Vincent Flanders’ comments: Well, a lot of the problems are caused by the number and position of the ads. There is nothing wrong with ads, God love ‘em, but when there are so many and you can’t differentiate them from the rest of the page, you have a problem. Where’s the focal point of the page?

Pretty much everything on the site was created in Flash and that will be a problem for Firefox users with the NoScripts plugin or who have Javascript turned off. This is all you’ll see. It’s pretty scary and it makes the site pretty useless.

As this screenshot demonstrates, the site’s use of Flash, coupled with a lack of actual text, hurts this site in the area of Search Engine Optimization. There are only 43 words on the home page. I’ve got over 2,000 on mine.

Confusingly, the Pause button on the first Flash animation, doesn’t pause the video. It pauses the music, which is counterintuitive.

Sticks and Stones Outdoor Adventures Magazine

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My Social Networking Links of Interest on February 7, 2010 at 8:03 pm

Submitter’s comments: Here you go:

Long Loading Page? Check.
Stupid Music? Check.
World’s Most Annoying Navigation? Check.
Flash Overdose? Triple Check.

This web site sucks!

Vincent Flanders’ comments: Check.

Another problem: the text is hard to read. Checkmate.

Got Milk?

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Got Milk? — Daily Sucker for Monday, February 8, 2010

Submitter’s comments: This web site for New Orleans businessman Sidney Torres, who is about to star in a new reality show on TLC, is really hideous.  What’s really strange is he’s actively promoting it – his last few newsletters have linked it.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: Interestingly, there’s a unique problem when viewing the home page in Google Chrome. The page scrolls and there’s an extra huge white space. It seems like the page was eating up CPU cycles in IE 7, but then IE 7 on my machine is a piece of junk.

I guess Mr. Torres doesn’t want a home page, but a widget page. He’s put up a Myspace page, but not on Myspace. On the other hand, he is a trashman so the page may be perfect.

Sidney D. Torres IV

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Sidney D. Torres IV — Daily Sucker #2 for Thursday, February 4, 2010

Submitter’s comments: This makes my head hurt. And the navigation? Where am I? Maybe this web site was new-looking during the Civil War.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: It’s sad because I know there’s a market for these products. I realize we just had Groundhog Day, so why is the first thing I see on the site a “Merry Christmas” graphic? We have centered text, multicolored text, “Click Here” messages and a page that goes on forever. The only good thing about the site is that Norton thinks it’s safe.

Fall Creek Sutlery

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Fall Creek Sutlery — Daily Sucker #1 for Thursday, February 4, 2010