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Try it right now by clicking "Run Voltmeter" forces me to join. No thanks.
Good job on making your frontpage usable without Javascript (probably a SEO thing, heh). It is not very beautiful but all information is accessable.
Maybe show some examples of what one gets from the Voltmeter? Why would I give away my mail address for something I don't know much about. I too find the "Run Voltmeter" -> "Oh nonono, you have to signup!" questionable.
Try it right now by clicking "Run Voltmeter" forces me to join. No thanks.
Try it right now by clicking "Run Voltmeter" forces me to join. No thanks.
Well, they are trying to charge for the application. If they allowed anonymous use, who would ever pay for it? You don't have to give them your email address to try it out - you could easily make a throwaway username and password.
Try it right now by clicking "Run Voltmeter" forces me to join. No thanks.
Try it right now by clicking "Run Voltmeter" forces me to join. No thanks.
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the bait-and-switch input box there. It'd be better to put the signup form on the front page and be up-front about it, than have someone put their site's address in and get their wrist slapped.
Try it right now by clicking "Run Voltmeter" forces me to join. No thanks.
I noticed that too but in their defense the signup was ridiculously painless. Only required a login and password. Email was optional. No confirmation required.
I think having the search bar on the homepage is a great idea since it tells me exactly what to do right when I get there. Maybe put a URL in there explicitly (like http://www.mysite.com ) that auto-clears onfocus so it's ridiculously obvious.
Some quick thoughts:
* Provide a "top tip" that is the #1 thing someone should do to improve their page. The tips offered are good, but aren't ranked, even though some are obviously more important than others. * Give the option to have the report emailed to you. I'd like to pass mine off to my business partners. * Possible premium upgrade: Live chat/advice on how to improve your site. People pay for SEO, right?
Final verdict: I liked it, but I don't think I'll come back a lot. There's already a lot of DIY SEO advice out there and I didn't find anything here I didn't already know. I'm a wannabe expert, though, so maybe it's vitally helpful for others.
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Well, they are trying to charge for the application. If they allowed anonymous use, who would ever pay for it? You don't have to give them your email address to try it out - you could easily make a throwaway username and password.
As you just noted, the account is still anonymous, so there doesn't seem to be a point in requiring it.
It's just funny that if they said "please tell us a name you'd like to use to come back to these results later" then it probably wouldn't have been a big deal at all.