RE: UKNM: Worst website sins

[Lee Atkinson]

Probrably the worst sin is to duplicate someone else's site. As you have

done with Deepend's excellent site.


-----Original Message-----

From: Tim Ireland [

timdesignercity [dot] com (mailto:timdesignercity [dot] com)

]

Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 1:10 PM

To:

uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: UKNM: Worst website sins



----- Original Message -----

From: Jo Chipchase <

jocan-u-hack-it [dot] com

>

To: <

uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>; <

cu-high-submitpublicise [dot] net

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Sent: 15 July 1999 13:46

Subject: UKNM: Worst website sins


> I'm writing a feature on "The Worst Website Sins" for Internet Money (a

new

> title aimed at small businesses).

>

> The sins currently include:

>

> * Poor site navigation systems

> * Pages too slow to download / graphics too big

> * Too much use of Flash / predictable animations (e.g. boring corporate

logos that twirl into the middle of the screen)

> * Broken links

> * Design faults - poor use of colours, etc.

> * Getting your techie guy to throw together a site using Front Page / site

> out of line with corporate image

> * Contact details hard to find

> * Superfluous / useless content

> * Site never updated


* Site has 25 separate pages of 'awards it has won' - as if we give a damn.


Tim Ireland

Senior Copywriter

DESIGNERCITY LIMITED

Email:

timdesignercity [dot] com

URL: http://www.designercity.com


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