Honest Opinions On My New Site

**Jinnia** · 25 October 2009, 11:04 pm

Please view and give your 'honest' opinion on this site:

http://www.gamblingadvertisements.com

I'm a big girl, so please, no pleasantries needed ..

**Webzcas** · 26 October 2009, 1:12 am

Hi Jinnia,

Nice easy to navigate layout. However a couple of comments

You have spelt advertisements incorrectly in the header title field. Obviously a typo, but you might want to fix that

I notice on this page: http://www.gamblingadvertisements.co...headline1.html

You are using H1 Tags, but have not defined the size for the appearance for H1 labelled text in your css. Hence it appears really big. You might want to fix this.

Also, if it were me, instead of naming your news index page, headline1.html, I would rename it index.htm or index.html. That way if people navigate to http://www.gamblingadvertisements.com/news/ the index page will display. Currently you get a 403 error when going in direct to http://www.gamblingadvertisements.com/news/

For example, my slots index page is located at http://www.onlinecasinoreviewer.com/...lots/index.htm but by visiting www.onlinecasinoreviewer.com/onlineslots/ you get the same page.

You may also want to setup a dedicated 404 page not found template page. Currently I have mine, redirecting to the home page. But it probably better to have a dedicated 404 page setup, to ensure you don't lose any of your visitors.

One final comment. I would pad out the content you do have on the site. I've looked at a couple of reviews and they could contain more information.

Hope this helps.

Dave

**Jinnia** · 26 October 2009, 3:26 am

OMG!! 99.9% of the pages had the word 'advertisement' spelled wrong

Typo? THAT many, I'd say 'senile dementia' .. LOL

I believe I have corrected the typos, made the headline1 page as index, but
for the size of the headline, it's a javascript from another site, pulling the
news over, and I don't have any idea how to make it show different.

For the reviews needing more information, I am NOT a writer, at all, so I use
what the aff. program has for our use.

When you mention I used the H1, I couldn't find where I had, unless you
are speaking of the news pages...??

Thank you SO much Dave (ok ?), I truly appreciate the time you took to look
over the site and pointing out ALL the wrongs!!

**arisoftnet** · 26 October 2009, 4:10 am

Well i find your website nice . Friendly for the Search engines. Two things i dont like is the roulette on the top of your page , really the quality of the graphics is not good. Also the Visitors counter below i will never use it as , specially new pages dont have a lot of traffic , and in that way you are showing that to your visitors , which is a no good thing.

**Jinnia** · 26 October 2009, 5:54 am

Made the counter invisible, and then didn't like the size of the text I had
below it, so made that part smaller print.

For the header banner, I tried redoing it, couldn't get it looking any better.

Need to get ready for my doctors appt., so I'll work on it a bit more later
today, or look for a new/better one.

Thank you arisoftnet!

**emily miles** · 26 October 2009, 7:27 am

Looks good to me!!!

**PokerNations** · 26 October 2009, 8:09 am

I don't know about the brown backgrounds in the middle of the pages, it's kinda grainy/blurry compared with the brown in other parts of the page.

Perhaps this is a texture effect you put in? But it breaks up some of the cleanness of the design.

**machutch** · 26 October 2009, 9:12 am

Hello Jinnia,

it's a nice site, but you asked for some comments well here are mine.

The page you enter when you type in the url http://www.gamblingadvertisements.com (homepage) if you want to visit it again it's hard to find the button (only in the top left corner) and i think that it would be nice if the little pictures are also click-able and linked to the same as the review for example
The colour thing is already mentioned.

Erik

**johnnyp** · 26 October 2009, 9:35 am

easy to navigate

**pgaming** · 26 October 2009, 9:45 pm

Hi Jinnia,

First it is very nice to see you working keep it up. I won’t bother mentioning the good things plenty of them.

1.http://www.gamblingadvertisements.co.../Pantasia.html Header Banner is stacked, oversized, and text very large likely due to the H1 tag.

2. I try to tighten up the text minimizing the use of nbsp; JMO. The footer text provides a good example.

3. Hard to navigate back to the home page. I would put the home page link in your main Nav panel.

Very nice work in progress!

greek39

**Jinnia** · 27 October 2009, 2:46 am

emily, PokerNations, machutch, johnnyp, and greek, I thank you!

The different thigs you all of pointed out to me, I'll begin working on them ASAP!

I truly appreciate all of you and your honest opinions and suggestions!

**bbonline** · 27 October 2009, 4:46 am

Originally Posted by Jinnia

Please view and give your 'honest' opinion on this site:

http://www.gamblingadvertisements.com

I'm a big girl, so please, no pleasantries needed ..

