Spike Likes put together
a few funny hints & clues to poke fun at problematic
web design. Do you suspect your web site may be a candidate
for the get-a-clue list? Don't worry! Contact
us and we'll help you design a new site or assist you
with an existing site.
The copyright line on your site says 2001.
You own 2 fancy luxury car dealerships, but the dealership
web sites look like the muppet Elmo put them together
using free downloadable clip art. Niiiiice big buttons
Elmo, niiiice.
Your site is black and has flames all over it, but you
sell baby apparel (and you aren't Harley Davidson).
You have a simple non-animated, non-Flash splash page
that redirects to your home page and your business or
organization truly cares about search
engine rankings and SEO.
When you view the source code for your site, there aren't
any meta tags and the title tags throughout the site say
"Main".
You have lots of blinking, flashing neon colored text
everywhere on your site and your company does not make
neon signs.
On the home page of your site there's a button called
"Main" and a button called "Home".
Even worse, both buttons have the mouse-over state set
to off so your audience is doubly certain to not
know where they are.
The "on sale" products in your online store
have the original price lower than your store's discounted
price. You entice buyers with a negative percent off.
You can save -33%!... yes, we really saw that.
75% of the searchable keyword phrases used on your product's
home page are enormous text graphics.
The headers on your site have been styled to be orange
and underlined, unfortunately, your site's text links
are also orange and underlined. Your viewers destination?
LOST!
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