Will you guys check out my Bitcoin news site and let me know what you think? - page 2.

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Quote from: macscoinreport on June 29, 2018, 06:44:55 PM

I've updated the layout quite a bit today. Let me know if the updates are an improvement.

The changes that you made are definitely an improvement (much better than it used to be but still has room for imrovement).

Quote from: macscoinreport on June 29, 2018, 06:44:55 PM

I'll look into updating to a much more modern style shortly.

Quote from: Patatas on June 29, 2018, 06:51:33 PM

Why don't you buy some good theme of a wordpress blog or something? Are you considering making any money out of the business?

I think he/she is hoping for that (based on the ads located on the header and footer area).

Quote from: macscoinreport on June 28, 2018, 06:44:22 PM

So I decided to throw this together and update as much as I can throughout the day between my day job.

You're doing it manually or it's automated?

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Quote from: macscoinreport on June 29, 2018, 06:44:55 PM

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I tried to make the site as simple as possible, kind of aiming for it to fit a lot of news on the front page and be easily navigable. But sounds like that isn't something people want nowadays since the style looks so old. I've updated the layout quite a bit today. Let me know if the updates are an improvement.

I'll look into updating to a much more modern style shortly. Thanks again. If you guys could bookmark it and check back in as I update I'd really appreciate it! Wink

- Sorry to mention but the style still looks a bit old. Why don't you buy some good theme of a wordpress blog or something? Are you considering making any money out of the business? If no, you shouldn't really bother about the styles much as people care more about the content aggregation than a fancy UI.

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Thanks for all the feedback guys! I tried to make the site as simple as possible, kind of aiming for it to fit a lot of news on the front page and be easily navigable. But sounds like that isn't something people want nowadays since the style looks so old. I've updated the layout quite a bit today. Let me know if the updates are an improvement.

I'll look into updating to a much more modern style shortly. Thanks again. If you guys could bookmark it and check back in as I update I'd really appreciate it! Wink

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Quote from: macscoinreport on June 28, 2018, 06:44:22 PM

Would you guys check out my site and give me some honest feedback? i.e., whether or not you'd use it, user experience, articles that are shared, sources I'm using, any pointers you have that might improve it, etc.

The site is a news aggregator for Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. I realized in my time involved with Bitcoin that there wasn't a single source where I could find all the top stories/articles of the day in the space. I have to jump around to so many site and it's never concisely in one place. So I decided to throw this together and update as much as I can throughout the day between my day job. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

http://macscoinreport.com/

- There are a lot of famous websites which do it effectively. Cointelegraph/news.btc are a few examples.
- The aggregated data is rather way less compared to your data sources. I mean I have been reading quite a few interesting articles on cointelegragh which is your data source but haven't come across that article.
- I would like if you give users a feature to add their favourite sites to a list and get data from only those sources. In that way, traders/merchants would like to read only data that benefits them unlike other technical stuff that doesn't interest them.

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The site looks like the oldest design of a website or a blog before.
I think you must make your website design like what the other website using right now,
Arrange it with CSS and Bootstrap so that it can be more responsive to other devices like smartphones or tablet.
You can also use some free software to design your website. Try to use wordpress instead and use some free drag and drop tool to design your website.

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I'm going to just respond to OP's particular complaint about not being able to find a single source that aggregates all the relevant news in a single space. I personally don't mind a very narrow feed from coinspectator (which, if I recall actually also launched on this forum) and faws. They're both real time news aggregators. You can filter out a lot of the noise (but you'll still of course get a lot of it, depending on your chosen sources.

These, at first glance, are superior to your offering and seem to give you all you need. To launch another, you'd need to improve on what these guys offer/ I suggest a service that translates foreign sources into English as something I'd find really really useful. I know for sure there's so much Bitcoin discussion going on elsewhere that's not in English.

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Quote from: macscoinreport on June 28, 2018, 06:44:22 PM

Would you guys check out my site and give me some honest feedback? i.e., whether or not you'd use it, user experience, articles that are shared, sources I'm using, any pointers you have that might improve it, etc.

The site is a news aggregator for Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. I realized in my time involved with Bitcoin that there wasn't a single source where I could find all the top stories/articles of the day in the space. I have to jump around to so many site and it's never concisely in one place. So I decided to throw this together and update as much as I can throughout the day between my day job. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

http://macscoinreport.com/

When i tried to surf the site. First thing i do see is the ads. White color isnt bad yet i do like simplicity but the arrangement do sucks. Every information either on News sources, Exchanger links arent even placed correctly which if you try to find it out you will still be confused on which one you would seek up. Random picture on some headlines. Arrangement would be needed and put some colors to make it attractive.
Its much better to make a column basing on what area or aspect they are belong so that confusion would be lessen up.

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The overall website design is so messy(or maybe even too messy). There are better ways on listing dozens of links without looking like a web design that was made in an hour. Not sure how experienced you are, but just so if you're a newbie in web design, I would suggest that you take a look at Bootstrap[1]. It makes everything easier in terms of web design; especially if you're a novice.

[1] https://getbootstrap.com/

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I agree with SFR10 and AdolfinWolf. They enumerate the items that need to change, but you must change everything.
You use Wordpress, looks like you are a beginner at this world. Check on WP market, you can find tons of free WP themes, which will look more professional and usable.

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Quote from: macscoinreport on June 28, 2018, 06:44:22 PM

Would you guys check out my site and give me some honest feedback?

I agree with "AdolfinWolf" (honestly, it looks really bad [especially the UX]). You need to organize everything (literally):

Create a drop-down menu for "News Sources" and "Twitter Accounts" (place them at the top [header]).
Remove the "Recent Headlines" part.
Move "Contact Us" and "Privacy Policy" to the bottom of the page (footer).
Move "Subscribe" part to the upper right corner of the page.
Instead of having thumbnails for few of them, you might want to add thumbnails for all of the articles.
Addition of a short description and publication dates.
Move "Google News Feed" to another page.

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Quote from: macscoinreport on June 28, 2018, 06:44:22 PM

Would you guys check out my site and give me some honest feedback? i.e., whether or not you'd use it, user experience, articles that are shared, sources I'm using, any pointers you have that might improve it, etc.

The site is a news aggregator for Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. I realized in my time involved with Bitcoin that there wasn't a single source where I could find all the top stories/articles of the day in the space. I have to jump around to so many site and it's never concisely in one place. So I decided to throw this together and update as much as I can throughout the day between my day job. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

http://macscoinreport.com/

It looks very drudge-reportesq-like, i guess. I'm not really a huge fan of it since everything is really cluttered, and the font is ( in my opinion, really shitty.) It reminds me of some of the earlier days of the internet.

I doubt i would use it very much, but then again, i feel like this is mostly due to personal preferences, and it's not really a good indicator whether or not the site in general is bad.

You've listed some decent articles, so there's that. The site also looks *better* on mobile due to the relative sleek design, which is a good thing, i think.

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Would you guys check out my site and give me some honest feedback? i.e., whether or not you'd use it, user experience, articles that are shared, sources I'm using, any pointers you have that might improve it, etc.

The site is a news aggregator for Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. I realized in my time involved with Bitcoin that there wasn't a single source where I could find all the top stories/articles of the day in the space. I have to jump around to so many site and it's never concisely in one place. So I decided to throw this together and update as much as I can throughout the day between my day job. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

http://macscoinreport.com/

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