New site

[Landofbetting]

Hi Aidan,

I'll chuck in my thoughts for you (I'm not an expert though!)

Design.

1. It's very Grey! when you look out the window in the morning and see a grey sky you don't hang around to look at it for ages and it rarely puts a smile on your face.
2. Call to actions. Apart from the William Hill banner right at the bottom I, as someone visiting your website, wouldn't really know where to click to take me to a bookmakers site. You have the massive Bet at Home ad on the right hand side as well but I think it's way to big and would be better replaced with a table of bet offers or something like that
3. Home page content. You need people to know within a few seconds what your website is about otherwise they will just leave and I didn't really get it, the layout is confusing and there is no real text. Are you a tipping website? Are you a bookies comparrison site? You really need to decide on your niche and hammer that home to your visitors.

Content.

I'm still building my site and before I tohught about the design I wrote content and lot's of it. These day's you simply won't rank with a wafer thin site like that and Google hates them as well so you can probably expect penalties.

I don't mean any of this to get you down or put you off because just by getting something online you have acheived more than a lot of people who want to get into this game, I just think you need to have a bit of rethink about a lot of it and remember that it takes time a lot of time. I have been writing content for months and will now spend several more months on the design.

Good luck with it though and hope it all works out for you

[Aidan90]

Thanks again for the feedback and I appreciate the honesty. I'm not the type to get disheartened by any negative feedback as I've set this site up from scratch with no prior knowledge or experience.

It's very much a trial and error method at the moment so all feedback is helpful.

I've tried to improve the call to actions with links to the top 5 sites in the side bar as well as adding some blue into the grey and trying to make the links look more appealing.

I've uploaded my first tips post today at http://www.footballbetprofit.com/champions-league-betting-tips/ and hope to keep the content updated frequently.

[DaftDog]

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[Aidan90]

The site has gone through many changes thanks to all your feedback!

Can I get some opinions on whether or not it's heading in the right direction?

[spudungeyee]

I like the look of the site, although not convinced on the colour

[Aidan90]

Thanks spudungeyee, I originally went for silver colours but they made the site look a bit drab and grey so tried to brighten it with the blue - is it too much do you think?

Do you think a subtle green like this site would work?

[PromoteCasino]

Hi Aidan,

Have you thought about putting a football image in the background instead of the blue. I think that would make your page pop a bit better than a flat tint

Thanks spudungeyee, I originally went for silver colours but they made the site look a bit drab and grey so tried to brighten it with the blue - is it too much do you think?

Do you think a subtle green like this site would work?

[Aidan90]

Thanks PromoteCasino, I have tried images in the background but have struggled to find one that doesn't distract from the site content and look out of place.

I'll keep looking and see if I can find a more suitable image that doesn't make the site look too unprofessional

[Aidan90]

I've now added a football pitch background image that I think looks okay, what do you think?

[MrBinaryAff]

I've now added a football pitch background image that I think looks okay, what do you think?

Looks good to me! Well done

[PromoteCasino]

I think that looks a lot better

I've now added a football pitch background image that I think looks okay, what do you think?

[jagan]

Site looks good, missing social media profiles and social counters

[WeLoveBetting]

I'd recommend you try to make the site mobile responsive, that is, it will rescale to be usable depending on which device it being viewed on (desktop, table, mobile).

Over 60% of our traffic is from mobile so it's vital they get as good an experience as those on desktop.

[Aidan90]

Site looks good, missing social media profiles and social counters

Thanks jagan, I've only got the twitter page on there in a sidebar widget as the facebook page has been unpublished!