Review : DealsLocally.com

Dmitry · 01-19-2007, 01:20 AM

Hi all!
The site is DealsLocally.Com

Basic site intro: It is a portal for gathering real bargains, discounts, special offers, and deals. Categories for the former mentioned are: Shops, Restaurants, Hotels, Entertainment, Services.

Site Design History: When we initially started, the idea was to make a site that searches by location and produces a list of results, and thus we wanted to keep the landing page very simple and to-the-point. It once only had the looking glass that you now see amongst many other parts. In fact when we thought of simplicity we referred to Google ... I guess at that stage we had not realized that our site needs to be SEO, and not many search for Google in search engines .

Thus we realized that we needed a lot more content and links on the landing page and the site evolved. There have been other interesting moments of realization, but as they say - the rest is history...

What I want to get out: I would really appreciate all the comments that you may have about the site and any improvements. If you have SEO suggestions, that would also be great.

Thanks in advance!
Dmitry @ DealsLocally.Com

Dmitry · 01-21-2007, 05:03 PM

No comments at all?

**3ncryptabl3_lick** · 01-22-2007, 10:20 AM

Hi.

I see alignment and balance issues. Consider reviewing your layout and try and take some of the focus off the banner ad and put it towards your content.

Dmitry · 02-02-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 3ncryptabl3_lick

Hi.

I see alignment and balance issues. Consider reviewing your layout and try and take some of the focus off the banner ad and put it towards your content.

Thanks for the tips!

Dmitry · 02-02-2007, 02:16 PM

Any more feedback?

chicgeek · 02-02-2007, 08:22 PM

It's very slow-loading. I almost think that, if you have a slow server, then a graphics-heavy site is less than ideal.

I honestly can't say that I like the magnifying glass, mostly that it isn't bounded and it makes the page look sloppy. If another similar image was given defined space (bordered similarly to your content boxes), it would look cleaner and more deliberate. 3n is right, there's something about the alignment of the content that looks askew.

Also, is your logo set? It's not a bad logo, but the site and logo graphic do not match at all. The colours and even graphics are starkly different, and do not compliment eachother. Also, the text links on the left look to have more importance than your content, being underlined. I suggest you either remove the underlines (maybe underline only one hover?) or even better, reduce the font size a bit.

The site currently lacks polish, I'm sorry to say, but you have the skill to make it a professional looking site. I hope you take some of what I say into consideration - and good luck!

Dmitry · 02-03-2007, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by chicgeek

It's very slow-loading. I almost think that, if you have a slow server, then a graphics-heavy site is less than ideal.

I honestly can't say that I like the magnifying glass, mostly that it isn't bounded and it makes the page look sloppy. If another similar image was given defined space (bordered similarly to your content boxes), it would look cleaner and more deliberate. 3n is right, there's something about the alignment of the content that looks askew.

Also, is your logo set? It's not a bad logo, but the site and logo graphic do not match at all. The colours and even graphics are starkly different, and do not compliment eachother. Also, the text links on the left look to have more importance than your content, being underlined. I suggest you either remove the underlines (maybe underline only one hover?) or even better, reduce the font size a bit.

The site currently lacks polish, I'm sorry to say, but you have the skill to make it a professional looking site. I hope you take some of what I say into consideration - and good luck!

Thanks very much! A lot of really good feedback!

slimes · 02-09-2007, 10:05 AM

well no matter how i award the site would be more appreciated than to say
kept it movin.......................

Dmitry · 02-17-2007, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by slimes

well no matter how i award the site would be more appreciated than to say
kept it movin.......................

Not sure what you mean by that

robert s. · 02-18-2007, 04:50 AM

personally i think the site is a good idea, but you really have to get it ranked very, very high that the people find it.
i am constantly travelling to the uk, to different towns and i always did and do reearch on the web before. so far i never found your site.....

as for the design: in principal not bad, i think, but i really do not like the color...a little bit ........gay? tourqois trying to be blue???

Dmitry · 02-18-2007, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by robert s.

personally i think the site is a good idea, but you really have to get it ranked very, very high that the people find it.
i am constantly travelling to the uk, to different towns and i always did and do reearch on the web before. so far i never found your site.....

as for the design: in principal not bad, i think, but i really do not like the color...a little bit ........gay? tourqois trying to be blue???

Thanks

We are just starting, so yes, I agree that page ranking is very imporatnt to success. As far as tourqois goes

... yes, may need to rethink that.