New Host
Over the weekend we finally moved to a new host, this has been something we’ve needed to do for a long time (there has been a lot of downtime during peak hours and the site has been sluggish most of the time). Hopefully you’re finding the site is significant faster now. First of all a big thanks to the people at WP Engine for making the move really smooth, they have also helped fixed a few on going issues with the site (e.g you can now leave comments on the bank accounts that allow credit card funding page). Their support has been fantastic so far. It also has and will mean I can speed more time focusing on quality content than site issues.
What Do You Want Improved
I think the key reason this site has grown more popular is the fact that we try our best to listen to reader feedback as often as possible and improve the site (and content) based on what readers want. If there is something on this site that drives you up the wall, let me know in the comments and I’ll see if we can’t fix the site.
Issues We Know Need Resolving
I’d like to keep track of changes that the site needs to make and when the changes are made to help keep myself accountable. Anything that I see listed as a comment, I’ll add it to this list once it’s on our “to do list” (I won’t be adding every single change here immediately as some people may disagree with your recommendations).
- Site redesign. This has been on the to do list for a long time and is probably the most requested change we’ve ever had for the site. One of the nice things about about WP Engine is they allow staging, so we’ll be able to fix any issues (and get your feedback) on a new site design before it goes live. I already have a designer in mind, but if you have any recommendations or things you want included let us know in the comments.
- Improve the mobile experience. This is part of the site redesign but we will try and improve the advertisements on mobile as an interim measure they have been an issue.
List popular categories in the sidebar. This will allow people to view the most recent articles on things such as credit cards, bank accounts, etc etc.
Create a reference page linking important articles. This would include links to all of the pages that are kept up to date and don’t change over time (e.g X things to know about Barclaycard credit cards or credit card issuers that do a hard pull for credit limit increases). This will then be linked at the very top of the site, replacing ‘How I Make Money’ as that is no longer used.Open links in a new tab. I personally hate when sites open new links in a new tab (although Chuck strongly disagrees with me), but when I asked on Twitter people overwhelming wanted this changed, so we’ll change it (and soon, although there is still time to vote).- Improve comments system. There are a few issues with our current comment system, this is what we’d like to improve:
Make sure subscribing to comments works correctly.- Ability to sort/view comments (e.g new comments only)
Proof read content more frequently. I know this drives people crazy, we’ll make more of an attempt to proof read content in the future. No promises we will be any good at all though.Slow links on Twitter. For whatever reason when people have been clicking the links to new posts on Twitter, it has taken ages for the links to actually resolve. I believe this issue should now be fixed. Let me know if you’re having problems with this still.Completed.
Support The Site
Our new host is about three times more expensive than what we are previously paying. We will also need to spend some money on getting a new site designed & developed. We still run at a healthy profit, but if you’d like to say thank you for the content provided I can recommend one of three things:
- Shop using our eBay link. We’ll receive a commission whenever you make a purchase, we’ll look at adding a small banner to the site once the new site redesign is complete. Here is our link.
- Tell other people about the site. The biggest thank you you can give us is a recommendation, whether it be a personal recommendation, a link on social media or just sharing our links when relevant on different forums and social media platforms.
- Tell us about deals we miss. It’s difficult to find every deal out there, so if you see a deal that you think would fit on the site (e.g credit card bonus, bank account bonus or just a general deal). Then contact us (either via the contact us form or using [email protected]) and let us know!
