Terrible website
So the time has come to pick on some poor hapless victim’s website.
Today, and totally by random, I chose Art.net. I found this site disappointing for a number of reason.
Firstly Art.net is a fairly basic name, you don’t have to remember anything outlandish like Idrawdragonmonkeys.com. If someone is randomly perusing the web for art, the chances of them typing in Art.net is fairly high. Part of the reason that this website is so disappointing is because they are wasting such a high profile name.
Secondly there is not much eye candy on this page; the background is monotonous, the menu is blue text, and the banner is a 561 x 142 px picture. Overall this page is fairly boring.
Third, I was a bit put off by how many links I had to follow before I could look at their art, which (by the way) I found to be a bit underwhelming. But that is just my opinion.
chrisl said,
October 1, 2007 at 7:59 pm
You chose victims well.. wasting a good domain name isn’t a criticism I hear often but it is a very good one.
And you are right about the design– it looks like it dates back to 1999… and who knows, perhaps it does. There is no indication if the site is still being maintained.