Ten Tips To Improve Your Website.

Posted by Bobbi-lee - November 5th, 2007

Fancy Fonts are only for headings. By fancy I mean Georgia, Times New Roman, and every other serif font. You cannot read (online) sentence upon sentence of type with little curls, and hooks on them. It just gets too messy and unreadable. So save those fancy fonts for headings, and headings only.

Controlling links in new windows. Ever been to a website and clicked on a link and it opens in a new window? Annoying right? Well to most users it is, as the user/visitor of your website wants to control where they want the links to open. This applies to internal and external links. Don’t be fooled into thinking that by opening a link in a new window is good because then the visitor doesn’t leave your site. It isn’t good, if the user doesn’t want to leave your site they can click the Big Back Button that is on all browsers. I find it so annoying when I want to open links into (Firefox) tabs, yet an obtrusive new window opens. Plus most users can right-click-open-new-tab or click on the mouse-scroll to open that page in a tab or window by themselves.

browser sizeKeep my browser size the same. Just the same as how I like to be in control of where links open, I also like to be in full control of my browser size. I have a huge monitor, and most of the time I don’t like to open my browser to full size so that the browser sits neatly in the center of my screen at the right size so when a some website automatically changes my browser to full size I get annoyed, especially if I am reading something in another tab (waiting for your page to load in the other tab). Remember, an annoyed visitor is a visitor lost.

Did I really subscribe? Do not subscribe me to your newsletter because I registered to view posts. Do not subscribe me to your comments RSS because I simply made a comment. Do not annoy me with unsolicited emails. You are making it easier for me to associate your website with negative connotations and most likely I will not return.

Where is that music coming from?
Do not play music when your website loads. What if I am listening to my own music then suddenly I hear something else interrupting my track? Do not make it impossible to find the stop button. If I can’t see a stop button within 3 seconds I close the tab. End of story. If you must have music, let me decide if I want to play it by showing me the play and stop button before ramming N*Sync down to my ear drums.

Kill all splash pages!
I don’t care if I need to use Internet Explorer 6, use 800X600 resolution, have a tolerance for swearing, and respect for the owner. Instead you are just giving me reasons to click my browsers Back button and get out of there quick. Do you really think I am going to load up Internet Explorer and change my resolution just to view your site?

Complex URL structures? Not only does a simple keyword based URL structure improve your search engine ranking, but it also makes it easier for your visitor to know where they are going before clicking. If a visitor bookmarks your page and sees your link in their bookmarks a few weeks later they are not going to know what http://domain.com/p=?321 means. A structure such as http://domain.com/blog/illustration/design_is_good.html gives them more indication.

Where has the navigation gone? Use text-based navigation links. If you must use images, specify an alt and title attribute. You wouldn’t want someone visiting your website with images disabled and not seeing any navigation at all. For the simple reason of search engine ranking, don’t use JavaScript or Flash navigations. These are also not advised in case the visitor browses with JavaScript disabled, or Flash player not installed.

text stylesTell me it’s a .PDF first. I hate when I search for things on Google and I click on a link quickly before looking at the URL, and suddenly my browser freezes and starts to load something. It is then that I realise I clicked directly on a .PDF file from the search engine results. It has happened on other websites too where the link was not labeled as a .PDF. There’s no need for an external link arrow or image, but a small text warning in brackets next to the link will do.

Is that a link or normal text?
Do not underline normal text unless absolutely necessary, especially if your links are underlined. Also don’t have so many styles in one paragraph. I come across these all the time on websites where not only is the colour changed for a bolded link, but it is also a different font and different size than the rest of the text. You may think it looks cool having random colours and emphasis everywhere, but really it just looks tacky.

Me luvs teh interwebz dramuh!!!11

Posted by Bobbi-lee - September 19th, 2007

Today I logged in to moderate my comments and I wasn’t surprised to see one from PinUpDoll and her followers, accusing me of sending my friends over to flame her and call her names. I did not ask anyone to flame her, and simply put, I did not write the article “dedicated to her” as some have claimed. I wrote it for pure lulz! In case you didn’t realise pinupdoll, it was completely satirical and not an attempt for hits. I do not care what you have to say, or what you (or your followers) are going to do. Build a bridge and get over it.

People will do anything for hits today. Ok, first I got this comment of some ignorant simple minded little boy calling me a “fucktard”, so I deleted it, whatever. Then I see he came to my site from this site. Then I notice the specific page the visitor came from was this page entitled “World’s Longest Sidebar”. Here is a print screen because incase the pitiful little owner deletes it - click here .

