Site Critique - Site Critique of JumpNow

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Joined: Jul 1999

Hi, I am still working on my website but was wondering if you could tke a look at it and tell me what I could change/improve. Easier now than once I'm finished.
My site is www.jumpnow.net
Thanks ahead of time

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Brian Wilmot
www.jumpnow.net

Brian Wilmot
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http://www.jumpnow.net/ - Come on take a look! -

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Joined: Apr 1999

Hi, Brian. I think your site looks pretty good. I was kind of suprised to find E-Tips on the list of sites to visit Smiling. One thing though- the URL should be etips.NET and not .com.... We tried to get .com before but they never responded... Sad

Brian Farkas

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InfoStar: Web Design - Hosting - Programming
http://www.infostardesign.com

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Joined: Nov 1998

Site looks good but very plain. In fact there is no real graphics anywhere - any gifs I could find were just used for text.

The scrolling text is also kind of annoying but I think I woudld keep it.
JP

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The Webmaster Promotion and Resource Center.
Visit: http://www.what-next.com

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Joined: Mar 1999

Hi Brian,
I really like your site, as JP mentioned I think a few nice little graphics would really liven things up (I am impressed by your text only JumpNow banner) looks much nicer then the usual text heading Smiling.
I would repeat that same LARGish banner on each page, your search page is great but I almost feel like I was warped to another search page yahoo clone, If I were you I would "brand" that page with larger logo, if for no other reason then to take credit for all of your hard work.
I also think you could take some of your columns and do a few little tricks to make things jump out. Right now all the text is very similar --- I'm thinking maybe adjust the text colors or table background colors in one of the columns just for a little variety. OR, you can also do this by adding some little icons, "mail" "new" etc.....
Dont hesitate to put that "new" icon here and there, people come back to sites that are fresh and frequently update.

take care,
Carolyn

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