Posts Tagged ‘ review ’

Route One review – redux

Back in 2008, I reviewed the Route One website (here). Aside from that being ages ago (time flies), I recently stumbled across the site again – they’ve undergone a redesign! That’s cause for a) celebration, and b) another review. To recap, the main issues with the old site were: Crazy homepage with bonkers messages No hierarchy in terms [ READ MORE ]

Site review: Virgin Holidays ‘Weddings’ section

Hello! I’ve not written a scathing review of a website for a while, so I thought I’d drop this little gem on you. For one reason and another, I was recently forced inclined to look for more information regarding weddings abroad – specifically in the Caribbean. Drop ‘caribbean wedding‘ into Google, and the Virgin Holidays (www.virginholidays.co.uk) [ READ MORE ]

Review of National Rail (www.nationalrail.co.uk)

Travelling a fair distance (120+ miles) each day getting to and from work means the train is really the only method of transport that works for me. As such, I am a regular visitor to the National Rail site (www.nationalrail.co.uk), and have been for a number of years. Predictably (why else would I be mentioning it?), [ READ MORE ]

Review of Associated Press (www.ap.org) site

Whilst looking for some news story providers, I decided to check out the AP (Associated Press) site, www.ap.org. I was after some quick info about news story feeds/aggregation, and possibly some stock imagery. What happened on my thrilling journey? What was their site like? I know you can’t wait to find out, really. It’s the only [ READ MORE ]

Direct.gov.uk – site review

My car tax is due, and I received a letter to remind me. How nice. In doing so, it led me to the www.direct.gov.uk site, where I can renew it online. This shitty task got me thinking: “Why don’t I review this site?”…so here you go! Read on to find out what I thought of the [ READ MORE ]

TV Licensing (www.tvlicensing.co.uk) site review

Everyone hates paying their TV license. There’s no escaping it, and it’s annoying to think we’re being made to fund the likes of Eastenders and other such guff. So how do they go about achieving this feat online? I am writing this whilst on the train, so here we have… A (short) review of www.tvlicensing.co.uk As mentioned already, [ READ MORE ]

Site review: Adrianflux.co.uk

After a fairly heavy night out, my brain appears to be dissolving in alcohol. Before it completely disappears, however, I thought I’d do a quick review of the Adrian Flux (www.adrianflux.co.uk) site. It was relaunched relatively recently (within the last 6-9 months or so). I’m going to take a look at a few pages of [ READ MORE ]

Riverisland.com review: an SEO failure.

After reading the rather good eConsultancy review of the recently relaunched M&S site, it got me in the mood for taking a look at what else was around in terms of online clothing retailers. I spotted an opportunity to review the website of high-street brand name River Island. Now, I’m no fashionista (updating my blog as [ READ MORE ]

Ryanair.com review

Having just been sent a great link to Ryanair’s response to the recent Panorama documentary, I thought I’d not only share it with you all (since it is inflammatory, funny and has a nice tongue-in-cheek approach to the whole thing), but also take a close – more critical – look at the Ryanair site.  Panorama [ READ MORE ]

A review of the new Schuh.co.uk site!

In the latest part of the on-going saga of my reviewing the Schuh website(s), they’ve relaunched their website today! So, without further ado… A review of the new www.schuh.co.uk site After my previous entries about the Schuh sites, you may recall some of the previous points: Ineffective design templates Bad site structure, both technically and IA-wise Bizarre graphics Inconsistent user journey Lack [ READ MORE ]