Web Design 101 - Don’t Post Your New Site with Placeholder Text
I’m a hockey fan… in fact, I enjoy watching a Maple Leafs game from time to time with my friends. I also happened to have married a girl from British Columbia and am faced with the on going battle of dealing with her in-laws on the constant “Vancouver Canucks are better than the Toronto Maple Leafs” debate.
Well… I concede the point that the Leafs have had their struggles for quite some time… and that Vancouver is a very fast, talented team with a lot of potential.
BUT
When it comes to web design - at least the Leafs have their collective Web Design and internet marketing heads screwed on straight. I bet if they were running a PPC campaign, they would most likely use the dreaded “Test, test, test - www.test.com” placeholder text too!
Just have a look at the latest Canucks website launch - chock full of Latin placeholder text. Nice one!
If Brian Burke were still there some heads would be rolling!
July 30th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Thanks for the nice info.
Thanks
August 2nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
I’m a hockey fan… in fact, I enjoy watching a Maple Leafs game from time to time with my friends.I also happened to have married a girl from British Columbia and am faced with the on going battle of dealing with her in-laws on the constant
September 30th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
LOL! What a great find. It’s cool when you grab screenshots of people’s obvious screwups like that. Their new site i have to day really is very nice, but I think it’s part of the regular NHL family of websites now and not something one-off.
Great post man.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Funny :-) It’s suprising how many websites I’ve seen with the usual Latin text on them - usually in the Privacy Policy which tends to be forgotten about.
Have to say I’m a fan of the Maple Leafs too! Can’t wait to get back to Toronto some time to catch a game!
October 14th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Great info, thanks mate.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:29 am
haha this is a good post in the sense that you managed to capture readers’ attention by “pouncing” on others’ mistake without being negative. In fact this is a constructive post. :)
November 6th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
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December 20th, 2009 at 4:47 am
Go Canucks….lol jk
December 20th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
nice info
thank you very much
February 21st, 2010 at 7:35 am
Nice article. Thanx.
February 26th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Thanks great post.Thats what i want.