I seen a few bugs and I took note of the comments by CEO Nikesh Parekh with her introductory to the New Beta Version of ActiveRain. Many people have no idea how difficult it is to roll out a new website. I am building my own websites while running my own brokerage. I burn a bit of midnight oil.
I didn't go into the code on the site to see how it is optimized for posts. I can say at first blush it is very nicely done. Beta means trial version before full launch. I don't usually go out of my way to hand out kudos but getting the beta out and letting people take a ride before launch is extremely smart.
I am sure as Nikesh mentioned not everyone is going to be happy but that is just change. If you have struggled with photos, the slows and a host of other issues you'll appreciate the changes. It has a bread crumb at the top that lets you know where you are in the site. That may seem like nothing but let's face it, sometimes we don't know where we are on some sites.
I decided to test the site with this post as well. Nothing shows you how a website works like using it!
Optimizing a website takes time and research to do it right. I am in the process of finishing my Masters in Website Design and Internet Marketing, as some of you may know. I have one quarter left and I have my life back...well somewhat. I also decided to get my Google Certification at the same time. So when it comes to optimization websites can be done right or hit and miss.
User Content Generated sites like ActiveRain, Facebook, Twitter and others face the task of organizational issues, user friendly tools, search engine friendly and search friendly. All this while making and keeping them profitable at the same time.
I am not the longest user of the ActiveRain site or have the most posts or highest number of features or all that well known to the majority of users. The management of ActiveRain certainly doesn't know me, so you can be sure this post was completely unsolicited. Use the site and enjoy the benefits of their hard work.
Thanks for the peek at Beta I will send you a couple of things I noticed, overall Very Well Done!
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