First of all, I wasn’t doing it for hits. Do I have a tracker displayed in my sidebar like I am desperate to check my hits every two seconds? I wouldn’t want ‘hits’ from your website either, as the majority of the people who visit your website are lame teeny boppers who wouldn’t know the difference between shit and a stick. Besides, your Extreme Tracker indicates that you use automated traffic systems, that automatically generate hits to your website via a rotation system. You make no attempt to hide this shameful fact though, as you’ve even listed these systems under ‘Traffic Boosts’ on your sidebar. You log into their system and automatically surf to other sites to gain credits, and for each credit earned it results in one hit to your website - a hit from someone else using the system. Besides, who cares if you get 1000 or even 10,000 unique hits a day - your website is still inaccessible as hell and your babyish attitude fully laughable.

Nice to know you took a screenprint “incase the pitiful little owner deletes it”. HA HA HA! You actually expect me to delete it? Honey, I’m not an immature saggy cleavage ridden e-tard like you are. I am not scared of getting flamed, in fact I love the drama so bring it on bitch. This page will not be deleted and will remain there indefinitely.

How the hell are you going to call me out in a subpage & I don’t even know your shitty little site exists?!

WTF are you talking about. What does “call me out in a subpage” supposed to mean. Learn English. Learn to spell. Learn proper grammar.

LMFAO! I mean hey thanks for the hits! I only get 1000 unique visitors a day, I guess I can always use more. Maybe the little cunt wanted me to blog so someone will give her poor excuse for a site the time of day maybe? Well you wanted my attention, now you got it bitch. If you have a problem with my sidebar, site, content, etc, then don’t come. Is that so hard? Maybe it is for you, but for normal people it isn’t.

Ah pulling the “how many hits I get means my site is better” card. Yep, heard that before. Getting 1000 unique visitors a day is what we’re all striving for isn’t it. Like I said earlier, you use an automatic traffic system, and looking at your referrals on your Extreme Tracker, this is where most of your hits are coming from.
My site is a “poor excuse for a site” is it? That’s news to me, considering my website is featured at per.fectio.net. And I am sure many will agree my site pwns your crappy-copyright-infringement-weborexic-longest- fucking-sidebar-littered-with-ads-and-PPP-posts website. Let’s not forget the fact that my cleavage pwns your cleavage, and I don’t even have to post a picture of mine to prove it.

You didn’t buy my domain, you aren’t paying for my hosting, hell you’re not even paying for your own hosting. After going through your site sugar, you have no room to talk.

What does paying for hosting got to do with anything. Corinne kindly hosts my website free and there’s nothing wrong with free hosting. At least I’m not on geocities, freewebs or god forbid piczo where the website is cluttered with advertisements. Oh I forgot, you pay for your own hosting, yet you still have an abundment of ads. Most people pay for hosting to get away from ads. But not you, so desperate for some money. Go do what a ‘normal’ person does and go get a job. And whatever you say, PPP is not a fulltime job

If my site was so bad, I wouldn’t have the hits I have now, obviously I’m doing something right. I left a comment on her recent blog too, but its awaiting moderation. I’m assuming she gets cursed out a lot? She’s scared of what people say in her comments? Whatever the situation might be, you can view my comment by clicking here.

Is that all you care about? Hits this, hits that. Will you ever STFU!

FYI, I don’t get cursed a lot, the comment is in moderation for ‘new’ visitors to my website because of a recent spam problem I was having which forced me to moderate comments as a last resort.
Hey there goes the ‘dumb bitch’ insult again. I wonder who is the smarter one out of:
a. One who cannot spell properly, use proper grammar, has a whopping 168 errors in their coding (and doesn’t even have a doctype) and relies on fruitless advertising and PPP to generate an income.
Or
b. One who works full time at a University doing Marketing and Graphic Design, has a valid accessible website and earns more money per day in her job than the other would make in a week from their PPP.
Go on, you make the choice.

Now let’s give all dumb bitch all she wants, attention.

I think you mean: Now let’s give this/the dumb bitch all that she wants; attention. Yeah, like I said; learn grammar.

So everyone go over to IntoTheRain.Org & clap for her because now someone is giving that poor site the time of day. Oh yes, let’s all leave her rude comments like she had her little friends do me! Thanks!

I didn’t send my friends to leave you rude comments, but you are more than welcome to invite your friends to leave me rude comments. Obviously your ‘friends’ really give a damn about me, since I’ve had like, one flame from someone other than yourself? LMAO.

Let me start off by saying having people come to my site is cute. I mean hey, I only get 1000 unique visitors a day I guess more would be nice.

Having people come to your site is cute? What’s that got to do with anything? Good for you and your 1000 visitors a day.

