Examples of Bad Websites

Today's bad website came with this commentary from the submitter:  "There is NOTHING NOT wrong with it. This place sells classic cars - some with 6 digit prices and their web site looks like a Mediafire nightmare, straight out of 1997."

We took a look at some of the cars for sale - and if this business would just put a fraction of their profit toward a better website, imagine the increase in business!  Maybe it's a sales tactic - the cars look GREAT compared to the website they're shown on?

SIX separate sets of keywords aren't doing this Adobe PageMill website any favors either.  None of us here at boogersite has seen a mindspring email address in years.  Professional email addresses are @yourdomain.

It took quite a bit of searching, but what this website was supposed to be for is the "Western Burglar and Fire Alarm Association."  Unfortunately, the original website (.org) was hacked and is now a crazy hodgepodge of blog posts.  You'll have to click the 'translate' button to read any of them, but we'll spare you the task by telling you the text on the landing page reads: BEWARE OF THE PLACE WHERE SARAH KIM'S REVIEW IS SWEET.

We don't think you need to explore any further than that to understand that a secure website (and secure hosting) is paramount for any business.  Don't get sucked in by a cheap platform and hosting, it will cost you in the end.

Today's bad website mentions that they've been manufacturing quality products for over 20 years.  That dates this website at 2004.  Back then, this website might have been HOT.  Use of Flash was the "in" thing, and expensive.  Today?  Not so much.  Concerns about usability, privacy and security put the nail in Adobe Flash's coffin.  It is an ongoing mystery to us here at boogersite.com why there are any websites still left out there that feature Flash.  

There is no navigation to speak of, even after enabling Flash to run, the hamburger in the top left doesn't expand.  At the time this website was created, the now-prevalent hamburger wasn't in use.  So it's probably just a "design" choice.  What hopefully was NOT a design choice is the test-pattern red and gray area on the right.  Awful.

We are not sure exactly what this website is about.  Peeps?  Flowers?  Those are the only two images on the landing page. Images always have helped set the tone for what a website is about.  

Colors can also set the tone, so maybe the pink and purple (in combination with the chicks) are to inspire memories of Easter.

Wrong.  This website is promoting a workshop to prepare young ladies for earning a spot in a sorority.  Not sure which sorority, or which college - there isn't a hint of location on this website.  The link to 'Contact Us' doesn't work, and neither do any of the other navigation options.  Ladies, you are on your own.

These days, it's never a good idea to depend on Flash for elements of your website.  Especially not this many, and especially not on your landing page.  In May of 2016, Google told us it would eventually block Flash player content on Chrome.  That day arrived in December of 2016. Facebook made the same ban for videos but a year earlier. So this bad website has been flaunting its old technology for over two years past obsolescence.

Another issue with this site is that it's all image.  None of the content on this poorly made website is ever going to be indexed by search engines, all they're 'seeing' is...nothing.

If you're going to hire a company advertising their "best practices" in the arena of technology and IT services, you'd likely want to hire a company with those practices on display.