Missouri.me Gets A Facelift
When we launched our favorite Missouri website we knew the community pages really needed to have a much different look than the very front page of the site. The site is all about the communities and our front page really did not make it obvious how to get to those communities. It really was just a mix of community information.
We knew we wanted to do something different with the main Missouri.me page but we really were not sure what, keep it simple or make it a content rich page. After much discussion and talking with some customers that we have go to know well we decided the keep it simple rule would win and as of today we have that in place for the main page of our site now.
The community pages are all the same for now although we have many changes planned there as well (already have implemented a few performance enhancing changes).
We will be adding some content to the main page later but not until we know we can keep the same clean look we have now. Take a look at Missouri.me now.
On a side note take a look at the Local Search vs. White Pages story as well, the numbers behind the decline of White Page acceptance is mind boggling.
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Bruce Marler
My time is spent evangelizing Unified Communications and WebRTC to companies looking to lead the way in enhancing the way their employees and customers communicate through making app enablement more efficient.
Along with that small task I also drive online marketing efforts with SEO and Social Media for small businesses through our efforts at LocalTek where I am Founder but just a small part of a larger team these days.
But most importantly I am a husband, Father and Step-Father of 4 GREAT kids and a wannabe hack triathlete.
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I think you have done it. I love your sight. I dont like alexa, but however I checked to see how did .me domain did when you put so much work in to it.
You have done a wonderful job and impressed me.
Regards
Thanks much!!! We appreciate the comment!
Hi, Bruce. I like the simple entry. I think it is straightforward and to the point.
Thanks Tia! I know your design skills so I take that as a complement!
We will add just a bit to the front page but not much more.
Bruce congrats. Can’t wait to see new site when I get off work and on a laptop
Cheers and can’t wait see you get bought out by yellow pages or local newspaper within 5 years !
J
All i can say is , you guys understand how all of this works
from the core to the crust. I’m glad i met you and look forward to years of Biz
Blakes BBQ House
@Jeff – Thanks Jeff. It is going to be a great year……
@Tim – Thanks bud, just wait until we really get started!
Looks nice
Now the first page users see will be full of targeted higher value ads as opposed to them visiting your home page. Real Estate ads pay and do well in this environment, you should put a bit more focus on that, and local rentals.
I like the simplicity of it, and I can easily see it working out good for you. One thing though, the search bar layout is broken, at least on my mac (both in Firefox and Chrome). It still works, but it´s hard to find the actual place where you can write. Screenshots: http://img64.imageshack.us/i/search1.png/ and http://img40.imageshack.us/i/search2p.png