"I want to put a guestbook on my website," the client says to you, and of course your answer is, "Whatever you want! Glad to do it! "Inside, however, you may be wondering if this is really the best thing, and if so, what is the best way to do itThe advantages and disadvantages of Guestbooks
Somehow, guest books are somewhat outdated sections of the tissue. In a world of social media, with so many places for people to connect and provide information - or writing to your Facebook wall or simply re-tweeting a pithy comment - a guestbook, even a cute and charming one, is not as popular as it used to.
One of the biggest problems is getting the user to use the guest book first. After all, came to the site for information or an experience - and now, suddenly, they're working to provide information and evidence that was there.
This leads to the second problem - which is great if you had a good experience, but what if you had a bad? Want guestbook to your site to be filled with variations of «Wow, I really think this website sucks!" This means that you should moderate, and perhaps even meet the people who leave their notes in the guestbook. Suddenly, what started as a simple little add-on is busy.
However, if one of the features of the guestbook allows others to link their pages with your own - suddenly becomes a means to become increasingly connected to the Internet. And if your guestbook has already some indications that from happy users who come to it later is more likely to see your site favorably - so have your mom, your sister, and best friend Mark first to leave glowing feedback that we hope will spread.Why do I have a Guestbook on my website
That is the question that should be (slightly), asked the hypothetical client mentioned above. Like any other aspect of a website, what purpose is it going to serve? One way to answer that is to look at the purpose they serve guestbooks in the real world:
* Comments Special Events - weddings and bar mitzvahs and other social events, guest book helps people to celebrate with each other, a reminder for years that he was there. Your site has such a specific purpose, where you might want to remember the guests?
* Feedback - In art galleries and exhibitions in the guest book may be a way for visitors to leave their impressions of the visit. In your site, is an opportunity to allow users to do the same - but in making a guest book, you can hopefully avoid the tendency of people to be bad when they can be anonymous. If you are required to register their name, before letting them write something, you can reduce the likelihood of "trolls" - people who have nothing better to do than say bad things about other people on the web.
* Networking - Guestbooks often let people become part of mailing lists or other methods of additional communication - whether for a birthday thank you card or fund-raising list to a banquet. With the announcement at the top of your guestbook you will have the opportunity to send people more information and also allows them to put up links to their site, when you log in, you can greatly extend your connections to the Internet.
Somehow, guest books are somewhat outdated sections of the tissue. In a world of social media, with so many places for people to connect and provide information - or writing to your Facebook wall or simply re-tweeting a pithy comment - a guestbook, even a cute and charming one, is not as popular as it used to.
One of the biggest problems is getting the user to use the guest book first. After all, came to the site for information or an experience - and now, suddenly, they're working to provide information and evidence that was there.
This leads to the second problem - which is great if you had a good experience, but what if you had a bad? Want guestbook to your site to be filled with variations of «Wow, I really think this website sucks!" This means that you should moderate, and perhaps even meet the people who leave their notes in the guestbook. Suddenly, what started as a simple little add-on is busy.
However, if one of the features of the guestbook allows others to link their pages with your own - suddenly becomes a means to become increasingly connected to the Internet. And if your guestbook has already some indications that from happy users who come to it later is more likely to see your site favorably - so have your mom, your sister, and best friend Mark first to leave glowing feedback that we hope will spread.Why do I have a Guestbook on my website
That is the question that should be (slightly), asked the hypothetical client mentioned above. Like any other aspect of a website, what purpose is it going to serve? One way to answer that is to look at the purpose they serve guestbooks in the real world:
* Comments Special Events - weddings and bar mitzvahs and other social events, guest book helps people to celebrate with each other, a reminder for years that he was there. Your site has such a specific purpose, where you might want to remember the guests?
* Feedback - In art galleries and exhibitions in the guest book may be a way for visitors to leave their impressions of the visit. In your site, is an opportunity to allow users to do the same - but in making a guest book, you can hopefully avoid the tendency of people to be bad when they can be anonymous. If you are required to register their name, before letting them write something, you can reduce the likelihood of "trolls" - people who have nothing better to do than say bad things about other people on the web.
* Networking - Guestbooks often let people become part of mailing lists or other methods of additional communication - whether for a birthday thank you card or fund-raising list to a banquet. With the announcement at the top of your guestbook you will have the opportunity to send people more information and also allows them to put up links to their site, when you log in, you can greatly extend your connections to the Internet.
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