SITE REVIEW: Pet Information Site

my site is at: http://www.petguide-online.com/

i would really appreciate your opinions

The middle part of your homepage looks a bit squashed. The left & right columns overlap on to the edges of the central text and need to be narrower. The navigation text on left could do with being slightly smaller. The rest of your pages look fine and once you adjust the home page it will be a nice site.

OK... Here we go..

Navigation
Spruce it up, even if you just have a different color on a rollover would be a great improvement. Also change the link color, blue just doesn't go with white and orange.

Content
Put padding on right,left and bottom. When you shrink the page it gets squashed.

General
It needs images, also you should limit the width. My comp has 1280 width and your page looks a bit too stretched.

You might want to change your font. Its a bit dull and in big blocks i find it it a bit hard to read.

Change your banner as well.

You definately need to work more on the design and look of the site, currently its very bland

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
Explains about the layout being streched
Create a nice Fancy Page Banner
At the moment, your site has a lot of text, but a handfull of nice images
Images help break up the page

And How do I do this?

i think it would be better if you find a text that has a paw design .. or animal-like ... give some cute animal backgrounds too

it would be nice to see an easy way or searching on your site....and also you should put up alot more info for pet guides and maybe add more about pets if you like? but also space out the site a bit more

Set the main table width to max "1024"

Also... you need to set the .CSS for font sizes. The font is too plain. If you need some help. Message me and I will help ya make it pretty when i got some time.

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Thanks.

You need to get rid of the underline on your links, it looks terrible.

Change the cellpadding on your middle table so the text isnt as as squashed up and there is a space between the text and border.

I would definetly change the font and reorganize a bit. It looks lot like homemade. Side windows are 2 long and the middle part is kinda sqashed up. A nice pet background would be nice, and even browsing pet sounds...

Elementary in design and use which is good for your targeted end user.

A design consistency that holds it together well.

Some serif fonts in the body copy may give you a more informative authoritative look which will help pet-owners to better trust your knowledge and information.

Good job.

Images, and for god's sake, change some fonts.

I like your site. The layout is simple but nice, professional looking, easy to navigate, nice colors, and the Google ads are well blended in with the content. It doesn't just look like another "Google Adsense Ad" site. My sister has a dog clothing company web site you might be interested in checking out - http://www.roowear.ca. Anyways, best of luck with your site.

Chris H.

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