Overall: - Looks too much like a spam site - I wouldn't switch from Reddit & HN to read the news on your site - Good view of news images. Hope I didn't kill your enthusiasm :)

aw3c2 16y ago
Since I use adblocking I did not see ads, but I still got that impression. I guess it is the "wall of images on the bottom" that looks like many imagehoster sites' ads.
- Concours 16y ago
  Working on it to make the site look less like a place with ads and to improve the design (this should solve the problem).
Concours 16y ago
hmm, thanks for the feedback, you are right about those Ads, and many feedback suggest the same, I'll move them a couple of rows down, and I'll most probably have only one ad text block (if at all). 2.fully agree with you, that's one of the issues coming back from the feedback as well, I'm still playing around to find the best font fit (any font hacker around?) 3. Having Mcsquare as the first word in the title is very bad for my SEO efforts, and the title (Free RSS Feed...) is mainly for SEO to tell search engines what the site is about, when the site gain some momentum and establish, I'll just use the brand name (Mcsquare) as title, with a couple of words, I have to agree that it doesn't read very well for a human, now, search engines tend to understand another language. 4.Glad you like it. Saw the image, love your feedback, :) , I'll work on the design and improve it, (more colors, better font, more fun...) Overall: I think after implementing the great suggestions here, the site should fairly look much much better and less spammy. The site will not try to take you over from reddit or HN, they are both great sites, and mcsquare is not doing the same thing (what you find on mcsquare isn't what you will find on reddit or HN), both offer random stories submitted by users, mcsquare pick the best sources of the web , from every niche and offer their latest stories, and more, so you could use Reddit, HN and mcsquare, since they offer different things. Thanks for the great feedback again and No, you haven't kill my enthusiasm. :)

by kolinko 16y ago

aw3c2 16y ago

Since I use adblocking I did not see ads, but I still got that impression. I guess it is the "wall of images on the bottom" that looks like many imagehoster sites' ads.

Concours 16y ago
Working on it to make the site look less like a place with ads and to improve the design (this should solve the problem).

Concours 16y ago

hmm, thanks for the feedback, you are right about those Ads, and many feedback suggest the same, I'll move them a couple of rows down, and I'll most probably have only one ad text block (if at all). 2.fully agree with you, that's one of the issues coming back from the feedback as well, I'm still playing around to find the best font fit (any font hacker around?) 3. Having Mcsquare as the first word in the title is very bad for my SEO efforts, and the title (Free RSS Feed...) is mainly for SEO to tell search engines what the site is about, when the site gain some momentum and establish, I'll just use the brand name (Mcsquare) as title, with a couple of words, I have to agree that it doesn't read very well for a human, now, search engines tend to understand another language. 4.Glad you like it. Saw the image, love your feedback, :) , I'll work on the design and improve it, (more colors, better font, more fun...) Overall: I think after implementing the great suggestions here, the site should fairly look much much better and less spammy. The site will not try to take you over from reddit or HN, they are both great sites, and mcsquare is not doing the same thing (what you find on mcsquare isn't what you will find on reddit or HN), both offer random stories submitted by users, mcsquare pick the best sources of the web , from every niche and offer their latest stories, and more, so you could use Reddit, HN and mcsquare, since they offer different things. Thanks for the great feedback again and No, you haven't kill my enthusiasm. :)