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Nice collection! I especially like Sum Agency – its simple and effective – it takes a few cues from current design trends, but adds Its own flair to the mix. Attractive, but not distractive. On the other hand, Exceel’s header and footer distracts me from the content, and Folietto looks a tiny bit scattered & too 2.0 – but both are still great and other designers would do well to see them…

Very nice compilation. My favourite: “Web 9″ from Thailand

Okay, nit picky creative director stuff aside, great article thanks!

The last one is reminiscent of the first generation website. There used to be a lot of these around. The clean code is quite impressive.

Not all good.

Sumagency and Adesus very good for my ideas.

really? the only one i found at all compelling was web9. the rest are uninspired, cookie cutter sites.

nice sites. I think this site deserves mention:

http://www.veratta.com/

I am not affiliated with them so no, I’m not promoting them. I think their site strikes a perfect balance between professionalism and creativity.

i like the first 2,

Brightfinance loks like an old template monster…

I liked Folietto

Great collection. My vote goes to Adesus.
In the “dark side”: Agentur 52eins
And what about this one?

Nice article. I like the way that “less is more” these days with 3 columns as a maximum, centered templates and small yet noticable graphic styles (notably drop shadows) to make the difference.

Some nice websites, bute also some I would never call perfect.

wow, 2 sites i’ve done made the list, thanks a lot!

I have to say, I’m not a fan of these sites. Three of them use a nearly identical layout, while the others come straight from 2002.

Love the idea, but I also doubt that these sites even have solid sales. There is very little (or in most cases no) immediate call to action.

Good stuff.

Wow, great websites from a design point of view. The new logo looks really good..

You know, the six bullet points are an excellent guide to business sites that work and “work” is singularly the most important.But our swedish freind summed it up they are stiff and lack humour. Dont be afraid of humour, IF you know how to use it! One last thing, learn how to write clear and compelling copy. Most get wrapped up in flash and dynamics that they forget the visitor wants INFORMATION !
Fine guidlines though. Thanks
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No e-commerce sites? (Well, besides that Jewelbox one, which just sells 1 product.) Most of these websites appear to be text-oriented. They’re largely for consulting and service companies, so it’s no surprise that they’re big, fancy brochures.

I have my own notions about what it takes for an e-commerce site to be successful (especially since I work at one), but I was hoping for some insight.

This is a press release, not an informative article.

11 almost perfect business layout? I don’t think so. There are 2 that might qualify, 8 snorers and 1 that has serious accessibility problems.

Graphically they are technically competent. The have clean code, and generally good typography and use balance of white space. IA and usability are almost all above average. But are they effective marketing tools?

As far as providing a quickly identifiable brand or anything memorable, they mostly don’t cut it Two do a nice job of providing unique branding, Triple Crown and Web9. Exceel is pretty but has white space problems and embeds the navigation in a useless Flash animation, which should have excluded it from your list. The others? Forgettable.

I don’t know about the non-english sites but most of the front page copy is marketing speak babble. A superior website has superior content that includes obvious calls to action and focuses on user needs, and which excludes marketing speak and self-focused filler. None of these is superior an most poor in quality content.

Look at sites like Mint and Coda for examples of compelling content and good layout. Both are still too Web 2.0 looking for my tastes but they are highly effective.

Really cool

1st 3 websites are good, but the rest are average..
1 site I would ask you to add is VIRGIN.com. Its got the best interface.

The website suggested by Sanchit is nice but in Flash, with a poor navigation system. Each time you click on an item to view its page, the menu fade away and you have to click on the BACK button to get back to the navigation menu. This is annoying and lack usability. Surely this website should not be in this list.

This list is cool and there are surely over website that can be added to this list. listapart website, to my opinion rocks.

They all look good, but make sure you visit the site see how they look when the footers/bottom part the site aren’t visible on 1024 by 768 screens. Some of these designs look better when snap and resized as a picture.

Great websites! I saw that jewelboxing one two years ago! Realyl stands the test of time. Even as optical discs become fast redundant?

Quick question: I’m looking for great layout that will help me reduce clutter on the home page (NYWellnessGuide.com). There is tons of information and I’m looking for examples to help me solve this. If you know of any layouts with tons of info that are well organized, please let me know. Contact through website or post it here. Thank you all in advance. This site rocks. So many great posts.

Terrific Websites. My personal fav.. Web9..

Sumagency is my favorite. Web design is really about communication rather than something else.

Nice article, thank you very much!!!
Web9 is a template (published at cssbeauty or w3csites, can not remember, but seen before for sure). Still good by the way.

these are dam cool design!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice picks. I think ASHRM deserves a mension too.

Folietto has nice shades of blue. Why didn’t I checked it before.

It’s impossible to define objectively the best business layouts. Overyone can name ones own 11.

I really love sumagency.com design and layout.
thanks

Great websites, I used to look at Template Monster for inspiration, but this website is awesome for inspirational show cases.

Thanks

Nice!

Republic Of China(Taiwan) is not People’s Republic of China(Red China)!!!

not too perfect

it seems the author’s choice very personal. i would say those examples are generally good. but not brillant,