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Old 12-05-2006, 02:16 AM   #1
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Criticize Website Please


Please Give Me All The Details

Yes Its a template and I am not finished, pics page may not display pics

http://www.robertgoodpainting.com

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Old 12-05-2006, 08:41 AM   #2
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No meta tags, keywords, title, etc. Also has no content, and looks like you made it yourself. You are right, pics don't work.

Anyway, you know you have a long way to go....but let me ask you this. What is going to be the purpose of your website? Just a brochure for customers to look at or do you want it to sell for you? Defining that will help you decide what direction to take it from here.
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You're off to a good start, but the blue-on-blue is hard on the eyes. I'd make the background more gray to alleviate this. Let us know when you're a bit further.
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Old 12-05-2006, 04:37 PM   #4
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I would place your contact information (ie- company phone number) on the home page as well as on the contact page.

Web pages have just a couple of seconds to grab someones attention, make those seconds count.
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Old 12-05-2006, 05:01 PM   #5
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Being a painter I think you might be held accountable for color by potential customers. Pick a type face color and stick with it. 20 different colors of type don't do anything but scream 1997.
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IM getting there, need to know more about the META tags and stuff

My keywords and discription i think is somewhere along the lines

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Also stay away from using the blue that most people associate with links. I tried clciking on your pictures and my first thought was "nice, dead links"
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If you want a good template, go to http://dreamtemplate.com and pick one you like, then PM me the link and I will D/L it for you.

P.S. For everyone that likes to assume I'm trying to sell something, I'M NOT SELLING HIM ANYTHING! It's for *FREE*.
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Old 12-29-2006, 12:32 AM   #9
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Well I have done a little more work on my site and got it looking "ok" and it is presentable.

I will be adding more pictures soon but have to come up with a better format for them. I can only do so much with my godaddy website tonite account.

Let me know what you think on my "about us" page... It is a little too much "out there in lala land" additude and repetative on nothing.... I do plan on changing it up to include more on what we do rather than blah blah blah with nothing to say.

Thanks to all for helping,
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You're off to a good start, but the blue-on-blue is hard on the eyes. I'd make the background more gray to alleviate this. Let us know when you're a bit further.
I agree on this.

The human eye can not focus on the colcor blue and red at the same time, that makes it difficult to eye scann it.
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If this is the first you've ever created then I must say you've done a pretty good job so far.

The main thing I would suggest changing is the font and colors. You should choose one font style and color, preferably black, and stick with it throughout the entire site. Also, don't italicize your words, it makes them very hard to read.

Your about us page is a little different. It's good to have the items noted on your about me page the are in the middle column, except I would do them in sentence format, not as a list. Explain a little more in detail about each one, just a sentence or two would do.

A website is a work in progress. I use Microsoft Frontpage to create all my websites. Some people like it some don't. I think it is a matter of personal opinion. You might want to download a trial version of it and try it out first before buying.

Keep up the good work on the site.
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Old 05-17-2007, 12:21 AM   #12
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Just curious,

How do you like my website now?

Yes the pics don't enlarge and I dont have many.
I Use this primarily to let my customers "think" on their reason
to call me and see my pics so I dont have to carry my pic book

It has my specials and all "cool" stuff and my customer feedback on it
is positive and reassuring everytime I ask what they thought.

I will be puttting more time into it by getting a bigger site to do maybe
2 or 3+ diff pic pages and other stuff to break it up.
And also, Maybe giving a more thorough Bio or pics of "US" in progress
of work.

I am not looking to promote and sell jobs by my website alone, I like to meet with the customer and sign by face to face.

Any thoughts???

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Old 05-17-2007, 04:04 AM   #13
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got this from my busines development manager when I first set up.
Be professional-get a brand.
Use white background, people ae used to reading on white paper.
Use screen sized homepage, don't make people scroll down.
Use plenty of images of your work, and make it your own work. I feel this is very important, using someone else's pics is just lazy.

On your page the fisrt thing that hits me is you will give your work away cheap. Ther are 3 references to reducing your price. Robertgoodpainting says to me you are good, not cheap.

Hope this helps

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