{"id":366,"date":"2010-03-22T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T20:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2010-03-31T20:37:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T00:37:23","slug":"domainers-and-development-tight-budgets-or-simply-bad-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domainers-and-development-tight-budgets-or-simply-bad-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"Domainers and Development: Tight Budgets or simply Bad Taste?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m often amazed at the type of content slated as “development” with the usual tags of “minisite”, “stores” and “portals”. Often a euphemism for graphic headers slapped on an interface that lacks intuition, those design atrocities<\/strong> are presented to domainers as money-makers that would beat parking and PPC revenue.<\/p>\n

Stop for a second and think<\/strong> – why would any visitor click on the AdSense content you flaunt in those “minisites” when the rest of the content is so poorly and distastefully done?<\/em><\/p>\n

Are domainers truly on a shoestring budget, or is it because nobody has taught them better?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The subject of taste in everything is related to one’s background, education and exposure to alternatives. When you’re shown a bunch of poorly done skeleton sites as the cheap, better alternative then you’re getting what you’re paying for.<\/p>\n

Having been a web and graphics developer for the past 15 years, I simply shake my head at the acceptance of poor quality as a quick, economic solution to domainer needs. Quite often, domainers fall flat into the pitching trap of fly-by-night<\/em> individuals with no design credentials, no portfolio and no ethos; because whoever tells you that money will be flooding your pockets when you slap that “minisite” onto your long-tail domain, is lying through their teeth.<\/p>\n

What is the solution to this disease permeating through the domainer halls?<\/p>\n

Simple: choose the top 5 domains from your portfolio and hire a professional for the job<\/strong>. Invest in a true design that delivers not just the eye-candy but also incorporates an intuitive user interface, effective call to action images and custom-written copy that wasn’t ripped off Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

Lose the bad taste, gain from the experience of true developers that live and breathe what they do.<\/p>\n

Follow me on twitter http:\/\/twitter.com\/acroplex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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