Why I Don't Like Your Website

I have seen a LOT of these posts floating around lately. Most of them are talking about the typical things on a website that provide some level of soothing irritation. Things like music playing on the load, resizing of the window, slow load times or a bunch of multi-colored fonts like comic sans.

Here are a couple of things that I can contribute to the lists going around. I have an extreme aversion to the mPire widgets that hold your browser hostage until they finish loading. The second thing that I want to add to the list is the annoying little voice that says, "Congratulation, you may have just won an iPhone."

Since you should always try to be positive, I think I will end this by saying something uplifting.

• I like your website because it has easy to see and use navigation.
  
• I like your site because because the text is broken up into easy to read segments.
• I like your site because it is extremely relevant to the keywords I was searching for.
• I like your site because it looks like someone took their time on the design and did the little "extras."
• I like it when you respond to me in a timely manner.

Take into consideration what you like and try to implement those qualities into YOUR site. You know, prior to writing this, I was informed that my site was causing an error in a visitor's browser. I immediately replied with questions about the error and determined that it was the JibJab video embedded in a post. I proptly got rid of it and ran over to WebSiteOptimization.com to see if I had any other issues. Yep, sure did. I fixed quite a few issues with image sizes and The Big Bald Blog appears to be loading faster now.

In summary, I LIKE it when you give me feedback about MY site to help me improve it. Thanks!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.