Name of Site: EpicallyFun Site Genre: Entertainment Site URL:http://epicallyfun.com Type of Review ( Full/Quick ): Quick Opening Date: September 25th Additional Notes: N/A
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The design.
To start things off, I think your website has a nice design. Your website does not have a fantastic theme, but the colors look decent and the layout works with your website well. I think the font you used for the menu and "Welcome To Epically Fun!" title fits your genre, but it is kind of hard to read. I think you could probably find a better font to use. It is definitely a fun font, but I think you need to get a similar font that is not difficult to see.
Next, the footer on the website really needs to be worked on. It is a huge footer, but there is only a words in it. I think you should make the footer smaller. Finally, the logo on your website could probably be improved. It is a fun logo that works well, but the text does not look very clean. Even though you linked me to the Epically Fun website, I feel like I should cover the forum that you have set up as well. First of all, I recommend having a MyBB designed to match the theme on the main website. I have known a few people to offer services like that in the past, and it would be a good idea to look into that.
Additionally, what is going on with the logo on your forum? I guess the animation is cool, but it does not seem to be fun to me. Even if some people do like it, I think it only makes sense to have the logo on your website be the same as the logo on your forum. Lastly, even if you cannot afford to spend the money to get a custom theme that matches your website, you need to at least get rid of the default MyBB theme. It is plain and unattractive. Worst case scenario, you could find a premade MyBB theme that has a color scheme that is close to your website. Overall, I think the design fits your website well, but the design on your forum is not getting the job done right now.
The content and activity.
When I first looked at your website, I noticed a lot of interesting content. Your website has memes, jokes, riddles, games, and more! You offer a plethora of fun things for visitors to check out, and I personally looked through a few pages of memes while reviewing it. I think you need to work on getting more unique content though. At the end of the day, if all of the huge meme websites already have the memes you have, then why would anyone use your website over a huge meme website?
Also, having the same content as other meme websites is not going to help you would with your search engine ranking. I am not saying that you need to completely move away from re-posting content from other websites, but you need to work on creating your own content as well. As always, I recommend that you be cautious when it comes to copyright laws. I do not think you will have any issues, but it could very well be possible.
Next, I love how often you are posting jokes on your website. That is great, but you should work on adding random news and riddles as often as you add jokes. You want all aspects of your website to be active. Lastly, your forum seems to be pretty active for something that is not receiving very much attention. There have been a few posts today, so that at the very least, your forum is alive. Overall, you are doing an awesome job with the content and activity on your website!
Weaknesses:
The widgets.
I know the widgets you have on your website are extra features to have, but I honestly feel like you should remove them. When I say widgets, I am referring to the poll and the visitors table on the homepage. I think having a poll asking people about your website is fine, but the poll generator you used makes it look kind of tacky. I am not sure if you have ever noticed, but how often do you see websites with premade widgets that link to other websites?
I do not know about you, but I do not think I have ever seen a professional website using a poll generator from another website. I think you should try to find a poll generator that does not require linking back like that. Also, if you are going to have a poll on your website, I feel like a poll asking people what they think of your website is lame. It is a fun website, so it would make sense for you to have a fun poll as well. Perhaps you could have a new fun poll every week.
Finally, I do not hate the visitors widget necessarily, but it does not look great either. For one thing, it is making the footer look very weird right now. The footer is way bigger than it is supposed to be because of the visitors widget. Also, I am not sure if the average person visiting a website would look a widget like that. Some people like to be very private about where they live, so not everyone likes those widgets to begin with. Overall, I think you should go ahead and remove all of the widgets off of your website because they are not doing more harm than good.
Other minor flaws.
I was not really sure what to call this, but there were a bunch of little things that I noticed. Firstly, I do not think it makes sense to have your forum under a different domain? Why does the website go from epicallyfun.com to epicallyfunforum.us? The domain change is rather confusing and unnecessary. You should move the forum to epicallyfun.com/forum or something along those lines. That brings me to my next point. I also do not like that you have MyBB in the directory for your forum. The average person is not going to care what forum software you are using, so it would look a lot better if it said "forum" or "board" instead.
Next, I think it would be wise to add a "Login" button and a "Register" button to your website. The "Login/Register! Click ->" text is random, but I can understand why it is there. The current button with two dots on it is confusing, so you should work on getting new buttons. Moving on, the red in your favicon matches your website, but I cannot tell what it is. I think it could be changed to something better. You could have the icon from the logo as the favicon, or you could have a favicon that says your website's initials, "EF." Also, the black background on your favicon definitely does not match. I do not seen that color anywhere else on your website.
As far as your forum goes, you need to add a favicon to it as well, but there is something that is much more important to that. There has to be a menu button on the forum that links back to the main website. If the forum is the official Epically Fun forum, then the two websites need to have a connection that is not just one way. The website has links to the forum, but the forum does not have links to the website. I recommend fixing these minor flaws as soon as possible.
Final Remarks:
I think Epically Fun looks like a really cool website. I feel like this is a genre that will be tough to get into because there are many websites like this on the internet. It is going to require a lot of work for you to compete with the top ranking websites on Google when you search for "memes," "jokes," etc. It is a tough job, but if you keep actively updating the blog and you improve your SEO greatly, I think it can be done. Your website has only been around for a short time, so don't give up if it isn't popular yet. Epically Fun clearly has potential, so good luck!
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