First Impressions - (Out of 20)
Well the first impressions I get of your site are ok. I think the banner should be centralised and I don’t think you need the name/description of the forum to the right hand side of the banner. The template is ok, it is a bit too dark in my opinion however I do think green and black go well together. The domain is very difficult to remember also so you really could do with a shorter domain, and also a more relevant favicon would help. I think there are a lot of improvements to be made in this area.
(Scored /20)
10
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Well the layout of your forum isn’t very good to be honest. The introduction forums are above the announcements forums? Should be the other way round. Also you should merge the ideas/complaints forum into one and put it into the announcements and rules section. Also I think the advertising section should moved to the bottom and you really don’t need a whole section for referrals. Overall, your layout is incredibly poor.
(Scored /20)
8
Forum Statistics - (Out of 20)
You’ve been open around 10 days and you have 881 posts and 28 members. To be honest you’ve made a good start, and I have to say good work. Saying this you’ve only had activity in 2 forums today so it seems you are on the decline a little. On the whole though keep up the good work and continue to promote in everyway possible. Furthermore you’ve only had 4 members on in the last 24 hours, so some work definitely needs to be done.
(Scored /20)
13
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
On the whole this area is pretty good. I don’t really see any issues except the fact you have 3 admins, which is too many for such a small forum. Except the overstaffing in this forum no problems though, you have a couple of staff except admins already which is good.
(Scored /20)
12
Spelling and Grammar - (Out of 20)
Well to be honest you have made a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes, some of them incredibly amateurish. For example in the first forum ‘’Introduction’’ should be introductions and then you haven’t used capital letters in the forum descriptions for ‘’Posts worth sticking’’ and ‘’Contact the forum staff’’ Same issue for ‘’My live swaps’’ and the Ideas/complaints forums. The list goes on. It’s then applicable for ‘’Advise’’ which should be advice’’, forum ideas, chat, polls, gaming, forum games, competitions, websites, buying and selling, ebay, pictures, and you’ve spelt referrer wrong in the forum name/description for that section. Also as admin you don’t seem to use capital letters which doesn’t make your forum look professional. A lot of work is needed in this area.
(Scored /20)
5
Total Score - (Out of 100)
48
Final Remarks:
Well the forum has a lot of improvements required and you seem to be struggling a little bit at the moment.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
I think your statistics were quite impressive, since opening you’ve had a very respectable amount of posts per day so well done.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
The spelling/grammar was pretty awful and I didn’t think the banner was great either, also the sub domain is very difficult to remember and you should at least get a co.cc or co.nr, preferably a proper domain like .com/co.uk
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
I don’t think I’d join your site because there are much bigger swapitshop sites out there, however if it ever gets big I would possibly consider joining
(Final Score /100)
48
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