Comments on: Popular doesn’t equal good

By: Robert Nyman

Robert Nyman — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:05:45 +0000

John,

Ah, thanks! I missed that one.

And thank you for reading, I’m glad you like it!

By: John Meyer

John Meyer — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:39:20 +0000

I think Gram was referring to:
“They have millions of visitors every day, and we want that to!”
Petty if you ask me but there it is. Anyway, good post, I enjoy reading your blog. Keep up the good work!

By: Robert Nyman

Robert Nyman — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:38:24 +0000

Gram,

Anywhere in the post where you see such an error?

By: Gram

Gram — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:10:52 +0000

to: used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from. “They came to the house.”
too: in addition; also; furthermore; moreover. “young, clever, and rich too.”

By: Â¿QuÃ© le pongo al blog? « Cosas sencillas

Â¿QuÃ© le pongo al blog? « Cosas sencillas — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:52:07 +0000

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By: Robert Nyman

Robert Nyman — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:05:09 +0000

Thanks guys, I’m glad you understand me.
Guilherme, thanks for the link.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:03:02 +0000

As webmasters, or wannabe webmasters, I think we have all fallen into that trap some time, some how, and the circle continues. Look at when google became popular, just to name one. Mostly everyone’s search design began to look uncannily similar. For instance Yahoo is trying really hard to get a big bite out of google’s apple, but with Google a household name now, the fight will be a long drawn out battle. Although I admit sometimes Yahoo draws in better results and I donâ€™t mind switching between the two at all Actually thatâ€™s also a classic example of adaptability on Yahooâ€™s part - (delivering a design to suit the needs of those used to google). Break away I say!

Sorry I get off track. Bottom-line, how you succeed I’ve learned is word of mouth, useable/elastic content, and listening to your audience. Although I love to see nice pretty designs, I would choose the plain jane site anytime if their service was superior despite being popular or not (well of course depending what the service was for).

Nice post Robert

By: Jermayn Parker

Jermayn Parker — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:45:35 +0000

lol that is funny. I just got off the phone to a client who gave me two web addresses and asked for the design to be similar to them…

By: ¿Qué le pongo al blog? » BlogMundi

¿Qué le pongo al blog? » BlogMundi — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:14:13 +0000

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By: Guilherme Zuhlke O'Connor

Guilherme Zuhlke O'Connor — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:07:54 +0000

Well, most definetely you can’t predict a site sucess for its design alone, but also, not for its content, and perhaps not for both toghether either.

Content is king, yes. A rule of thumb for the designer, but not for the public.

There are a lot of different people surfing the web and being parachuted on random sites for random reasons, and eventually attracting these people is a kind of sucess for some projects.

My point is, maybe some sites in your list, or outside of it, have succeeded despite their design and despite the content as well.

Here an interesting link I’ve read these days.