Quhl is Cool!

So when I first spoke with the owner of Quhl, they were just getting started, but it looked promising. Looking again today, the "Quhlness" factor has improved considerably. I love the name, but also the layout has some key elements that help the user to stay. They even have a mascot!

• There is a random website that changes on the left with a thumbnail
• There is a piece of art on the right that you can "Click to Enlarge". Would be nice if you could also "Click to See More" and go deeper into Quhl
• Lots more to do as you scroll down including a Facebook widget and some news type items.

And then they are doing a wonderful job with the detail pages (example). There can be a full page of information about the site including a larger thumb, latest tweets and latest blog entries.

Overall, there is not I can say that they are doing wrong. They are taking advantage of many of phpLD 4.1's latest features, and have done plenty of customization of their own. It is a solid site.

Next steps would be to work on building a following in some way. For example, maybe they want to work on making of the categories a great resource that really captures a niche. Or maybe they want to develop more on the content side such as articles or a blog. Or maybe they could develop better interactivity with something like Disqus.

I think they have a great foundation in place and now they have to think about a direction for growth. That can be challenging, but hopefully they will hit on something and start to develop a user base.

And a last thought...

The word "Quhl" could really be leveraged: quhlness factor, quhl sites, quhler, etc.

Keep going on this site! It is looking great!