Hi all
I live and work in Denmark and to source new clients I regularly browse the directories for ghastly sites that belong to successful companies. Sure, it's mostly guess work ;)
The state of the average small business website here in .dk is truly terrifying.
Here is a no exaggeration list of what I find in 6 out of 10 sites:
- 90% are made with Front Page, the rest with something called 'Stones web writer'
- Chunky buttons come as standard with optional unreadable text.
- The 'combination lock' hit counter, proudly displayed in the middle of the page
- Frames are universal, usually complete with java menus that won't run in anything but IE
- Splash page, but not a groovy flash jobbie, just some lame text saying 'click to enter our site'
- Spinning 'email us' logo, or a quill, busy scribbling on some parchment. Sheeesh!
- The legendary 'optimized for' links at the bottom of the page. In extreme cases, you don't get to see the site unless you upgrade to Netscape 4 or higher... Even if you're using NS6
- No content whatsoever.
My question is: Is it just over here or are all small business sites so ghastly.
What are they like where you are?
Nick
