Looking For Criticism.

precisionbuild

My website is nowhere near finished, but it is probably far enough along to some constructive criticism from everyone.

So please visit and be honest. All suggestions will be looked at and considered.

I know you guys love to criticize.

www.buildwithprecision.net

Kaiser

Lookin good so far.

I just took a quick glance but hers a couple things I noticed.

The letters in Design Build on the home page aren't linning up quite even.

On the products page I think I would spell out the acronym for TJI once at the begining of the paragraph.

I've put up my fair share but I can't remember what TJI Stands for.

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precisionbuild

TJI=Trus Joist I-Joist

It's lining up on my browser. Any suggestions?

gallerytungsten

Looks like a DIY job to me. Most (clients) may not be able to tell the difference. But be that as it may, there are a bunch of design clichés in your site.

The "precision build" in the old english font at the beginning of the paragraph looks hokey and isn't particularly readable. The initial caps are also too large relative to the rest of the type.

The indented paragraph with the initial letters spelling down like a crossword is mis-aligned and indented too far.

Your logo should appear once, in the header, not 4 times in one page.

Type in the header runs into the border.

Different type sizes all over the place, different colors and different fonts; all done without any apparent design scheme. The "inch" mark instead of proper apostrophes is another pet peeve of mine.

You did it yourself, and consequently there are many things in addition to the above that went wrong.

If you want a pro site, I suggest you find a local writer/editor and a pro designer, so you can get a site that isn't so embarrassing.

precisionbuild

Thank you. I appreciate the input. The designer would be a good idea. One I may use too. But right now, I've already put too much in other advertising this month to afford a good one presently. Again, thank you. I wasn't looking to get my back patted. I want to know it's shortcomings and strengths.

tinner666

You have no meta tags at all. A good friend of mine just left the house. His http://eastcoast-furniture.com/default.aspx has the same title as yours "Home". And if you R.click it and select view source, you'll see the page as Google does.
You'll also notice that no text imbedded inside a logo or image is visible.

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tinner666

I'd ditch the search bar too.

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RidgeWalker

Hey your site looks ok, you do need some additional work though. Your Services page is screwed up and it's larger then the rest of the page.

Move your offer to the top fold of your page instead of the bottom. It will grab their attention and these days getting peoples attention on the web is worth much more then you think. But a contacat form next to the offer also, keep it simple email and name only. They see the offer and get motivated by it and then contract you. = )

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precisionbuild

Ok. I slashed the search bar. I have renamed some of the pages and added some meta tags. I'll still add more (suggestions would help.) I will move the offer.

Any other suggestions?

precisionbuild

Not sure what you mean here. It doesn't look that way to me. Any suggestions?

RidgeWalker

Somehow your text formating made the table larger then the page and extended it further then it should have gone. Clear your browser cache and load the page, that might show you. It didn't look right on my browser that's for sure.

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ArmstrCarpentry

The page and content look good so far - one thing that I would change for sure is the "red" text, I cant really say why but it gives me the same feeling as someone that writes in ALL CAPS - its sort of like shouting and may turn some potential customers away.

ArmstrCarpentry

also I would thin out the text on the home page, no one is gonna read all that text - thin it out and bullet the points - put the other stuff in the about us section... i also dont know about the TV giveaway - it looks kind of desperate to me.

Keep in mind its just my opinion - im not trying to bust your a** - maybe take a look at my page, its simple with lots of pics on the home page (meant for broadband users) its the only advertising I really do besides my truck lettering and word of mouth - armstrongcarpentry.com

tinner666

Much better. You'll have to tinker with the meta tags some because these " are coming up like this > " I had the same problem once, but don't remember how I fixed it.

I think " PA</title><meta name="Keywords" content="&lt;META http-equiv=&quot;content-type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&quot;&gt; " explains what went wrong.

Each line should start with < and end with this /> after the "


<html>
<doctype html>
<head>
<meta name="verify-v1"
content=">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<title> title>
<meta name=" ">
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="">
<meta name="Keywords" content=" ">
<meta name="ProgId" content=" ">
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" >
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">


Now sign up at G Analytics and get yer Urchin installed, then do a G verifier and add it to your page. This will get you listed in a hurry. Don't forget to 'submit' to G and the other search engines.

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tinner666

Just curious, why target only broadband users? Thumbnailed pics would load faster.

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ArmstrCarpentry

I figure if you cant afford broadband - you cant afford me... Seriously I just like the big pictures when the page loads and most ppl have a broadband connection these days - i did thumbnails before and didnt like the layout.

precisionbuild

Thanks again. Everyone. I will work on these issues.

In the meantime, ALL advise is appreciated and wanted. You're not gonna hurt my feelings.

After all of the time I've already spent on this, I don't want it to be for nothing.

tinner666

You could use large, lo-res pics too. the large pic on my homepage is around 68kb and loads fast on all connections.


Many of my richest clients live beyond broadband range and are stuck with dial-up. More people with money are moving to the burbs.

Not busting yer chops, just curious, and added my thinking on it.

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ottagosoon

Remember to tell your customers to put the value of that
on there income taxes and remember you the business can only deduct 25 dollars of that gift on your federal taxes.

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DetailHandyman

I didn't get to look at the whole thing yet...I like to criticize poor use of the English language.

But, for starters:

Quote: "The new iLevel Trus Joist TJI joists"

The above is severely redundant.
If you weren't using the acronym it would be:
"The new iLevel Trus Joist Trus Joist I-Joist joists"?

If you have defined the acronym earlier, as you did, then just use that in later posts.

And, do you really need an FAQ page to explain what an FAQ page is?

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