Examples of Bad Websites

"Messy, slow-to-load and useless" are words that were used to describe today's bad website.  Here at boogersite.com, we believe that 'slow to load' is being generous.  It took a full 30 seconds to load the images on display above the fold, we have no idea how long the whole page would take to load and neither would you.  Who would wait that long?

However - this website claims that "millions of customers have saved tens of millions in dollars" using their tickets.  Strangely, there are no tickets for sale on this website, only placeholders for First Product, Second Product, and Third Product.

Good luck saving 'tens of millions of dollars' here.   We can only save you TIME, by recommending you avoid this poor website.

Go on, try to read some news here, we dare ya'.  In some cases, just going to this "news" website, you'll get a gigantic autoplaying ad.  There's a useless graphic that invites you to 'news below' but it doesn't work.  If you somehow find a way to get the actual website to display, go ahead and click on a story.  We'll wait.  Yep - now all you see is an impotent lure to subscribe for $9.99 a month.

NO THANKS.

There are plenty of other places that serve up the news willingly, without playing games with site visitors.  Rot in peace, USA Today.

Today's bad website is missing an FAQ section, so we'll make one for this place:

Q:  Why does the content only take up half the screen?

Q:  Why is the page title "Home?"

Q:  Why is there no navigation?

Q:  Why is there no address?

A:  NO ONE KNOWS

If you ran a business called the National Security Training Academy, it would seem like a no-brainer to have a secure website.  Right?  At the very least, you'd secure your online enrollment form.  Right?  Fail on both.

Today's submitted bad website was made back when having 22 keywords or phrases wasn't unusual.  That's no excuse for keeping them these days, especially when none of those words or phrases appears on the site.  Do you see Fire Alarm Installation Methods anywhere here?  Nope.

Text on the website indicates that the training you can purchase is "is designed to help electronic persons stay abreast of the complex and expanding electronic security industry."  This old website doesn't do much to foster that impression.

Have you ever heard of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne?  A quick reminder:  a young woman bears a child out of wedlock, and is forced to endure public shame by wearing a red (scarlet) piece of cloth in the shape of the letter A.  Can you imagine this method in practice today? But back to the plot and its relevance to today's bad website.

Look at the footer of this site.  It's nothing but keywords. This practice is so old and useless it's laughable.  But let's call it what it is:  shameful.  Checking on the company taking credit for this unfortunate gaffe we find a parked domain at GoDaddy.  

SHAME!