Brand new website and I would love some feedback

[AlfredoPLongbottom]

Hello all,

I have been reading Affiliate Guard Dog's forums for some time and just joined. I recently got my first website launched and I would love some feedback and constructive criticism. Please bear in mind that the site is brand new and I am still writing content. I plan on writing full page reviews for all of the casinos, sports books etc. that I promote on the site, as well as listing more international casinos from Asia and Europe.

The company is International Online Casinos. The url is xxx.ioc.vegas

Thank you all for the inspiration to get this going!!!

Alfredo P. Longbottom

xxx.ioc.vegas

 

[Guard Dog]

Why does the website redirect to a different URL?

 

[AlfredoPLongbottom]

Because I built it on InternationalOnlineCasinos.org and then realised that it was waaay too long.

 

[Guard Dog]

aaahhhh... gotcha Thanks. Well, it is a nicely designed template (assuming wordpress). Looks to be well organized and simply needs more content. From a user perspective, it is easy to navigate - but looks like a lot of other websites. You will definitely need to differentiate yourself to keep your site 'sticky' (i.e., keep surfers coming back).

 

[AlfredoPLongbottom]

Thanks.
That's what I was afraid of,,, any suggestions ?

 

[Guard Dog]

Do you have any webmastering skills? If so I would play around with the template to make it more unique. If not, I would at least play around with the CSS file to make the colors different than others out there with the same template.

 

[AlfredoPLongbottom]

I didn't think this template was so widely used when I started. OOOPS to me. haha I'm not a webmaster but I'm learning my way around Would you think it's good to launch now and continually update with great content and work on the look in the not too distant future?

Again, thank you for taking the time. Means a lot.

 

[Guard Dog]

It may not be that widely used... just looks 'familiar' to me. The style of the template looks a lot like many websites. I think it is definitely good enough to launch with - you can always make changes in the future as you bring in money. I did this exact thing - once a site made some money, I hired a developer to make a custom template. Shortly after that I figured out how to make my own templates.

 

[AlfredoPLongbottom]

That sounds like exactly what I was thinking but hearing it, or rather reading it, from you kind of lends it more weight.

I'm so glad I joined AffiliateGuardDog!

 

[Guard Dog]

Welcome to AGD - glad you found time to join!

 

[Rick Perry]

move the site to that new domain, redirection is dicky..

 

[FruityJelena]

Is this REHub wordpress theme? Looks similar

 

[KasinoKing]

Very nice looking site!

The first thing I look for (as a player myself) are which casinos you are promoting and how much information you give about them.
First you have chosen wisely - you only have highly reputable brands, which is very good to see!
The only thing about the Club World Group, which I think all webmasters should point out, is that they do not accept any students who are under 25 years of age.

One odd thing I noticed, is that you have a Bovada banner in your header - but they are NOT on your list of USA casinos...

Merry Christmas!
KK

 

[RyanWeb]

I notice a few of your images are not loading? hlifepoker in the footer, and and wincake (top right widget). Other then that, I like the layout of the site, but I also get when others say if 'feels' like a generic blog.. First and foremost I would focus on content, and allow your site to take a direction of its own.. Once you get a really good feel for what you are doing, maybe then do a redesign based around something unique you site can offer.

 

[Darren Colebrook]

Great look I like it. Same issue with images though.

 

[Chipy]

If you're not a webmaster I would recommend hiring freelancers to help you out with managing your site, otherwise it would be very difficult for you to create a high quality site..

Getting a wordpress template is not enough ^^