Site comes across much smoother without that top banner. If you need the advertising space, you could always replace the search box and place an advertising banner up at the top.

I noted someone linking to you on MetaFilter as, "This guy Dan Wei's blog." The vagaries of fame etc.

Excellent and very accurate press coverage, which demonstrates that this is a blog about self-promotion and getting advertising dollars. After all, you would be happy to rethink the format of the website--the top banner--if a sponsor was forthcoming.

I especially enjoy this quote: "I've become one of those people that journalists call when they want an opinion when something happens to the media in China." Now, there's humility. And any journalist in Beijing who really wants to find out what is going on will ask someone who is an accredited expert on China, and speaks and reads the language, instead of relying on staff and crediting himself.

Small wonder that so many Chinese find "Sexy Beijing" insulting and demeaning and why the purpose of this site is to add profile and generate profit, but not insight. On those counts, well done all.

Sinasource: Thanks for your perceptive comments.

You are right: at Danwei we are all about huge profits and publicity. Only a real savant such as yourself can see through the fog of misinformation that bamboozles the rest of our readers.

Hmm I still feel like the headlines banner is taking up too much space... maybe it's just my screen's pitiful res. The graphic thingy on the right of the headlines look considerably less finished than the rest of the site--I'll assume it's a work in progress, but in any case the white text (black on hover) seems poorly placed and the colors don't stand out from the image.

Next thing is why does a non-danwei article take the top headline spot? (Moutai Booze Boss in the Clink) And why the sensationalist title for it? I would think you'd want to keep the focus on danwei articles up top, and news from the web should be less prominent (maybe get rid of the web news from the headlines banner altogether).

Last thing, the text boxes that appear when hovering over headlines would be a little more aesthetically pleasing if there was a slight delay before they appeared--picky, but it's noticeable. That's all, keep up the good work.

ahahahha...
SinaSource 你吃粗了吗？

about the design, i like it, anyway keep it simple.
go ahead danwei:)

Not for the first time, the response here misses the point.

It is not about the money you are or are not making, it is about the purpose of the blog: attract attention and advertisers, even if it means acting silly (yellow hard hat, mugging for Chinese magazines) and insulting Chinese to do it.

Down with the imperialist Danwei pigs! Long live the dictatorship of the humorless!

sorry, can you explaine better your opinion about this blog, honestly i cannot get it.
can i ask you also why so much anger?
i'm not polemical just curious.

One supposes now that holding people to standards when they claim something means that one is humorless or angry. So be it. My intemperate tone, if it is read as such, is due to disappointment.

Truly, best of luck to Danwei--that is sincere. The site provides a valuable service when it covers the media, and does not try to get the media to cover it. One hopes that advertisers will support Danwei in these particular efforts and it becomes a serious site, respectful of the environment in which it works and the people and the work it covers. Sometimes, it appears otherwise.

Are you a robot SinaSource? You sure sound like on to me.

Again, good work, Danwei staff: if someone who criticizes you is attacked by a poster, make certain that post is displayed and not moderated. So much for "generally accepted standards of courtesy".

hey, danwei.
if i want to go to the category archives page from the home page, i'm sent again to the homepage.
is it normal?

ciao
take care.

Thanks Yilian, we will fix the problem.