Please Review My Tennis Site

topspinsports · #1 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 01:32 AM

Free Online Tennis Lessons | TopspinSports Videos, Lessons, Tips from Pros

It has finally arrived...Let me know what you think!

Thanks to all,
Steve Viglione

davebarnes · #2 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 10:33 AM

favicon is great.

Lots of wasted space above the fold. Big gray bar below menu. White in upper right.

It is boring. Action shots of people playing tennis might help.

lspence · #3 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 02:49 PM

I agree with Dave. I'd remove the big grey bar, unless there's something that is supposed to be there, that we are not seeing.

topspinsports · #4 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 02:52 PM

wait, you dont see an advertisement?

lspence · #5 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 03:10 PM

Nope, just a big grey rectangle. I checked it in Internet Explorer, FireFox, and Opera.

******* UPDATE *******

I checked your site with every machine in the house. My laptop showed the ad, with IE, but not with FF, or Opera.

lspence · #6 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 05:29 PM

Ahhh, I see the problem. It lies in the HOSTS file on my machine
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

It's a relatively new machine, and I haven't tinkered with my HOSTS file. I'm wondering if it came this way, or if AdBlock in FireFox made the changes. Either way, I can't see the ads. Perhaps that's why Dave Barnes is also seeing the grey box.

127.0.0.1 pagead.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com #[Google AdWords]
127.0.0.1 adservices.google.com
127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com #[urchinTracker]
127.0.0.1 www . google-analytics . com #[Google Analytics]
127.0.0.1 imageads.googleadservices.com #[Ewido.TrackingCookie.Googleadservices]
127.0.0.1 partner.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1 www . googleadservices . com

johngroup · #7 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 01:33 PM

The muted colors don't lend themselves to the "action" concept. Perhaps some court colors?

sumit01 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 02:47 PM

i agree with johangroup, perhaps this is going to be good for tennis players

topspinsports · #9 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 02:26 AM

I changed a part of the code. Do you see any ads now!?

I am check on my pc and mac in firefox and ie and I couldnt see any problems.

Dont know what to do? Please see if there are still no ads.

Thanks,
Steve