Overview

Today, I visited his website again after he left a comment on JohnCow.com about his changes for this new affiliate program.

I can tell that he is improving a lot after he Relaunche Affiliate Program For 1 Cool File. It look like he will succeed on this... soon... He decided to cut the price down to very affordable and appealing. I'm not yet an affiliate on his program so... no profit for me for saying this.

As McGrath requested on his post, I tried to post a comment on his post... but unsuccessful due to blocked IP. So I decided to post it here instead, since it's a long one.

My Humble Suggestions

1. There is one quick suggestion I have for the categories: remove the categories with 0 blogs in it. It's just there to keep the screen busy and drive away viewers.
2. I reckon he makes a whole sub domain just for the blog directory. So something like http://blogs.1coolfile.com may do the trick.
   • His software download section in the main site should be kept and improved. Because after all the site name is "1 Cool File", not "1 Cool Blog".
   • This allow him to expend the site later on. Such as adding:
     • http://forum.1coolfile.com,
     • http://tutorials.1coolfile.com, etc.
3. For me I could see a bunch of opportunities you could do with 1coolfile before you want to sell the blog directory service. And yes, it's more profitable than selling few $ /year.
4. As for the terms. "Buy Blog Package" might confuse people with actually buying some blog. So McGrath may want to change it to something similar to "Add your blog". Sometimes, the word "Buy" doesn't work as expected, because people just tend to ignore it.
5. The site, and especially the front page should be keep in a more sleek design. A good start should be keeping the design compact, clear and less confusing. Too many explanation isn't always helpful. Maybe some JavaScript with the big ? mark button to display instruction might work better.

What's next?

I could feel that it's a promising service. There are more things he need to improve though. I guess McGrath needs more people working for him as employees, or partners.

I’m not Chinese. Right now I’m travelling in China. Apparently his web server blocked my IP from posting comments on your blog.

I was just trying to send 2 very legit comments.

My comment for your post John Chow is Losing $ 2082.49 is:

Yes, the weak American dollar is making me lose a lot of money. I'm spending Australian dollars, which also winning the exchange race. Beside the dollars issue, how is life in Canada?

My comment for Relaunching My Affiliate Program For 1 Cool File:

It's too long so I made a new post instead: 1CoolFile.com Needs More Improvements

If you come here via the trackback then I hope you should investigate the issue.