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GoZapa.com, Welcome

Who are you?? I did try your web site. It asked for my Zip Code and I could not get on.

Something has been posted on the website so if you want to take a look to see how it shows up you can now. Let me know what you think of the posting.

Hi again,
Having that post in your site allows me a much better understanding about your site's purpose and function
It also raises a few points:

• It still looks quite .. to the point.. not really fancy. You should really consider your targeted audience. If you want to build a site with no eye candy what so ever (sort of like Google) You should work on that. But the current design of your pages gives the impression that this site does use graphics in its templates, and since there aren't many, some will find it quite lacking. it gives a look of "unfinished".. a feeling that there should be something else

• You should work on your search results design and color choice. I think having a background color for the search results should be chosen a bit better, something that will go along with the site's current use of colors. Also, this (this=having your results with a different background color) gives your results a "square" feeling. they aren't viewed as 'dynamic' and 'flowing' like your logo suggests.

• You should work on your article presentation. I, personally, think it's too centered and stuffed, maybe you should try to stretch it out more. Your buttons also look a bit too stocky - a button with 3 rows of a name makes it look like something went wrong with the template and kinda messed it up. Although maybe using icons with tooltips would help that 1 out

All in all. I think your site looks good. but has a few design flaws. Just keep in mind that these are my thoughts only. Any person can view these things differently (and I'm sure most do). Give your co-workers/friends/family/neighbors a chance to look at the design and voice their opinions

Hope I helped. and G'luck

Jmes
http://www.lookuppage.com/users/jamesbrass
brassjmes@gmail.com

Thanks, I'm always happy to help, and it's nice hearing a kind word

There are many ways of advertising
Although most of them refer to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) mainly. Since your service is a search engine I don't really know if this option appeals to you, since you WILL be competing against other search engines (or am I getting this wrong? If your site is only about articles than maybe it won't be such a competition, and you COULD use the search engine help)
Using SEM (Search Engine Marketing) does have it benefits, its considerably less time consuming and it guarantees top placement, you DO have to pick your keywords really carefully though
Good SEOing will get you a long way, and it's done by alot of ways, like: SEOing your pages and site, adding content (such as blogs), having high ranking sites to link to your site, etc...
One way I usually recommend is building online personal profiles. This isn't as time consuming as the others and it does have its strong points. You could try LinkedIn ( www.linkedin.com ), Twitter ( www.twitter.com), Naymz ( www.naymz.com )
and LookupPage ( www.lookuppage.com
). I use the last since it's the one with the least time consumption, and creates the most professional look, but feel free to use them all. They all help, and you could link them to your web site. This is good SEO in minutes

Another option you have is placing advertisements in related sites. Small .gifs or Flashes can drive traffic to your site. Although, I, for one, completely ignore these

I think you should investigate this matter further, maybe consult a professional or two

G'luck

Jmes
http://www.lookuppage.com/users/jamesbrass
brassjmes@gmail.com