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Something about the design of the front page makes it look like one of the linkjack/adsense pages. This is a first glance kind of thing, but it's important as it can turn off a huge percentage of visitors.

Also, the footer on the front page seems a little off.

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We pushed a fix that includes cleaning up the footer thanks for the feedback.

I can see the linkjack/adsense page look and feel, any thoughts on what gives it that vibe? Is it just that we have a collection of plain text links at the bottom of the page? Would adding some more content or more text describing the site help give it a more valid look?

Interesting. I can definitely see what you're saying and we don't want to give that impression to first-time users. Thanks!

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