Autotrader - Oh dear!
Discussion
I know there have been threads on this in the past...but I've just been using Autotrader and it really isn't the best in the world.
What I was thinking of is what could be done to improve the way the site works.
My first comment is that when you look at an advert for a car, it shouldn't open in a new bloody window!
And to the floor...
Cheers
The Moose
What I was thinking of is what could be done to improve the way the site works.
My first comment is that when you look at an advert for a car, it shouldn't open in a new bloody window!
And to the floor...
Cheers
The Moose
The Moose said:
robsco said:
I can't bear to use it. It's a horrendous, farcical attempt at a website.
What would improve it...other than a rebuild?!Cheers
The Moose
robsco said:
The Moose said:
robsco said:
I can't bear to use it. It's a horrendous, farcical attempt at a website.
What would improve it...other than a rebuild?!Cheers
The Moose
This is almost a social experiment if you will. I don't understand how such a large company can get it SO wrong. Surely they must ask members of the public before putting s
t like this live? If in 24 hours we can come up with how it should have been then surely it really tells a lot about whoever developed the site?Cheers
The Moose
It's "web 2.0"...
Autotrader were probably sold it by some flashy web development company saying lots of big fancy webby words.
Or Autotraders IT team did.
Either way it seems fashionable these days to make web sites bloated with crap to justify the cost.
A round button you say, thats hard to code... and expensive. Oh ok then, it looks cool.
It's like the whole drop shadow bevelled button thing, with spinning GIF email icons from ~ 2000
Dave
Autotrader were probably sold it by some flashy web development company saying lots of big fancy webby words.
Or Autotraders IT team did.
Either way it seems fashionable these days to make web sites bloated with crap to justify the cost.
A round button you say, thats hard to code... and expensive. Oh ok then, it looks cool.
It's like the whole drop shadow bevelled button thing, with spinning GIF email icons from ~ 2000
Dave
The website could use updating for sure but it could never work the way I want it to until they force people to advertise cars by giving the description on the V5 as the headline. I am not looking for a Ford Focus, init? I want to search for a Ford Focus 1.6 GL and when I do I don't want results returned that are not this. I can't get insurance by saying it's a Focus, init? I have to give them the exact model and autotrader would be better if they adopted the same policy: you can't sell a car unless it is properly described.
PaulHogan said:
The website could use updating for sure but it could never work the way I want it to until they force people to advertise cars by giving the description on the V5 as the headline. I am not looking for a Ford Focus, init? I want to search for a Ford Focus 1.6 GL and when I do I don't want results returned that are not this. I can't get insurance by saying it's a Focus, init? I have to give them the exact model and autotrader would be better if they adopted the same policy: you can't sell a car unless it is properly described.
They did this for a short time, which was VERY useful...People know what car they own, as they use the same specific car/model selection on 99% of insurance websites these days... even a VRM lookup could find their exact car model.
Right now, ALL the colour, engine size, fuel type, body type drop-downs are useless unless you ALSO check the unspecified ones to make sure there are no cars that you want in there.
I'm sure I added feedback on their old site many times saying that feature you mention was the BEST thing ever, but it appeared to be dropped.
Try find say a 330Ci 2nd facelift (of the three) with alcantara seats on Autotrader. There really is no way to search for these types of things without checking EVERY damn advert... waste of time.
Dave
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