IMHO – too many banners. It always puts me off sites that have flashing banners scattered across the main page. I could be wrong in other peoples opinions tho. I’ve tried to stay away from the banners until I need them – i.e. describing a site and reviewing. have a look http://www.iwantfreemoney.co.uk – the content is being updated but ive spent a fair bit of time changing my layouts. . .