Site critique please

I have redesigned the webpages for this site:
http://www.dotnet-hosting.com. I would like to receive some feedback on the
general look and user experience. Also web host features that are missing.

Thanks.

I am *not* looking for a list of errors from html or css validators.


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Karim
http://dotNet-Hosting.com - Super low $4.75/month.
Single all inclusive features plan with MS SQL Server, MySQL 4.0 & 5.0,
ASP.NET, PHP 5.0 & webmail support.

Karim wrote:

> I have redesigned the webpages for this site:

You already have answers in the critique newsgroup. Please don't
multi-post.
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost

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-bts
-When motorcycling, never follow a pig truck

And lo, Karim didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 1915 -0400, GreyWyvern wrote:
>
>> That's not specific enough for you? How about: it took me three visual
>> scans of the page before I figured out you were only offering one "plan"
>> and that there was no link showing me your hosting plans. The "Plans"
>> link is what I always look for first at a web host.
>
> The tag line under the logo says "one plan". The intro plurp says "A
> single
> all inclusive...". There's a HUGE $4.75 right infront of you. The
> features
> page says one plan. I would think after all these, you would conclude
> there
> are no other plans.

You would think. I didn't. Next time write down what you want me to tell
you on a piece of paper; these games of yours are hard.

> You still didn't elaborate on the unabalanced and overarching theme.

Is it not obvious? For one thing the site is just a bunch of boxes with
no common colour, plus the footer at the bottom is skewed to the right
because it doesn't take into account the thin column on the left. I could
go on...

> Looking at whois for your site, it seems hosting-advantage.com is your
> host? If this your company, a friend's? Tell them that the main page has
> spelling mistakes. My eyes quickly saw web-hsoting at the bottom and the
> main link links to hosting-advantage.com.com.

Hosting-advantage.com is an old domain owned by my webhost, their main
commercial site is http://www.netfronts.com Despite it not being a real
web hosting site, if you had bothered to glance at it for longer than the
few seconds took you to hungrily find the first spelling error, you would
have noticed that the "misspelled" link *actually* leads to the
http://web-hsoting.com/ domain. It seems to hold an older version of the
Netfronts website.

But all's fair in love and war, eh? Couldn't defend your own webhost so
you had to attack mine. Pathetic.

>>> Side Note: Whenever you have something negative to say about me or a
>>> related service, you'll jump in.
>>
>> *You* asked for it. Sheesh.
>
> I asked for opinions on the user experience. Nothing you mentioned was
> relevant other than "I can't find the other plans" where the site
> *clearly* states there's only one.

I told you what I honestly thought of it. Many webhosts prominently
display the price for their lowest priced plan as a way to entice
customers. It's not much of a stretch to realize that's what I first
thought it was. I don't read the marketing mumbo-jumbo on these sites, I
look for the plan comparison and price-list.

That's okay, you don't have to believe me. I was just giving you what you
were asking for: a site critique. But next time make it a point to ask
for what you *really* want: "Tell me my site is good please".

Grey

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pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.
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search engine

Karim wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:21:38 GMT, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>> You don't understand the difference between cross-posting and
>> multi-posting, it seems. And the ramifications of both.
>
> I know very well the difference. I decided first to post in the critique
> group but then I remembered it wasn't the group I favored plus it gets
> little traffic. And it's the same exact message.

Yes, it is the same message, twice.

> Sometimes I don't like the
> cross-posting idea because it produces too many duplicates.

Aha. You DON'T understand cross-posting!

>> If your page didn't have errors, it might display differently.
>
> It displays the way I intended it to display. ...

So, if that's the case, why are you asking for critiques?

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-bts
-When motorcycling, never follow a pig truck

Karim wrote

> Do you have the same opinion about pagezone and
> themooseisloose, hosts that are mentioned here frquently?

They have integrity, intelligence, wisdom. They do not employ your
underhand, crooked tactics.

You've got a cheek to mention them in the same breath as yourself.

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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

Karim wrote

[ad for his site http://dotnet-hosting.com/]

What does "insant" mean, in your header area?

How did you manage to get permission to use all those organisations logos
(Windows, mySQL etc) against their terms? Customers prefer an honest host.

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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

Karim wrote

> I know very well the difference. I decided first to post in the
> critique group but then I remembered it wasn't the group I favored

Sounds like one of Viper's "accidental" posts. I bet you all had fun at
spammer school.

> plus it gets little traffic.

Useless for an ad then?

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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com