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what would you change on this site?

www.fiveminutecoin.com (http://www.fiveminutecoin.com)

what is positive?
what is negative?

Needs ads http://bitcoinadvertisers.com/

Be careful, advertisers don't really like when you give users incentives to click their ads. for example "click the ad to reduce the time". advertisers believe users are only clicking to make the time go down. This is what I would do if I were you.

1. I would remove the click to reduce time feature.
2. I would move to a CPM/CPC combo model. something along the line of 0.005 per 1000 views and 0.0005 per click. That way you always have a little something coming in.
3. I would give away 1000 pageviews in free ads to 16 sites to fill the squares. people like going places where people are already hanging out and advertisers are no different.
4. There is a bug on the site. clicking on "Insert Your Content Here.." does not bring up the self serve form. you have to click the "Instant Advertising" link in the upper right corner.
5. Make the links in the upper right corner look more like links. Together they look like a sentence (until you hover).

If you ever decide to do #3 think about me http://mycryptcoin.com

good luck.

nice service, it definitely needs some filing in those squares  :)

I say keep the advertising internal, or put up Operation Fabulous (http://operationfabulous.com/) banners since the advertisers will be paying per-day and the amount of clicks received will be irrelevant and the advertisers will not be paying for clicks from people for no reason.  You will also likely earn a lot more BTC this way, because once the traffic starts to build up, people will bid, and you will earn BTC all day whether people click or not.

Your site crash my browser.
Clicking a ad, does completely crash the browser to desktop.

using:
IE 9.0.8112.16421
UA:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0)

A new Version of this site is now online! New concept! New possibilities!

www.fiveminutecoin.com (http://www.fiveminutecoin.com)

Just happened. I had waited my five minutes and tried to get my coins.

Just try again..

It's cool seeing more way to get bitcoins. 8)

My suggestions:

I use NoScript, so I have to initally allow the right scripts to use a site like this. However, before I did this, the initial error message it tried to show to remind me to enable JavaScript was cut off at the bottom, and I couldn't read it.

Color scheme and formatting are garish and the sidebar and text spacing look haphazard and poorly aligned. It can give one the impression that the site is amateurish.

Excessive use of JavaScript. None of the links can be opened in a new tab/window. I'm forced to left-click ads, which leaves the site, and this resets the 300-second timer when I return!

The danger with implementing the timer in user-side JavaScript code is that someone can trivially manipulate how their browser executes the code and circumvent the timer, unless you actually have some server-side code keeping track of all the requests or something so it can determine how legitimate the browser response looks.

Edit: I would also suggest mentioning how often one can request free bitcoins right on the main page somewhere. I had some trouble finding this information (especially since I initially had some trouble getting the “how it works” link working due to the JavaScript/middle-click issue).

Reply again and dont just "grumble" around.. bring in suggestions, not your view..
Maybe you dont like the color scheme, but tell me then what to change and how you would do it instead of writing such a text ^^
The rest was done this way on purpose..

But you are right with the "how often"! I will change this..

It's not too obvious how to claim your coins. "Click here to get some coins" looks like another ad.

changed..

Good point. Sorry about that.

Colors are of course a matter of taste, but I think it would look nicer if the number of colors were reduced somewhat and used a more color-coordinated palette, maybe of more muted tones. I would also line up the righthand grid of ad squares so that the top edge lines up with that of the left one. Or, if they're all for ads, why not combine them into a single 3x4 grid? Or, you might use the right column just for fiveminutecoin.com-related stuff (along with the hint that tells you you can wait five minutes to double the prize) and the lefthand group for all other ads. This would make it easier to distinguish the ads from the general site info.

I would also arrange the timer and the current prize so they are horizontal across the same line of text (one to the left and the other to the right), and move the smaller “Click here to claim your coins” link just below that line where there is more room. In my browser, “Click here to claim” is pushed too far to the right by “Your Coins”, and the rest of the text “your coins” appears far away and way to the left of the timer, which looks odd and is initially a bit confusing.

Finally, using more consistent spacing between words, especially after punctuation (always one space, rather than either two spaces or none at all), would further improve the appearance and readability.

Suggestion start testing your site, on all different screen sizes, browsers, or hire a real web dev

Chrome Latest stable channel version
https://i.imgur.com/iWJCn.png

It should be better now ;)

still having the same problem js

https://i.imgur.com/svcKF.png

could you please try it again?

it looks the same as my above post...

I started several tests and there is nothing?! Did you clear your cache? Or is there any special browser addon?

nope but I do get this in my javascript console

one more check please..

nothing changed still the same, but those javascript errors are gone

Are there others with this strange view?


Didi you really disable all your addons?or clear your cache?

Yes, I did both

cant imagine how this could be possible..  I installed a lot of different browsers and versions on different systems and it always works :/

but I`ll try to fix this..

Are there any style suggestions?  ???

Did you make it harder for it to go to 0.01(and to 0.02 if one wanted to wait the 5 min.)
or did I just get lucky those few times there.

When you say, "Stay there and get more coins!"  Does that mean one should leave that
new page open in a browser tab and then go back to the original page and open another
ad page in a new tab, and just continue that way. 

