OuterBox’s eCommerce Blog
Top Ten Reasons why Nick knows you need a new website:
1. Your website is hosted with GoDaddy. Just because it’s free, doesn’t mean it’s worth the trade for pop-ups and nasty ad banners to welcome your visitors.
2. Your product pages display, “coming soon” and there is a flashing “road work” sign in the middle of the page. What are you doing!?! That icon is at least 7 years old!
3. Background music is playing. Sorry, music is for elevators and unless your name is Brian Adams, nobody wants to hear your music.
4. “Last Updated March 2001″
5. Your checkout page opens up in five separate windows. Is this even safe?
6. You have a links page with URL’s to all of your competitors. Why are you advertising for them!?!
7. There is a “counter” on the bottom left of all your pages, letting the visitor know they are the 13th person to view your site since 2004.
8. A starburst graphic is claiming that the Webmaster, who built your site in 1997, won an award. Award for what? Please do them a favor and save them the from the embarrassment of their first HTML project..ever
9. There is a disclaimer at the footer that says “Designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.x” Why? You’re loosing over 40% of potential visitors because they’re using a different web browser.
10. Your contact email address is Jeff2285370923857134593485793@yahoo.com.
If you made it through without your website meeting any of these characteristics on the list, Congratulations! But, you’ll still need a new website in the next 2-3 years.
For the unfortunate, please contact us. We’re here to help!
Plane Crash Icon on News
Found on local news station in Cleveland, Ohio. I’m not sure where they found this plane crash icon, but either someone needs to upgrade their version of paint or stop using gif’s from the 90′s.
Moonlight Kayaking Ad
Click for the larger version. Found at a camping resort in Ohio. The first sentence in the middle is missing a question mark and I do not believe the “22th” is correct…
Handicap Sign with Gun
Found inside a gun range. Not sure of the location, this one was taken off of a reality TV show.
Tissue Logo – Really?
I’m not too sure who designed this. I guess a 1st grader won the contest.
Found in a grocery store in TN.
