Comments on: The Essential Ingredient http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm My thoughts and opinions on the affiliate marketing industry and entrepreneurship. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:30:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: RohailR http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-205 RohailR Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:54:22 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-205 Thanks Eliot. The beta will be up very soon, so I'll be sure to let you know :). -Rohail Thanks Eliot. The beta will be up very soon, so I’ll be sure to let you know :) .

-Rohail

]]> By: Eliot Wasmund http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-204 Eliot Wasmund Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:39:25 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-204 Very nice, Rohai. I like what I see--very impressed. Let me know if you need a beta tester. Take it easy. Eliot Very nice, Rohai. I like what I see–very impressed. Let me know if you need a beta tester. Take it easy.

Eliot

]]> By: RohailR http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-199 RohailR Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:45:47 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-199 I thought it looked cool too, but I see what you guys are saying about the tag cloud. However, I'm at a loss of what I should replace it with. It doesn't have much functionality since most users would usually just visit one school so I see why users wouldn't need it, but it feels like it should be replaced with something else...otherwise it would seem too blank. I thought it looked cool too, but I see what you guys are saying about the tag cloud. However, I’m at a loss of what I should replace it with. It doesn’t have much functionality since most users would usually just visit one school so I see why users wouldn’t need it, but it feels like it should be replaced with something else…otherwise it would seem too blank.

]]> By: Dave http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-198 Dave Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:52:49 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-198 Screenshot looks good...how do you plan on making money? Through just advertising? I also semi-agree about the school tags on the bottom...although it's a neat concept, is it really necessary? I would think it takes away from other more important content. It's not like Digg or Netscape where tags to popular articles would be relevant content to a user, whereas your user will most likely only be interested in 1-3 schools and they know what they are. Screenshot looks good…how do you plan on making money? Through just advertising?

I also semi-agree about the school tags on the bottom…although it’s a neat concept, is it really necessary? I would think it takes away from other more important content. It’s not like Digg or Netscape where tags to popular articles would be relevant content to a user, whereas your user will most likely only be interested in 1-3 schools and they know what they are.

]]> By: RohailR http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-197 RohailR Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:30:45 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-197 Thanks, Jafar. I can't wait either :). I'll definitely let you know when the beta is up for testing. Thanks, Jafar. I can’t wait either :) . I’ll definitely let you know when the beta is up for testing.

]]> By: Jafar http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-196 Jafar Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:39:30 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-196 Hey, Rohail, Nice of you to leave a comment in my blog. I see that you are really busy with the preparations of the launch. The screenshot looks exciting and i can wait. If it helps i would like to extend my help to you as a beta tester. You can email me at sos_helpmee_sos at yahoo.com. Wish you best of luck once again. JafarK Hey, Rohail, Nice of you to leave a comment in my blog. I see that you are really busy with the preparations of the launch. The screenshot looks exciting and i can wait. If it helps i would like to extend my help to you as a beta tester. You can email me at sos_helpmee_sos at yahoo.com. Wish you best of luck once again.
JafarK

]]> By: RohailR http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-195 RohailR Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:51:01 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-195 Thanks, Alex. I thought about what you said in terms of there not being enough empty space. It looks a little better spaced out on the actual URL (as opposed to the screenshot because I couldn't capture the entire page), but I'll certainly think about spreading it out a little. The "five second" test sounds like it could definitely be helpful...time to test this thing out before launch. Further reader comments are much appreciated :) Thanks, Alex. I thought about what you said in terms of there not being enough empty space. It looks a little better spaced out on the actual URL (as opposed to the screenshot because I couldn’t capture the entire page), but I’ll certainly think about spreading it out a little.

The “five second” test sounds like it could definitely be helpful…time to test this thing out before launch.

Further reader comments are much appreciated :)

]]> By: Alex Rudloff http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm/comment-page-1#comment-194 Alex Rudloff Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:50:34 +0000 http://www.rohailrizvi.com/the-essential-ingredient.htm#comment-194 Screenshot looks really cool, and I can't wait to play around once ya'll launch. My initial thought on it is there isn't enough empty space though -- lots of words in a relatively small space. From that, you can either reduce word count (which might be tough), or spread things out.. Most of it is the tag cloud (er.. the college cloud? ;), so.. who knows. Anyway, to test changes, do the "five second" test. Show the screenshot to someone for five seconds, turn it off, and have them tell you what the site does/is/etc. See what they retain. It looks great regardless, and the logo specifically is spot on! :) Screenshot looks really cool, and I can’t wait to play around once ya’ll launch.

My initial thought on it is there isn’t enough empty space though — lots of words in a relatively small space. From that, you can either reduce word count (which might be tough), or spread things out.. Most of it is the tag cloud (er.. the college cloud? ;) , so.. who knows.

Anyway, to test changes, do the “five second” test.

Show the screenshot to someone for five seconds, turn it off, and have them tell you what the site does/is/etc. See what they retain.

It looks great regardless, and the logo specifically is spot on! :)

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