There have been a lot of big hosts with real crappy sites who've redesigned their sites and reduced visual pollution.. but one which still sucks is olm.net.. their old site was horrific.. after 2 redesigns, they still have a sucky web site.

My vote goes to olm.net..

Well my vote is for a dedicated host and that is

cobaltrack.com

Originally posted by ljprevo
Well my vote is for a dedicated host and that is

cobaltrack.com

That web site is pretty bad, I have seen worse though but cant remember the URL's.

that is horrific.. no surprise, check out their mother site http://www.visuallink.com/
and this is a big company supposedly?

You would think they would pay a designer some $ to built a good looking site, heck, my site is not the best, but it sure looks better than then two.

Reminds me of the old ADDR.COM site years ago, that was ugly, but they have since hired a designer and the site is awsome now.

If you are new to web design it's better to pay someone to design your site for you.

If you can design web sites your self it's a bonus though as you save ££, our site was all designed in-house and it turned out fine.

Originally posted by hostmaniac
that is horrific.. no surprise, check out their mother site http://www.visuallink.com/
and this is a big company supposedly?

And if you didn't mention this is a big company, I thought it was hosted by a free host due to the top banner (advertising on own site? hmmm... :eek: )

my vote goes to rackshack.net, it's hideous, those bright colours blind me...

he.net

Originally posted by dominet
he.net

You stole mine. You woulkd think they are small timers if you are not in CA, but look at the DC they are building.

I know this site I am to show you is OT, but I ran across it
tonight looking for hard drive prices, it is the worst I have seen yet, esp for a company site.

http://technografix.hypermart.net/

my vote goes to http://www.etcetera.bc.ca

...


:puke:

And amazingly enough possibly the worst scam / host out there has a damn good design, ***** that is :(

Originally posted by Sbdi
And amazingly enough possibly the worst scam / host out there has a damn good design, ***** that is :(

The jealousy must be eating you alive!

Originally posted by 311
my vote goes to rackshack.net, it's hideous, those bright colours blind me...

I have to agree, the Rackshack website is terrible considering the size of the company. Looks like a School kid has been let loose with FrontPage ;)

RackShack site sucks. Maybe we should offer them our services :D . OLM.net site is pretty good now since they redid it. So, I think it is pretty good. But, IMO RackShack is one of the worse.

And crying all the way to the bank.

I humbly disagree with the masses in this discussion. Why? Because I measure a site on how well it accomplishes its goals...not on pure aesthetics.

Rackshack site is pleasant enough...immediately presents you with their lead-in $99 server....asks why you should choose them (links), and offers you quick link to their product offerings. On the other hand, I don't know why they haven't update all the Cobalt emphasis where they obviously sell other products now. But, we need to be careful how we judge.

Much like a movie....all the critics break it down to the most minute pieces...but it's success depends on simply---does the public like it.

I agree with Incognito in that the RackShack site is effective - however, with better aesthetics it certainly won't harm sales, and should increase them, if it's a good design.

Some people are bothered by any change....and for every person who would praise an aesthetically improved site, there would be a customer whining....I can't find this....I don't like this as well as the old....Why did you change your site.....

Originally posted by Incognito
And crying all the way to the bank.

I humbly disagree with the masses in this discussion. Why? Because I measure a site on how well it accomplishes its goals...not on pure aesthetics.


Well the discussion is really about site design, not which company sucks the most (which I'm sure ***** would win). But I have to disagree with you because presentation IMO is critical. If your site looks abc basic, you will scare away many potential consumers. Plus I think it also gives the impression that a less competent team is running the company.

Originally posted by ljprevo
Well my vote is for a dedicated host and that is

cobaltrack.com
It's bad, but original cobaltrack.com site has even greater suckyness: http://web.archive.org/web/20000829040617/http://www.cobaltrack.com/

and you thought theirs was bad?

check out tera-byte's first design:
http://web.archive.org/web/19961229031653/http://raptor.tera-byte.com/

:D

Thats cool.

Here is the addr.com site I was talking about a few years ago.

http://web.archive.org/web/19990117004317/www.addr.com/

But they have redeemed themselves and hired a good designer!

archive.org is cool!

check out olm.net's..

http://web.archive.org/web/19961222104712/http://olm.net/

I think verio's site keeps getting uglier and uglier, and more complicated. Ten clicks in and you finally see the prices and plans.

I still can't believe that rackshack.net doesn't even own the .com.

Anyway, our site is kinda ugly too.

Rackshack's website isn't that bad.
Olm's website is a far cry from the old one.
http://web.archive.org/web/19961222104712/http://olm.net/

I have a site to contribute though
www.pair.com
They need a little touch up on the design part.
heard they are a big player so no problem in getting a design house to do it.

Apart from the "Web Hosting Made Simple" line on RackShack.net (WTF is up with those colors!?), their site isn't bad at all.

and let's not forget hostsave.com