Coming up with a site design can be hard, but it comes down sometimes that creating a simple site is possible the best thing one can do. Getting creative with a new website isn't easy and I personally feel that it's best to start a simple designed site, and not go too overboard. Plus I think most people like simple over overly creative.
What do you think?
Well it depends. Starting a site, I feel I would like to just make something beautiful, yet simple. I don't want to go overboard and make a site that's overcrowded, has too much content or graphics or whatever. I like simple and elegant over some of the sites out there. Some sites try to cram so much on one page, don't do that, it'll hurt the overall look of your site and will drive traffic away.
That's kind of a hard question to answer. Because creative can be simple in itself. If you mean a chaotic creative, then I would go with simple. I like sites that don't throw too much at you at once. Sites where there's just a background image, with some semi transparent menu bar, always appeals to me.
Well, in my view of it all; I think the best overall choice for a site is usually simple, yet creative. I don't like when sites try to go overboard. I don't like when sites try to overpopulate the site with content either. A simple design that's creative can go a long way at making the popular feel of your site shine.