I would welcome a review of this site.
Is the concept clearly understandable on the main page? Is the design appropriate for the subject.

Thanks a lot
Philip, for www.localliberty.com

Philip,

I spent about 15 minutes on your site.

Well designed and yes, the concept is explained well.

Negative feedback:
1. New York has subways not tubes. Paris has metro, not tubes.
2. Americans would never use the term "holdings".

,dave

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Philip,

At the bottom of the main page it says:

"Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the localliberty.com and Pyloo Ltd, User, Privacy Policy and Disclaimer Agreement"

Shouldnt users be able to actually read this Privacy Policy and disclaimer Agreement?

The reason im mentioning this is because i'm writing a site which has a members area and i need to sort out these things before it goes public and im interested to know what you have done about these things.

Since your soliciting listings and buyers "over here", I'll second what davebarnes said; tubes, prices in pounds, you need more generic terms, or to change with location (make them find a location before anything, then push text tailored to the locale)...

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Philip,

About the main page.
You should make the user's login box smaller. it takes too much space then needed. The "find your city" box is too big also and I would make is smaller. Maybe a nice toolbar with a search input and a login reference will be better.
You have a link to "login" in the main page where the loin is already there, it's not correct.
I would wrap the information at the bottom of the last page so that it will look like the other text boxes.

cheers,
Itamar Lev

Philip,

All told it looks quite nice. A couple of comments from a seasoned designer's perspective.

1. My personal opinion, which is supported by designers and art directors who have ever worked for our firm, is that Centered justified text introduces disorder. I recommend left justifying the home page top red text in order to bring more visual order to the page. Rarely on professional heavily trafficked commercial sites do I see center justified text, for that reason. My opinion anyway.

2. The grammar and punctuation throughout the home page is odd (before the internet, I was a budding english teacher. Pet peeve). I had to read the top text a few times to understand what you do. I recommend a proofreader/copyrwriter who is a native english speaker. the grammar is confusing in places

3. Create Your Account looks like a total afterthought, and isnt very easy to find. Im speaking from "lowest common denominator of user" point of view. I assume account creation is important. Consider giving it the nice treatment that you give login, and perhaps including it near the login, so that if I am not a member it is crystal clear where I go to join.

4. The photos could be better chosen. The picture of an empty room with the game console is a little strange. It took me a little while to realize that was a game console. The pic of the kid lying on his stomach playing is fine. You should consider flipping that pic though so that the kid is pointing toward the text on the right of the home page. Same recommendation for the pic of the guys playing games. The reason being is that flipping those pics will lead the eye toward the Big Red Text rather than away from it. This will improve the flow, uniformity, and just feel better to your users

Thats my .02. Good Luck

RR

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Thanks for the comments
Gradually updating the site.

Philip

Thanks for spoting the mismatch!
Have cleared it for the moment.

Philip

Sam,

Quite a few sites do or used to do it as Loot or eBay.
Also, I checked with a few webmasters, they backed it up. You may need to check the more legal aspect depending on the nature of your site.

Philip

Dave,

Thanks a lot for pointing out this issue!.

As the site is global, different countries have different usage for subway/tube/metro or even UBahn.

In the general presentation, I need to refer to all the name. I am actually seeing how it can be adapted to each city in the search engine facility.

Philip

I don't see much correlation between your graphic on the home page, your title, and the purpose of your site. I had to read through it to find out what it was all about. Let me pose this question to you (no need to respond, though) Is it absolutely necessary for someone to register and log in right away? I hate going to websites where they insist I log in before I can find out what it is all about. Perhaps you might explain more about it before you want new visitors to register? In other words, make us want to join, before we have to register.

Hi Najoba,

Thanks for pointing that!
I am a bit puzzled here as I am getting a bit of controversial views as to clearly facilitate the "create an account" button which contradicts some of your comments.
Rring "Create Your Account looks like a total afterthought, and isnt very easy to find. Im speaking from "lowest common denominator of user" point of view. I assume account creation is important. Consider giving it the nice treatment that you give login, and perhaps including it near the login, so that if I am not a member it is crystal clear where I go to join"

Are the home page internal links and descriptions not enough?
What would you suggest?

Thanks a lot
Philip

Thanks for the comments, gradually updating the site still with a limited budget.

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