Until you start paying my hosting bills or anything, you can keep your pitiful comments to yourself.

I may not pay for my own hosting, but I sure as hell don’t litter my site with PPP and ads. Regardless if I pay your hosting bills or not I am entitled to my opinion and I can post it online if I want to. Just like a movie that is available for the public to view, and criticise; I have viewed your website once, formed my opinion and written it down. You cant stop me.

Obviously my site isn’t that bad being I get so many visitors & such a day. I mean, seriously sugar, why do you care? Just for your little article I should make my sidebar even longer :)

Go ahead make it longer, it aint affecting me baby.

Get it together. The mature thing to have done was to come with me & said it was an issue instead of your little article & having your ignorant little friends coming to my site calling me out of my name. “Fucktard”? Last I checked that wasn’t in the English dictionary.

I do have it together, at least my site is valid, accessible and legible. At least my site loads in no time compared to yours taking 10 years due to all the ads. Blimey, not even your CSS is valid. I thought almost anyone with a brain could validate their CSS.
I didn’t have my ‘little friends’ come to your site and call you names. I never told anyone to visit your piece of shit of a website, I wouldn’t wish that drain of precious megabytes and loading time on my worse enemy. I had no idea people were commenting on your site “for me”, but at least when your little friends come comment on mine I have the decency to let their comment stay. I’m not like you and delete comments, everyone is entitled to free speech and if you want to flame me on my website and leave me hundreds of bitchy remarks I couldn’t care less. In fact I just read them and then piss myself laughing at your ignorance.

Fucktard is in the dictionary. Get with the times.

IF MY SIDE BAR IS TOO LONG THEN DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL OF IT, I MEAN MY GOD. IT IS NOT THAT SERIOUS PEOPLE! GO READ A BOOK OR SOMETHING. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY STARTING TO IRK ME, I MEAN, DO WE NOT HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO?

We aren’t scrolling down to see it for fucks sake. We have to WAIT for the whole sidebar to load before we even see your content/blog. Be considerate to those on dial-up or those with slower browsers who simply cannot wait 7.167 minutes for a sidebar to load before even seeing the blog.

Ok guys, we have a few more sites we have to give attention to, ok? You guys go visit Jamie & Amanda & tell them PinUpDoll.Nu sent you. Make sure you take a look at their sites so they think they’re worth something, ok? They’re obviously thirsty for attention, so let’s all give it them! My mommy said it was always nice to be good to the needy!

Way to act the hypocrite. Saying I am immature for telling “my friends” to flame you, when looky here, you just did the same fucking thing. Except I didn’t tell anyone to go to your website. They did that on their own accord, because unlike you I don’t go parading around like an immature brat who bitches and moans over criticism. I’m respected because I’ve earned it - you are still waiting for such an honour.

On a final note, learn to accept criticism you fucktard. And I say that from the bottom of my heart.

//Edit// Her update below

If you guys don’t like my site, then just make yours 10x better than mine & continue doing what you do while I’ll continue to do what I do.

No need for me to make it 10 times better, my site already pwns yours. Amanda’s site pwns yours. In fact, every site pwns yours.

I mean, hey, I didn’t lose an ounce of sleep last night due to my sidebar, or comments, or anything! Did you?! Ha!

I didn’t lose any sleep whatsoever. You obviously care so much seeing as you have edited two blog entries about ten times.

Well, let me sum this up, i didn’t read your comment, I’m not reading your bandwagon’s comments. You are all obviously immature & base your life on the internet. Maybe you should just turn your computer off sometimes, I mean it will be there when you’re gone.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Someone please help me before I choke from laughter. You think I base my life on the internet? You are the one with so much time on your hands that you have time to write all your PPP posts, join all the link referrals and spend every waking minute on your website. I think you need to get over yourself and turn your own computer off. No seriously, turn it off and never turn it back on again before you write another lulz-worthy blog.

Disconnected

Posted by Bobbi-lee - September 14th, 2007

There was a problem with my internet bill and because it wasn’t sent to me, I didn’t pay it. This Resulted in me becoming two months behind in payment, so they disconnected it. I am paying one month on Thursday, then paying the next month on the fortnight after (my new job only pays fortnightly) and then my internet will be re-connected. I haven’t had a chance to go onto my website during work as “Websense deems my site to have the category/filter “sex” in it, and considers this as unsafe”. I have never mentioned the word “sex” apart from this post now, ever on my site. Yet I am still able to visit Jing-wen, and Amanda talks about sex on an almost-daily basis.

I am at a mates house right now just to give a quick update anyway. So this is (another) open hiatus. Hopefully when I get back I will have heaps of new articles that I have been working on, ready to put up.

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