I was thinking, before you probably changed some things, that it would be good if the
timer kept running while one was on a page opened by clicking on an ad box, so one
could spend some time checking out the page instead of rushing back to make sure the
timer kept going. I am sure the advertisers would like that as well... but perhaps there
is no way to determine that the other tab one is on is actually the one opened by
clicking an ad.


"Believe" is spelled incorrectly on the news slider on the right btw.

I made it harder, because nearly everyone got the special.. and it shoul be a special!! ;)
YOu have to stay a minimum of 30 seconds on advertisiers sites before you get a 10% chance to push the coins.. (within 10 clicks)

ok.. I think this is a nice idea..  you are right and I try to implement that soon!

Thanks for the correction.. I`ll correct it!
Thanks for your suggestions :)

No problem.

Btw, you can use this address: 1Nudc52nUTCgF9mx1j2hSgMCXQDdxtNdft
if any of my suggestions or testing qualifies for that .5btc bounty I noticed you mentioning on your site.   :)

 

you`ll get it if it is implemented.. or if you find some more errors.. ;)
But one word is not enough for that bounty at the moment..

Well its been a little more than one word...   ;)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=82648.msg926694#msg926694
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=82648.msg928916#msg928916

But I'll keep using your site and let you know if there are any other problems.

oh.. this was you..?!

You`ll get the coins tomorrow if there are new coins coming in to my private account! ;)
Is that ok?

didn`t notice your name.. sry!

Thank you for all that..

Yup.  Cool, Thanks!   Happy to be of service. 

I am also the one who added !FIVEMinuteCoin.com (http://www.fiveminutecoin.com/) to the OP of the Where do I get free Bitcoins? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=74046) thread a couple or few days ago
in case you didn't notice ( which is part of the New to BitCoin? Start here! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7269.0) sticky ).

Just to assure you that it is half a bitcoin well spent.   ;D

Thanks man.. this is great ;)

you really deserve it..!

Coins sent ;)

Coins received  :D

Thanks!

Just trying your site again. I let it time down to get the 0.005 but this time when I input my address and fill in the captcha and press submit it does not nothing. No messages or anything.

Please try to clear your cache.. if it doesnt change anything please tell it to me again..

Cleared the cache and waited just the 50sec for the 0.0025. That worked.  Will have to wait the 12hrs to try the 5min wait.

If you send me your ip you can try again..

That's okay. I can wait.

Tried it again and I had the same problem as I reported earlier in this post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=82648.msg928916#msg928916

This time I was sure I entered the captcha correctly as it was very clear. It is always six characters, any letters being lowercase, right?
I tried it a few times and it still said I entered it incorrectly so I refreshed it and tried it again and it gave this message:
"sorry.. your btcaddress exeeded the limit.. try again in 12 hours!"

^this happened to me too, only once actually and thought i could had made a mistake or something

I`m on it to correct this..  if it works better I`ll post to this thread ;)

It works fine now!!

Someone interested in advertising?

Does it work fine for all of you now?

I just tried it and it didn't work the way it is supposed to.  I checked out the ads until the display went to 0.01 and I then waited for the timer to run down but it didn't change to 0.02 and stayed at 0.01. The submitting of my address and using the captcha worked. I will see later how much got sent to me. 

It is like it is supposed to be.. If you have 0.01 there is only a chance to double this amount.. the longer you stayed on advertisers the higher the chance to double 0.01 ;)

Ah, okay. You should perhaps be more clear in your "how it works" section. 

Changing this:
"Buy staying the whole 5 Minutes you double the actual amount."

to perhaps this:
By staying the whole 5 minutes you double the amount from 0.0025 to 0.005.
If you got it to go to 0.01 by visiting ads you have a chance to double it to 0.02 after those 5 minutes.

Thanks.. good idea ;)
I changed it..

https://i.imgur.com/mS5cx.png

I've never had a problem with solvemedia before, so I assume this is a server error message mix-up.

This must be a solvemedia issue.. checked my code and this can only happen if there went somthing wrong while the solvemedia request..

What happens if you refresh the captcha?

Same error message.

Does this happen everytime you try it?

It's never done that for me before, so no. However, solvemedia did work for me today as well.

I know the problem. On your old CAPTCHA system, once the timer reached 0, the CAPTCHA would refresh.
Now, the CAPTCHA works fine if you don't wait the full 5 minutes, but for some reason probably linked to the old behavior, you need to refresh the SolveMedia one manually once the timer hits 0.

Thats right.. But there is no nice way to manually refresh this catcha right? With the old one it was easy..

I found it.. ;) It is on its way online ;)

Nope, the problem's still here.
http://imgur.com/eFxJE.png

What Browser do you use?

That was chrome, but I'll try IE tonight (don't have access right now).

Thats strange.. there are many chrome users telling me that it works alright?!
Please tell me about your results tonight ;) thanks..

Maybe you should try this (http://browsershots.org/) ;)

This is my project and I will try my best to fix all these bugs so that even you are satisfied..


I do already.. and it says the same as my screen!

http://browsershots.org/screenshots/4729d669e194a955936bbd4c4388b8af

So I dont really know where to look for this error..!?

I use Chrome 19 and it works fine?!
If I validate it on W3C it complains about the -moz webkit stuff but this shouldnt create bugs in my application right?

How about now?

Really?Wow.. it finally works :)

So thanks for your help ;)