Coverage is no longer lacking
May 7, 2008
Taking a break myself while I sort some stuff out about what I want to do here moving forward (if I do). Read any of the boatload of Nats blogs listed to the right —>
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May 7th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Bandwagonner!
May 7th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I was just slower posting! (part of my problem!)
May 7th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Barry, Chris and you…I’m depressed. Please come back.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I think it’s obvious that they (along with Basil) are forming a Barbershop quartet.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Seriously!? — You can’t quit too!
May 7th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Oh c’mon, even I know when I suck! I’m not quitting – just taking a hiatus to figure out some direction here rather than yapping into the ethos with nothing significant to contribute.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Nothing significant to contribute? ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?!? Wanting to take a break (or slow down awhile) because you’ve got a lot going on with work, family, lighthouse and book – sure, that would make sense – but nothing significant to contribute???
Miss C., if you’re taking pictures of the team and commenting on them, that is an angle NO ONE ELSE has EVEN BEGUN to explore. (And didn’t you just get a brand new camera?)
Okay, I’ll turn the caps lock off, but I think you’re not giving yourself enough credit…
May 8th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
What do you mean, nothing significant to contribute? You have interesting and unique photographs. You get into places (e.g. the Gala) that nobody else reports on. You’ve got a unique perspective on things.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Triple amen to that. Count me among your fans. You are more than just a Nats fan to us ;-) !
May 9th, 2008 at 7:02 am
A barbershop quartet… hmm… that could be fun! Can they sing? ;-) As you can see, I’ve been primping here, so obviously I’ll be back soon! I’m not sure I’m enamored with that header graphic….
May 9th, 2008 at 7:32 am
It is a little, um… busy, but the blinking ads and the sort-of-right-center navigation might be the part that’s pushing it over the top. The hierarchy appears to be lost. When everything is important, nothing is important.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Hmmm… yeah, the whole redo was because of advertising – I was trying to find a place for it where it would be out of the way (but still prevalent enough to earn me money to pay back some from the camera equip purchase!). Back to the drawing board, I guess.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I think the ads can stay prominent but not overwhelming if the rest of the navigation is really clear, but right now they are fighting with each other. If the ads are on the right, I would suggest having both the top nav and the side nav on the left side (or you could do it the other way around). That switch might solve everything pretty quickly.
Similarly, with ads at the top, you have to figure the ads will be busy, which sort of mandates that you to have a less busy header (otherwise it sort of looks like 2 ads).
May 9th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Better? I’m not sure I can move one of the sidebars to the other side. I’ll play on my laptop and see. I’m rebranding! Without losing RSS/URL stuff :-) I think I’m going to focus on the photography/vodcast aspect.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Hey Cathy, I don’t know how much traffic your site gets, but I am guessing that the CPM advertising revenue isn’t a lot to write home about.
It occured to me that if you are going to display banner ads, then you might do well to try advertising Nats-specific stuff as an affiliate. If you join Commission Junction (cj.com), you can then display links to Nationals merchandise pages at sites like mlb.com, fansedge.com, Fathead, Lids, Stubhub, and even CafePress (letteddywin.com). Then tell your readers to buy their Nats stuff through you to support the site.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Thanks, LTWTPR. YardBarker network is targeted too. I’ll keep that in mind!