Comments on: Best SEO Website Design: SEO Companies Using Dark Backgrounds

By: Richard Havelock

Richard Havelock — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:11:47 +0000

Hey Tadeusz,

If you could elaborate on the minor font issues, that would be great.

Feel free to email me.

Cheers.

By: Tadeusz Szewczyk

Tadeusz Szewczyk — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:01:20 +0000

Hey Richard,

not bad indeed :-) There are some minor issues with the fonts though on my system. I may add in the future.

By: Richard Havelock

Richard Havelock — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:50:32 +0000

Could I put forward http://www.ne-web.com/

They have a nice, clean dark website that has a nice fixed rainbow effect at the top of the page (which works well when you scroll down the page).

By: Akash Kumar

Akash Kumar — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:02:15 +0000

It always has a very good impression if a good site is nicely designed also. However, I try to avoid dark colors. Not too much of a Dark Guy.

By: Chris Nicholaidis

Chris Nicholaidis — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:11:58 +0000

Nice sites although I must say I’ve never been a fan of dark backgrounds personally. They’re great for the quick views but I tend to find the longer you spend on a dark site the harder it is on your eyes…just my 2 bits though

By: Angela Brown

Angela Brown — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:42:37 +0000

Nice good looking sites. I’m waiting for that day when my site will be listed.

By: Chris Pangburn

Chris Pangburn — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:46:40 +0000

Nice list, dark brackgrounds can look really slick if they are complemented with high quality graphics that provide a good contrast and visual appeal. I agree one of the biggest negatives is using those well-over-used stock photos – looks like a company’s not made an effort to be original.

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:14:05 +0000

Nice sites. Also check out http://www.freshegg.com

By: Tadeusz Szewczyk

Tadeusz Szewczyk — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:05:29 +0000

Mike: Dark sites are difficult. Your site makes some of the typical web design mistakes with dark backgrounds. It results in poor readability. Also you lack high quality images. Don’t treat my comment as criticism, treat it as advice you’d otherwise have to pay for.

Ted: I’m glad as well, I started out as a web designer and while I failed at it I at least knew for a decade how a good site has to look like. Many SEO sites made me cry or puke.
These days many are excellent but there are still plenty out there that are full of stock photo cliches you mentioned.

By: Ted Goas

Ted Goas — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:02:05 +0000

Good to see that most of the big boys aren’t using dated keyword tricks. As a designer, I’m also glad to see a nice collection of varied sites (rather than stock photos of handshakes, smiling businessmen, and someone sitting in front of a laptop with both hands in the air).