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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The Enclave
Today's bad website is for a condominium communtiy that we recommend you check out - if you'd like to live like it's 1995, that is!
This website, in all of its outdated splendor, is meant to be the bulletin board for a rather expensive place to live. You wouldn't know it by looking at this abomination, though. Even the ultimate website analytics tool of 1996 (a hit counter) gave up and died.
At least the 30 page 'handbook' of Rules & Regulations is still available.
Vivid Hair
Today's bad website is like an abandoned boutique with a lot of pretty mannequins left behind. Pictures of silent women with beautiful hair are all you'll find here.
There are navigation options, but like walking from one empty room into another, all you'll find is creepy silence.
Maybe the site is still being built? Or maybe it was abandoned. Shrug. Either way, there's not even an indication of where this business is - if it ever even existed at all.
Robben
Today's bad website has a 'web only deal' that expires at the end of September 2010, so we don't think anyone's going to be offended when we point out what makes it a boogersite.
There's no evidence of styling, not even a basic effort to have consistency from page to page. No footer.
Every link on the site opens in the same window, meaning you just escorted visitors off your website and on to someone else's. That's never a good idea - but you'll be glad to leave this website and land on one that's much more modern.
Harris Company
Are you familiar with the phrase "I can't even!"? Get ready to say it when you pull up this website. It is rare to come across such a dinosaur these days.
It is safe to say that here at boogersite, we have never seen a website so bad. If hosting costs were based on word count, you would need the riches of a Saudi prince to afford this shockingly wordy website.
There is no explanation for the myriad content on here, we can't even tell what we're supposed to DO on this website. Clicking the X to close the browser tab seems to be the best option.
Academy of Truck Driving
As the callout on the landing page shouts - You Now Have Choices! And yes, you do. You can choose to hire a web design professional. And you should have.
A professional would have put a phone number on the landing page, and an address. An enrollment calendar for the current year (2020) instead of for 2018 would be helpful as well. Opening links in new windows or tabs instead of leaving the site would be good too. And real navigation buttons instead of neon jellybeans.
Shrug. If you want to become a professional truck driver, you have choices. Sound familiar? Maybe choose a school that has a professional web presence.
