http://www.valuablestones.com/index.htm

Has text overlapping each other.

Looks like bad CSS.

Open in Firefox and you will see what I mean.

Looks pretty sloppy overall.

Overall I like the layout.

However the main image needs major work unless that guitar player happens to be related to a smurf and now has blue skin.

You need to use transparency's over the...

I recently sold off a site that was making roughly 1200USD/month in affiliate sales.

Why?

Well my wife gave birth to my son back in September and since then I have found my free time cut to...

Add to dmoz.org and I would say thats really the main one.

Try to keep everything relevant when adding your site to directories.

An Example would be not to add your site about iPods to a...

Well TJ they are going to learn really fast that design is expensive for a reason. Everyone is going to want something different and if its hourly based you can run up the charges very fast.

So...

Do not bend on the price or the guy will continue to walk on you.

Instead tell him something like.. Listen 800 + 1 year of free maintenance or something along those lines or drop to say 700 and 6...

Creative.. but hard to read and you have a popup on the fornt page.. thats not good...

Better... but still not there yet... it just lacks structure...

have a look here..

http://free-fonts.sustainedhits.com/

Se ehow enat things are?

Now look here

A little tough on the eyes.

Also what is the forum supposed to be about?

OK let me say this nicely... or try to atleast..

That site is wayyyyy 90's

Reminds me of the hold frontpage 97 frame layout.

I would not use that at all...

Also Linux users tend to be on...

Well I was waiting for him to reply..

because no I am not kidding it is the truth...

What do you mean? Is this a typo?? What is "Kindin" ?

OK where to begin..
First and fore most.. you should have an HTML version of this site as well so the engines pick it up ALOT better.

Second the fonts are extrmely tough on the eyes.

And...

http://webmaster-tools.sustainedhits.com/

Merchadise looks fine.

I did look.

I would go with a bluish color.. or if you want to go yellowish .. like maybe a more defined color with border.

OK I am going to be as nice as possible.

The site needs color change. The yellow is har don the eyes.

Also it is very bland. I like clean looking sites but in my opinion I would never buy...

Just the option to watch something or not should present itself in a better way of just not going to the site.

menaing if the site had somehting else on it that was useful and this was the "Humor"...

Don't take this the wrong way.. but I find that site very annoying...

Well the thing is that simple and functional are whats most important..

I design very complex flash sites as well as seimple one page templates..

And to me the flash is simply annoying and the...

It won't happen over night but you can sure as hell be ready for the engines...

See sig...

Just my .02, but would make it more modular.. meaning box up the left right center... header footer.

Like..


[ header ]

[ left nav] Center Table ...

I have a fish tank.. does this count? Its a 75G Salt Water Reef hahahahah

http://free-fonts.sustainedhits.com/

Fire away.. what do you think?

hmmm 404'd for me

Whoah fella...

OK a few pointers.. Don't list that much content in the middle of the page like that..

Make a ..More Stories Link..


Also.. Invest in making a nicer header and top menu nav...

Small suggestion... That HUGE list you have on the right hand side..

Here is my suggestion..

Take your top ten brands and list them there..

then have a

..Browse All vendors link that...

Ok first.. I would Left jusitfy the links in the nav on left hand side instead of center..

Then I would change the blue on blue..

Like make the text an easier color on the eyes...

other then...

I would move the google ads below the forum.. it crunches everything together when trying to read a post.