Examples of Bad Websites
There are countless examples of embarrassing website designs and development out there. These are the latest examples we have discovered. For each site below we provide a brief analysis to assist you in avoiding the same pitfalls.
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Timeless Timbers
Timeless? Or INVISIBLE! Where did the images go? If you want website visitors - even to a bad website - to see what you offer, there really should be quality images. It's not just the landing page either.
Missing images are embarrassing, but so is the use of red or green fonts for text. They are very hard to read, and maybe impossible for colorblind people.
Cleveland Marble Mosaic
When building with marble, one could assume there's not much opportunity to shift or change things once the material is in place. Not so with websites! This old clunker could have and should have been modified to first of all FIT THE SCREEN at the very least. A design - ANY design - would have been another elementary step to improve its appearance.
The Contact Us page invites us to see the Staff Bios page for information, but there is no such page.
With a 'copywright' (!) of 2014, we can assume that is when it was last updated, not created. Websites made in 2014 were much more advanced than this hunk.
Dempsey Roofing
2009 is the copyright date near the bottom of today's bad website. That doesn't seem too old, does it? It's actually 15 years ago. Nothing's been updated since then that we can see.
Some pages are blank, one is actually still 'under construction' which is ironic for a company in the construction trade. The Projects page, which would be essential for a potential customer to view your work has a SQL error.
Testimonials from 2007 and an employment form that asks you for your social security number all validate that this is an unattended, out-of-touch website. No wonder - the Our Team page is bereft of people.
Pretty blue color though...
Bell Music
We haven't played the keyword game in a while, so let's! JUKEBOX SHARON PA, PENNSYLVANIA, YOUNGSTOWN, JUKEBOX AKRON OHIO, ATM, MUSIC, DIGITAL, JUKEBOXES, JUKEBOX, JUKEBOX, JUKE BOX, juke box, atm, video games, pinball games, video game rentals, jukebox, CD jukebox, jukebox rental
If you were seeking a JUKEBOX, you may have come to the right place. No need to shout about it however, or repeat yourself several times. Oh...and haven't you heard? Keywords aren't used anymore. Then again, it looks like the website hasn't been updated since its creation...
Polymer Chain Inc.
What's that you say? You can't read Chinese? Well neither can we, and we suspect the target audience for this American company can't read it either.
When companies don't hire a professional web developer or use a professional hosting company, they're risking more than the presumed savings was worth. You may want to do business with your local Chamber of Commerce members, or even throw a bit of business to a relative, but that decision could be costly.
Your business relies more than ever on its online presence, this is NOT the time or place to be cheap.
