Are arty farty websites a good idea?

[Sysman]

Stick to something nice, clean and understated: http://www.americanbeautybordercollies.com/

Unbelievable! When I first looked at that I thought you were being serious, because I landed on a maintenance page.

[PAH]

Unbelievable! When I first looked at that I thought you were being serious, because I landed on a maintenance page.

Their logs probably show an influx of visitors from this site! They're probably only set up for a few visitors a day, so it fell over when two of us tried to access it at the same time.

[NickFitz]

Stick to something nice, clean and understated: http://www.americanbeautybordercollies.com/

"Elegant" is the word you're looking for

[TykeMerc]

Part of my job is to figure out what certain software products do and what platforms they run on. So sometimes I'll be told that client X is running product Y.

So I go to the product Y website and all I find is a load of rubbish blathering on and on about synergy and enabling the enterprise.

It can be surprisingly difficult to find any part which says "oh by the way our product is Y and it does this".

I really do prefer sites which say "this is what we do" in straight-forward terms

No kidding.

If I'm evaluating, buying or just curious I don't want to wade through the meaningless twaddle many websites are cluttered with, this includes Flash and music both of which tend to make me close the site immediately.
If it takes any effort to find the info I need then odds are I'll go elsewhere.

Keep it clean, simple, obvious and easy to navigate.

[Durbs]

"Elegant" is the word you're looking for

The bit of my brain that handles synonyms was burnt out irreparably by the teddy bear and love heart snow-globe.

[PAH]

The bit of my brain that handles synonyms was burnt out irreparably by the teddy bear and love heart snow-globe.

Ideal url to use on feb 14th for cheapskates like me. Not too sure about the dog angle, may get taken the wrong way.

[Sysman]

Stick to something nice, clean and understated: http://www.americanbeautybordercollies.com/

Another contender?

UMW (Unwanted Music Warning) - Switch yer own sounds off first.