Invest in Afghanistan portal launched.

[somebozo]

Without security and corruption control no one will bring their money into the country...also kidnapping and crime..

Afghanistan has been in a state of war since 4 decades and the situation is getting bad with 2 more suicide bombings in Kabul . Who will invest there?

Terrorist, drug dealers and black money tycoon.

 

[karakoram]

I got 2 A.K 47s can some body tell me how to invest these in Afghanistan.

 

[A-Team]

Tell me what this product wants achieve for the audience (?) and then evaluate it on those dimensions.

Let's go from there.

Well you said straight away that it has zero utility

It is not only the website, there is a big agency behind it that does investment attraction in Afghanistan called AISA which is pretty active. The portal like any others in the world is an internet gateway for people that are interested in investment in AF and after that the process is being undertaken by AISA

You have too much free time on your hands -- great to see talent and hard work with the young Pakistanis

@A-Team

In addition to about above security specialist friend -- you may want to consult with the admins here they will be able to point out simple fixes in your content strategy.

As a layman (this is not exactly what I do for a living) I can quickly point our 8 - 20 flaws in your strategy/implementation -- really for a site that represents Afghanistan -- this needs a lot more work.

As said there is an agency behind this portal but if you can list those flaws I would be happy to forward to them.

Very professional and very secure

This is why you shouldn't use a pirated theme:
Identified the following admins:
+----+------------+------+
| Id | Login | Pass |
+----+------------+------+
| 1 | admin | ******* |
| 2 | themedemos | ********* |
| 3 | ahg-far |****** |
| 4 | ali |****** |
+----+------------+------+


that's a 49-dollar product trying to attract investments in millions. http://themeforest.net/item/kappe-full-screen-portfolio-blog-wp-theme/6854128

Thank you for pointing this out, will be forwarded to the admin.

 

[pakistani342]

Well you said straight away that it has zero utility

It is not only the website, there is a big agency behind it that does investment attraction in Afghanistan called AISA which is pretty active. The portal like any others in the world is an internet gateway for people that are interested in investment in AF and after that the process is being undertaken by AISA



As said there is an agency behind this portal but if you can list those flaws I would be happy to forward to them.



Thank you for pointing this out, will be forwarded to the admin.

1. Yes I am aware of AISA and I could not find for example any link from AISA (that is readily navigable to this portal.

There are other flaws that extend to the ad spend on the site -- again I think there are many issues with the site that are pretty basic.

1. Yes I am aware of AISA and I could not find for example any link from AISA (that is readily navigable to this portal.

There are other flaws that extend to the ad spend on the site -- again I think there are many issues with the site that are pretty basic.

Here is a quick rundown that I can do in a few mins -- hope it helps:

0. I would have an information architecture consultant look at the content, navigation -- worth every penny
Articles are long -- this should be structured as a wiki + brochure
1. I does not seems the site is adequately linked from AISA -- this is key
2. No web analytics -- key to optimizing site
3. Enabled Google web master toolkit or like
4. Everything is pushed below the fold -- above the fold is primary real estate
5. Didn't see an on site search
6. No media kit
7. No viral kit -- there should be a section for Afghan embassies, and other organizations which shows how to link back to this site
8. Google ranks dismal -- is someone looking into SEO
9. Is there a media campaign to launch this site -- any PR -- couldn't find any mention
10. Page load times seem slow -- this will lower your search score
11. Lots of valuable real estate wasted to menu system
12. http://investinafghanistan.af/robots.txt seems incorrectly configured
13. no http://investinafghanistan.af/sitemap.xml
16. No taxonomy
17. Do you have someone monitoring the ad spend on google, twitter, Facebook
18. No organic strategy by leveraging the Afghan Diaspora seems visible
19. The security hole pointed out above is critical btw

That's what I could find quickly but I'm no expert -- so take this with a big grain of salt.

 

[Pukhtoon]

Thank you for pointing this out, will be forwarded to the admin.

You're welcome.
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http://investinafghanistan.af/
VS
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https://defence.pk/&tab=desktop


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1. Yes I am aware of AISA and I could not find for example any link from AISA (that is readily navigable to this portal.

There are other flaws that extend to the ad spend on the site -- again I think there are many issues with the site that are pretty basic.



Here is a quick rundown that I can do in a few mins -- hope it helps:

0. I would have an information architecture consultant look at the content, navigation -- worth every penny
Articles are long -- this should be structured as a wiki + brochure
1. I does not seems the site is adequately linked from AISA -- this is key
2. No web analytics -- key to optimizing site
3. Enabled Google web master toolkit or like
4. Everything is pushed below the fold -- above the fold is primary real estate
5. Didn't see an on site search
6. No media kit
7. No viral kit -- there should be a section for Afghan embassies, and other organizations which shows how to link back to this site
8. Google ranks dismal -- is someone looking into SEO
9. Is there a media campaign to launch this site -- any PR -- couldn't find any mention
10. Page load times seem slow -- this will lower your search score
11. Lots of valuable real estate wasted to menu system
12. http://investinafghanistan.af/robots.txt seems incorrectly configured
13. no http://investinafghanistan.af/sitemap.xml
16. No taxonomy
17. Do you have someone monitoring the ad spend on google, twitter, Facebook
18. No organic strategy by leveraging the Afghan Diaspora seems visible
19. The security hole pointed out above is critical btw

That's what I could find quickly but I'm no expert -- so take this with a big grain of salt.

 

[A-Team]

1. Yes I am aware of AISA and I could not find for example any link from AISA (that is readily navigable to this portal.

There are other flaws that extend to the ad spend on the site -- again I think there are many issues with the site that are pretty basic.



Here is a quick rundown that I can do in a few mins -- hope it helps:

0. I would have an information architecture consultant look at the content, navigation -- worth every penny
Articles are long -- this should be structured as a wiki + brochure
1. I does not seems the site is adequately linked from AISA -- this is key
2. No web analytics -- key to optimizing site
3. Enabled Google web master toolkit or like
4. Everything is pushed below the fold -- above the fold is primary real estate
5. Didn't see an on site search
6. No media kit
7. No viral kit -- there should be a section for Afghan embassies, and other organizations which shows how to link back to this site
8. Google ranks dismal -- is someone looking into SEO
9. Is there a media campaign to launch this site -- any PR -- couldn't find any mention
10. Page load times seem slow -- this will lower your search score
11. Lots of valuable real estate wasted to menu system
12. http://investinafghanistan.af/robots.txt seems incorrectly configured
13. no http://investinafghanistan.af/sitemap.xml
16. No taxonomy
17. Do you have someone monitoring the ad spend on google, twitter, Facebook
18. No organic strategy by leveraging the Afghan Diaspora seems visible
19. The security hole pointed out above is critical btw

That's what I could find quickly but I'm no expert -- so take this with a big grain of salt.

Thanks, I will pass out the info to the people concerned.

You're welcome.
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http://investinafghanistan.af/
VS
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https://defence.pk/&tab=desktop


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Manana, I will pass the info.

 

[pakistani342]

Thanks, I will pass out the info to the people concerned.



Manana, I will pass the info.

Just one word of Caution -- 2/3 of the issues I pointed out were technical -- for this to provide any meaningful utility you need to work on the Internet Strategy -- this includes which really address your message, content, audience, desired outcomes, etc.

I think this may be an example of a well intentioned effort but as such it will not achieve anything