Worst Websites
Daily Sucker #2 For Wednesday, June 24, 2009
June 24th, 2009 9:09 am by Vincent Flanders
Site: Home of Heroes
Submitter’s comments: I’ve just started on as the web designer for my company. I’ve got a long list of improvements to make. I really appreciate your checklists, by the way.
For what it’s worth, the page I’m submitting is beyond sucky:
Vincent Flanders’ comments: Seth Godin has an article entitled, Two ways to build trust. To summarize for those KidsToday who don’t like to read, “If your site doesn’t look like a pro, the people will go.”
For the readers out there: As far as I can tell, this site isn’t a commercial site (outside of the ads and sponsors), but one of the problems with the site is that you can’t tell what kind of site it is except, perhaps, an extreme example of what used to be called an “amateur” web site.
The site is about “patriotism, the Medal of Honor and military history.” I think America’s heroes deserve better. I hereby recommend the site for court martial under Article 5 of the Biggest Mistakes in Web Design 1995-2015 — “Have you ever seen another web site? Really? Doesn’t look like it.“
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