Response from: Chris Mitchell

First off, I think the layout is generally workable. Nice work so far! I can see some potential for improvement: - the two columns at the right side of the page should be more clearly blocked out. Those items currently give the unsettling impression of floating free in space now. - the search box looks odd. Formatting the text "search" to the left would help. It's also expected for that to look like an actual button. - move search to the top of the page. - more contrast between items would be helpful. The entire layout is rather washed out in tone with little color contrast. - on some sites the optimal advertising/content ratio may have been exceeded. You may want to entertain flexible ad rotation models to bring it back into balance (I can appreciate the need for revenue, so please take this with a grain of salt.) Hope this helps!