Web Design 101 – Don’t Post Your New Site with Placeholder Text

posted by Clive on July 29, 2009

{{adam}} 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!

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/index.htmvancouver-canucks-the-official-web-site

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Comments (12 Comments)

  1. Neo
    July 30, 2009

    Thanks for the nice info.

    Thanks

  2. Hina
    August 2, 2009

    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

  3. Showcase
    September 30, 2009

    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.

  4. Scotia Systems
    October 9, 2009

    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!

  5. Carpet Cleaning Edinburgh
    October 14, 2009

    Great info, thanks mate.

  6. Web Design SG
    November 2, 2009

    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. :)

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    November 6, 2009

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  8. Telecommute Jobs
    December 20, 2009

    Go Canucks….lol jk

  9. Alharary
    December 20, 2009

    nice info
    thank you very much

  10. Tolga
    February 21, 2010

    Nice article. Thanx.

  11. Phentermine 37.5 fastin
    February 26, 2010

    Thanks great post.Thats what i want.

  12. Josue Cieslinski
    March 27, 2010

    There is obviously much more to read about this. I think you made some OK points in Features also.

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