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Review of Bharat Boom.com

Posted on Fri, Jul 18, 2008 by User Image Geoserv

My latest review of a Pligg powered website is Bharat Boom, niched installed which caters to Indian news.

Bharat Boom Logo

Design (7/10): the design is definitely not your typical Pligg layout, its a 3 column layout, rounded corners, and a black background. I am not a fan of black backgrounds as this can make reading hard on the eyes (for me at least). Also, the site is extremely montized, perhaps over monetized.

There are far too many ads for my preference, I can live with the number of ads, but one thing i cannot live with is the popup ads and the full page ad that covers the content, these are definite turn-offs not only for me but for most people.

The ad in the header either partially hides behind the categories, or in some instances partially covered the categories, looks like an adjustment of the top margin will fix easily.

The ad in the footer is also out of alignment.

The use of inline text ads on this site are also extremely annoying as quite a few of the navigation buttons are turned into ads when you go to click on them:

Another ad that drives a lot of people crazy including me is the ad that appears on the “Live” page, its an auto play video ad, again a no-no for most people.

Content (9/10): there is no shortage of content, all of the content I scanned over related with the niche.

Navigation (7/10): no issues with the navigation either. I like the “User Menu” being placed in the sidebar. The use on inline text ads causes ads to appear when mousing over some navigation links.

Errors (7/10): there were no errors that impeded me from this website, aside from the ad errors listed above, the only other errors were the 250+ errors found by W3C which I would work on reducing.

Overall (7.5/10): I think this site has great content and appears to have a good member base, therefore, it could be very successful. However, the abundance of ads being used and the method in which some appear will definitely turn some people off, me included.

Once the issue with the ads is addressed, I would be happy to do a follow-up review.

The opinions expressed in this review are strictly that, opinions, they by no means are meant to discourage the owner but to hopefully point out things in a different view in the hopes of making the website that much better.

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9 Comments For This Post

BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 10:50 am

He thanks for your neutral comments, I’ll work on them and ask you to review it again for sure.

I can’t find out the fix for the header ad if you can help me on it I can send you my code if you can find the problem and tell me what’s wrong in it ?

BharatBooms last blog post..NOKIA 8800 SAPPHIRE DIAMOND

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admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

@Bharatboom, currently you have the banner enclosed in a div called #exp_banner, with margins set at margin:10px 60px 0 0;

I would change the div to this in your CSS file:

#exp_banner {
float:right;
margin:0 60px 0 0;
}

you than have your categories styled with this:

#nav {
margin:10px 0 25px -17px;
}

change that to this:

#nav {
margin:30px 0 25px -17px;
}

The number you may need to change is the 30px, you may need to i/decrease that, but start with those changes first.

Let me know how you make out.

admins last blog post..Profile nominations

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3.5 (1 person)

BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

Well thanks admin I already change first one and when I m changing the second one to 30px it look very bad (template is break out from the middle so I keep the original one which is 10 but it also looks nice )

Also remove some ads too and the banners(125*125) in the sidebars are not ads but the top user blogs

BharatBooms last blog post..NOKIA 8800 SAPPHIRE DIAMOND

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2.5

admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm

Looks much better already, I didn’t realize that the banners on the sidebar were top user blogs, I would put a header in saying Top Members or something.

admins last blog post..Profile nominations

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3.0

BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 20th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

hey admin any suggestion for the footer ads

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admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
July 20th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

Alter the padding-top value here:

.footer (line 1074){
font-size: 86%;
color: #999999;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-right: 0pt;
padding-bottom: 30px;
padding-left: 15px;
text-align: right;
border-top-width: 1px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-color: #444444;
margin-top: 0pt;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-bottom: 0pt;
margin-left: 12px;
}

Make it lower, I would start by making it zero.

admins last blog post..Profile nominations

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3.0

BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 21st, 2008 at 1:36 am

Hey thanks but don’t work, still working on it and will defiantly find the solution any other tips to improve my site

BharatBooms last blog post..Shreya Saran getting bolder

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2.5

BharatBoom (Check me out!) (1 comments.) Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 2:00 am

Hi there

Want to ask you something can I have Directory like pliggs one so I can flash there latest post on my page automatically

BharatBooms last blog post..Watch or Download Tropic Thunder Online | Tropic Thunder Online

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admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 7:38 am

That wouldn’t require a directory, you could just use an RSS displayer like I use, you tell it what sites to include and it will display however many posts/feeds you want.

Heres one that would do the trick.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex18/gajaxrssticker.htm

admins last blog post..Spanish shopkeeper finds Homer Simpson euro

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BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 10:50 am
He thanks for your neutral comments, I’ll work on them and ask you to review it again for sure.

I can’t find out the fix for the header ad if you can help me on it I can send you my code if you can find the problem and tell me what’s wrong in it ?

BharatBooms last blog post..NOKIA 8800 SAPPHIRE DIAMOND
Rate this:
2.5
admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
@Bharatboom, currently you have the banner enclosed in a div called #exp_banner, with margins set at margin:10px 60px 0 0;

I would change the div to this in your CSS file:

#exp_banner {
float:right;
margin:0 60px 0 0;
}

you than have your categories styled with this:

#nav {
margin:10px 0 25px -17px;
}

change that to this:

#nav {
margin:30px 0 25px -17px;
}

The number you may need to change is the 30px, you may need to i/decrease that, but start with those changes first.

Let me know how you make out.

admins last blog post..Profile nominations
Rate this:
3.5 (1 person)
BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Well thanks admin I already change first one and when I m changing the second one to 30px it look very bad (template is break out from the middle so I keep the original one which is 10 but it also looks nice )

Also remove some ads too and the banners(125*125) in the sidebars are not ads but the top user blogs

BharatBooms last blog post..NOKIA 8800 SAPPHIRE DIAMOND
Rate this:
2.5
admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Looks much better already, I didn’t realize that the banners on the sidebar were top user blogs, I would put a header in saying Top Members or something.

admins last blog post..Profile nominations
Rate this:
3.0
BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 20th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
hey admin any suggestion for the footer ads
Rate this:
2.5
admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
July 20th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Alter the padding-top value here:

.footer (line 1074){
font-size: 86%;
color: #999999;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-right: 0pt;
padding-bottom: 30px;
padding-left: 15px;
text-align: right;
border-top-width: 1px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-color: #444444;
margin-top: 0pt;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-bottom: 0pt;
margin-left: 12px;
}

Make it lower, I would start by making it zero.

admins last blog post..Profile nominations
Rate this:
3.0
BharatBoom (Check me out!) (5 comments.) Says:
July 21st, 2008 at 1:36 am
Hey thanks but don’t work, still working on it and will defiantly find the solution any other tips to improve my site

BharatBooms last blog post..Shreya Saran getting bolder
Rate this:
2.5
BharatBoom (Check me out!) (1 comments.) Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Hi there

Want to ask you something can I have Directory like pliggs one so I can flash there latest post on my page automatically

BharatBooms last blog post..Watch or Download Tropic Thunder Online | Tropic Thunder Online
Rate this:
2.5
admin (Check me out!) (33 comments.) Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 7:38 am
That wouldn’t require a directory, you could just use an RSS displayer like I use, you tell it what sites to include and it will display however many posts/feeds you want.

Heres one that would do the trick.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex18/gajaxrssticker.htm

admins last blog post..Spanish shopkeeper finds Homer Simpson euro
Rate this:
3.3