Is your site some kind of casino directory?
You can customize your page by creating a separate page on Casino Software and Casino Games. I think you need to work on your sitemap. Having an organized navigational pages makes it good for a site and thus giving a certain visitors a chance to interact on different pages of your site.

**BiggDawgg** · 27 October 2009, 7:22 am

Site looks good ... I read earlier you had some trouble with the header image, I was bored and started playing around with one ... here it is, if you like it feel free to use it ... image

**mgcasinos** · 27 October 2009, 11:31 am

It looks great but need more content

**Puma** · 27 October 2009, 1:19 pm

nice and clean site. I would save your images in jpeg or gif to avoid that scratchy look. You will notice they come out a lot more vivid and clear. ( the brown headers )

**Jinnia** · 28 October 2009, 2:02 am

Originally Posted by bbonline

Is your site some kind of casino directory?
You can customize your page by creating a separate page on Casino Software and Casino Games. I think you need to work on your sitemap. Having an organized navigational pages makes it good for a site and thus giving a certain visitors a chance to interact on different pages of your site.

Directory? Just an affiliate site.
I agree, I need to make a better sitemap, and will in a couple of days. Thank you bbonline!!

Originally Posted by BiggDawgg

Site looks good ... I read earlier you had some trouble with the header image, I was bored and started playing around with one ... here it is, if you like it feel free to use it ... image

Great pic/header BiggDawg, and thank you for the offer!!

Originally Posted by mgcasinos

It looks great but need more content

I know. I can ot write, but trying to get another to write some for me. Thank you mgcasino!!

Originally Posted by pumacat

nice and clean site. I would save your images in jpeg or gif to avoid that scratchy look. You will notice they come out a lot more vivid and clear. ( the brown headers )

That grainy look fixed, I believe! Thank you puma!!

**Puma** · 28 October 2009, 3:51 am

That grainy look fixed, I believe! Thank you puma!!

np, looks much better now

**Lloyd** · 28 October 2009, 6:28 pm

Originally Posted by Jinnia

Please view and give your 'honest' opinion on this site:

http://www.gamblingadvertisements.com

I'm a big girl, so please, no pleasantries needed ..

Cool, you have the beginings of a great site, maybe even an awesome one.

I'd recommend moving the name Gambling Advertisements into the top gold bar and then leaving the tag line in the black area with the GPWA seal - that will make the black area much narrower.

If you do this you'll free your prime property and I'm sure you'll know how to fill it.

The featurered casino area looks a bit empty. I'd go for up to four five star casinos - one next to the other - big logos with text below

My thoughts... so, well done and start focusing on traffic - it's hard and very smart work but I'm sure with your good strategy and organized, consistant work you'll be giving a nicely amount of players quality advice within one year.

Cheers

**Jinnia** · 31 October 2009, 4:21 am

Originally Posted by Lloyd-Brightshare

Cool, you have the beginings of a great site, maybe even an awesome one.

I'd recommend moving the name Gambling Advertisements into the top gold bar and then leaving the tag line in the black area with the GPWA seal - that will make the black area much narrower.

If you do this you'll free your prime property and I'm sure you'll know how to fill it.

Thank You!

I just tried the sites name in the top gold bar and left tag line and GPW seal lined up, then one under the other, it didn't look quite right, even when I added more to fill it, with text, or more graphics.

It sounds like a great idea though, maybe I need a bit of sleep, then try again. I appreciate the suggestion!!

Originally Posted by Lloyd-Brightshare

The featurered casino area looks a bit empty. I'd go for up to four five star casinos - one next to the other - big logos with text below

I'm going to add more text to it, to have it not look so empty, I always have just one casino as the featured site. (no...??)

Originally Posted by Lloyd-Brightshare

My thoughts... so, well done and start focusing on traffic - it's hard and very smart work but I'm sure with your good strategy and organized, consistant work you'll be giving a nicely amount of players quality advice within one year.

Cheers

Your thoughts/suggestion reads great to me! I'll keep working on them and hopefully I'll get yours and everybody elses accomplished.

Thank You Lloyd!

Deb

**Jinnia** · 31 October 2009, 4:23 am

Originally Posted by BiggDawgg

Site looks good ... I read earlier you had some trouble with the header image, I was bored and started playing around with one ... here it is, if you like it feel free to use it ... image

I am using your header image. MUCH improvement!! I also gave you credit for it. Top gold bar.

See if that is ok....!?

Thank You BiggDawgg!!

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