It took a night of hard coding and testing today from the press room at Search Engine Strategies Chicago, but the new Search Engine Journal design has gone live and we’re currently hammering out the bugs and glitches. The new design is the masterful work of Chris Pearson, who is also behind the designs at SEObook and the Text Link Ad Link Building Blog.
Chris really came through with this project and the harsh deadlines which were thrown at him by yours truly, but after a hectic day on both our parts (me in Maryland then Chicago and Chris in ol’ Kentucky), phone calls, barking dogs and up & down Wifi – Chris pulled it all together and we were able to meet the target date of today, the first day of SES Chicago.
For this design, we went a bit lite with the 2.0 bells and whistles, and beefed up the journalistic approach to the new Search Engine Journal. Over the course of the week, more and more fixes will be made along with some new announcements about our contributors, sponsors and happenings here at Search Engine Strategies.
Please feel free to leave a comment below with your opinions on the new design, and any ideas or features you would like to see on the Journal.
looks awesome!
Looks all shiny and cleaned up.
Very impressive.
Nice look. Did you lose my email cause hats the only thing I can think of why you didn’t let me know you were here in MD. :-)
I’ll be back in MD next week and on the East Coast for a long time Aaron. Let’s get together for a Maryland bloggers session or dinner before or after the holidays.
I’ll be contacting you soon. Thanks!
Nice, I like the old SEJ Logo more though, but the rest is aaaloooot better :)
I know, the Logo is making it look more like a newspaper, but still, I can’t help it and still think that the old logo would look better (after a little bit of tweaking to fit into the new design).
Cheers,
I like that you have cleaned up the links, but the overall look, I do not like as much.
It won’t stop me from reading though.
Looks really good – I am so used to reading your posts through RSS that I wouldn’t have seen this for awhile if it wasn’t for Andy’s post this morning..
Looks good :)
Hey, I really like the new look! Very spiff!
Very cool, Loren (and Chris) – definite upgrade. And nice to meet you tonight at the YParty, Loren.
Looks excellent! A great improvement from the previous design. This looks very sleek and easy to navigate through. Well done to the SEJ team!
The old design was nicer because it was very clean from the left to about 2/3 across – which was the basic reading area. However, this one is also attractive -
The only change would be making the bright red – more brown-like to blend in harmoniously with the colums earthy color theme
The Contact the Journal link http://www.searchenginejournal.com/contact.php is broken.
I need to get in touch with you.
Love the new design!
Very neat. I love your new design. I am becoming a fan of Chris.
Looks good guys! Everything is much more defined; I look forward to seeing it evolve.
As expected from Chris his work, a very nice new look and feel. Like it very much! Great job.
Nice new look, Loren. I find it a bit easier to read now.