RetireJapan

Tony wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:46 am I don't want to be a debby downer, but that "Where should I send your free guide?" box right in the middle of the new landing page is quite off-putting for me, makes me feel like I'm visiting a get rich quick site or something. I don't think it would be a problem if it was on the "Start Here" page .. but the landing page is just a bit much for me.

One other thing, I wonder if it's possible to have how many comments are on a blog post on the main page, instead of clicking on the article and then checking. Sometimes there's interesting discussions in the comments, but clicking on the "Read More" each time to check if there are new comments is a (first-world) hassle.

Just my thoughts.

N00bster wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:06 am My thoughts exactly on both points. Especially the box proposing to send the FREE guide is extremely misleading as to what the intentions of the site are. Also I'm not sure what value Ben is hoping to extract from getting visitors' email addresses. Ah, having them subscribe to site updates, but that should be mentioned explicitly on the box, NOT in an email asking you to "confirm your subscription". I did not subscribe to anything, I just thought I was going to get a guide!

Sorry but this kind of thing tend to make me angry. If this was my first visit on the site I would have dismissed it immediately. I'm glad I discovered it with the older version.

That box (as well as the banner) is also way too big, forcing visitors to scroll in order to see what's new on the site on a regular desktop PC.

One last thing I have noted, visiting the former blog at http://retirejapan.info/blog redirects to https://www.retirejapan.com/blog, which does not exist. Maybe all pages from the former blog should just redirect to https://www.retirejapan.com?

Tony wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:46 am One other thing, I wonder if it's possible to have how many comments are on a blog post on the main page, instead of clicking on the article and then checking.

Tony wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:46 am I don't want to be a debby downer, but that "Where should I send your free guide?" box right in the middle of the new landing page is quite off-putting for me, makes me feel like I'm visiting a get rich quick site or something. I don't think it would be a problem if it was on the "Start Here" page .. but the landing page is just a bit much for me.
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Tony wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:46 am One other thing, I wonder if it's possible to have how many comments are on a blog post on the main page, instead of clicking on the article and then checking. Sometimes there's interesting discussions in the comments, but clicking on the "Read More" each time to check if there are new comments is a (first-world) hassle.