Website Reviews Valentinescom
Valentines Day comes but once a year. What importance, then, could a site called Valentines.com have to you during the other 364 days of the year? Think about it: you are in love with your partner for more than one day each year, so a site that helps you treat your valentine to gifts and other nice things throughout the year can be a useful resource. Indeed, much of the Internet can be a valuable friend in this endeavor.
The question now is whetherwww.valentines.comcan be one of the useful resources you can draw on. Let's take a look, shall we?
Valentines.com has a few things going for it that might help it find success, as long as the site administrators can find a way to draw traffic throughout the year. Let's start at the homepage.
So we type the URL into our browser and we are directed to an attractive page that is primarily pink and white. No surprises there. The presentation looks professional, with some nice images such as hands and a modern-looking heart shape. Tabs are clear, and there are multiple links to the different areas of the site. The tabs we see are: Chocolate, Flowers, Jewelry, Lingerie, Destinations, Romantic Dinners and Miscellaneous Gift Ideas.
There is some text that explains that Valentines.com is devoted to helping those with valentines find new and creative ways to express their love to their mate. They say that their hope is that visitors will benefit from the suggestions, advertisers and information contained within the site.
But it looks like a shopping site. In fact, if it was a shopping site, indeed a hub for Valentine's Day-themed products and such, it would be better. The visitor to this site may also be a little off-put by the glaring empty spaces filled with the phrase "Advertise with us!" So we immediately put two and two together and realize that this website is new and aching for ad revenue.
However, there are some good things to this website. The tabs will direct you to some small blurbs (maybe 400 words or so) about each topic. Chocolate's article discusses the benefits and potential hazards to eating chocolate. The problem here is that the text is all in light, almost pastel colors, making it sometimes difficult to read it.
Then the unwary visitor might click on Miscellaneous Gift Ideas, hoping for a shot of creativity as they try to shop for their beloved. This page is long and, in a word, immense. What is more the text is not as broken up as Internet users are accustomed to, it is instead in large blocks that can be intimidating to some readers.
However, the info and suggestions are truly interesting and helpful. What is more, Valentines.com has a neat page wherein they show the translations of the phrase "I love you" into myriad languages. The translations appear to be accurate as well, although they could benefit from a pronunciation guide. But the text on this page is also just packed tightly together into an intimidating block.
Overall the presentation and idea of Valentines.com is good and easy. Navigation in the site is simple and straightforward. The articles and suggestions, along with the info, are interesting and useful. The flip side is that the site is lacking advertisers. In fact, as of February 5th, they have all of one: Mall.com. With more advertisers to bolster the sites credibility and what it has to offer, Valentines.com would become far more useful.
So stop by the site and check it out. But don't expect Valentines.com to be your buddy quite yet. Call it an advisor, yeah, that's it. It gives advice, which, of course, we all need more of.
