Conversion Matters

I recently came across a blog about making money online by a guy named Angel.

I’d came across a post discussing the recent slapping Google seem to have given directories and I left a comment with my thoughts, I also said I wasn’t so keen on his navbar or post titles and here is why.

worldofangel.com’s navbar

In my opinion, the navigation bar on worldofangel.com is the weakest part of the blog design. I love the sidebar! There’s something about those bulletpoints which is just cool but the navigation bar lets the blog down a bit.

I think it needs to be stronger and more prominent. The links could do with being all in bold so they stand out more. Perhaps the make money blogging link could then have it’s colour changed. That way all the links would be stronger and there would still be a prominent call to action for the important link.

Also, I think some kind of mouse over effect would be nice too - maybe change colour or underline or something.

worldofangel.com’s post titles

Now I only have one small quibble with the post titles: the font. It just seems to different from the other fonts used throughout the blog. I personally feel the titles should be in the same font as the font used in the body of the posts but just bigger and bolder (they can stay pink; I’m all for pink!).

Finally, Angel could think about moving his RSS subscribe button above his about angel link/image. You want that subscribe button as strong as possible (yes I am aware mine could be more prominent) as for a blog that’s probably the single most important action a reader could take.

Obviously, this is all very subjective, so take my suggestions with a pinch of salt but let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions for my blog I’m all ears.

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