Examples of Bad Websites

At some point, Argyle Supply was a website for a plumbing supply business.  Made with WordPress, it was taken over by the 'geniuses' who post random blogs about unrelated things.  If anyone knows how this is a money-maker, or why it's done, please let us know.  WordPress has gotten better, but at one point it was ripe for exploits.

Links to everything under the sun, and hovering over contact info shows that "earl campbell meats" is going to be where the link goes.  A link in one blog goes to house painters in British Columbia.  Another link goes to a mesothelioma attorney.  ???

Bad websites are getting harder to find, because businesses realize there is value in hiring professional web developers.  You should too.

When shopping for services, especially for something as important as security, one would hope to find several choices online, all with a professional-looking website that inspires confidence.  If that is true, this bad website is NOT going to be one of the companies you contact.

Small, dark and blurry images are used throughout, and under Private Investigation there is a category called "Stocking Issues".  We hope that's a simple mistake, and "stalking" is what was meant unless they really do investigate what's wrong with your socks.

There's a broken link to Centurion Arms (whatever that is) and a contact email address at yahoo!  Need we say more?

It's old, it's made with Yahoo! SiteBuilder, it's ugly...just an all-around bad website.

IF any attention was given to design, we'd bet a cracker that 'legally blind' might be used to describe the creator.  "Blank" does not make for a useful title tag either.

Shrug.  You get what you pay for.  In this case, it was clearly not much.  

When you have a business, and would like to make money, please hire a professional web design company, such as our sponsor.

Not sure about the url, today's bad website seems to have been registered with a country code indicating the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory.  A small territory, less than 6 square miles.  Shrug.  The site defines itself as being "for market intelligence in the recycling and composting businesses".

Some Google ad services are at the botton in lieu of a footer, for whatever reason.  Mostly, there are just links to and a short description of other websites.

You've got Composting News, in case that is up your alley and you need to learn more.  There's also the Paper Stock Report, in case you are actually still using...paper.  And finally, way-2-grow, leading to a 'domain for sale' page.

So...what was this site for again?

Something about it offends the eyes, we hope that it's not permanent.

Although there is a preponderance of very readable, interesting content, the bad website design - actually the LACK of design - makes it very hard to resist simply closing the browser window.  There are several rabbitholes to venture down, including 'web sites of the month', featuring a seemingly endless treasure trove of bad websites for those with hours and hours of free time to get lost in.

What is the purpose of this website?  If we can't tell by looking at it for a few moments, that is a basic failure.