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

July 29th, 2009 by

{{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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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. :)

  7. avşa adası, 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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