[Tony Stewart]

I know I am asking for this but can one or two of you please have a look at my website before it goes live and before I hand over my childrens inheritance to pay the bill.
A couple of spelling mistakes and grammar and lorem ipsum bits to tidy but it's the impression I need from you guys.
Difficult to be original as you have to have carpet and cleaning somewhere.

http://carpetcleaner-sutton-coldfield.co.uk/

The offers page is updateable if needs be.

Thanks in anticipation

Tony

[Dennis]

Mike Halliday gets about. 

[derek west]

nice website tony. if i had to be picky i would say get your own pictures on there, you've been at it long enough now to get a few of your self. and even pickier, not my colour scheme, but then i do wear pink so who am i to judge  . but yeah great website.

[Mike Gwilliam]

Looks good to me and ready to go.
The only thing i would pull it on is the ''white space''  below the text on all pages except the home page caused by the left side bar.

[mark_roberts]

Id get a pro to do it.

Mark

[Tony Stewart]

Thanks for that..............same website designer as Mike's.
Derek You are right it's just that being on my own I completely forget to take any pictures of the things I clean etc. Designer has the stock photos so I will make a few more of my own.
It's the wording that I was concerned about but now it's the pictures!!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgh!
Perhaps you are right but I don't know any prostitutes

[wynne jones]

The set of pics at the bottom are far more eye catching than the stairs pic. I would use them as a banner at the top with your phone number right at the top in big type and with a call to action.

[Mike Halliday]

It has everything a website needs but lacks any 'sparkle' the home page as it first appears is very bland, I don't think the photo of the legs has enough impact.

I would Change the leather picture, the photo of my sunburnt, bold head does not give the right message for leather cleaning....( Maybe leather repair)

Overall the website is fine, you just need to add your own pictures as you take them so people can see you

[Tony Stewart]

Thanks Mike............my mistake on the stock photos and I will get it tweaked and get some more pictures of my own in there as soon as I can.

[Mike Halliday]

i think people think they need really profesional photos but I think a photo is either boring or interesting. its the same if its a professionally taken photo it still can be boring and a 'safe' alterantive.

if you take photos your self they tend not to be so perfect but are more interesting, like my leather photo it was just taken on a course at LTT by another carpet cleaner but its diffferent & interesting.

[james roffey]

Tony regarding proof reading you can read the same sentence twenty times and not notice spelling mistakes, getting guys on here to read it is a good idea i would also ask family to read it too.

[Tony Stewart]

Hi James .....I know 5 people are better than one and I was not hitting it up on the forum for praise just constructive criticism if needed.

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

If anyone is interested in a website I know a lad he done mine very good I think £250 upto 10 pages £350 upto 20 pages and £450 if you want a shop page also take a look at the site he done me www.dryerfusion.co.uk and email me your details if interested i'l pass them on for you cleandry@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers Phil.

[Garyj]

I know it's not 'live' yet but the thing that stood out for me the most is the lack of phone number. Presume it will be going in the header at some point.

I like the site though.

[james roffey]

Looks good, i have been told that if the first page has too much text which a lot of sites do then they wont bother reading it, we may find carpet cleaning interesting but most of the public don't, the site can have the info on other pages but don't scare them with a page of text on the first page they see, i am not saying yours is like this, the about us page is good but worth bearing in mind, don't worry too much about getting it perfect you will change so much and tweek it yourself for a long while after it has gone live it's exciting when it goes live though good luck 

[garry22]

Looks good, i have been told that if the first page has too much text which a lot of sites do then they wont bother reading it,

Says who? (not having a dig at you personally, James)

I heard a lot of people make that statement but none of them have produced any split testing results.

One of the copywriters I trained with did get that result on one test but it was very much the exception, rather than the rule.

[james roffey]

Looks good, i have been told that if the first page has too much text which a lot of sites do then they wont bother reading it,

Says who? (not having a dig at you personally, James)

I heard a lot of people make that statement but none of them have produced any split testing results.

One of the copywriters I trained with did get that result on one test but it was very much the exception, rather than the rule.

A guy who is involved in SEO, i must admit when he said it i thought, makes perfect sense, to me anyway.
Haven't  you found it yourself, you are looking on the net for something and suddenly you are hit with a page full of text and think, cant be bothered to read all that

[Joe W Brown]

I tend to prefer websites with less text on the homepage I think. It dosnt seem overwhelming.

Simplicity is the key Imho.

[Joe W Brown]

That said, I really like your website.

Only thing im not keen in is the logo, lack of contact info & banner image as others have stated. I agree that one of the other images would be better suited.

[Tony Stewart]

I am not an expert ...... but I think that Google sees the landing page and uses that as the search.....hence the Carpet Rug Cleaning Hard Floor Cleaning words on the first page.......then it has links to the different pages. I may be wrong. I did my own at 123 reg and it looked OK to me but no one could find it, it took ages to load and was not mobile compatible. That is my understanding.

I agree with Gary about the phone number. On a mobile you cannot see the blue as against the green.......thought the green was softer on the eye and subconsciously sends the message of "green Eco cleaning without saying it"....truckmount being green....I don't think so!!
Also did not want the girl picture in the office. Want one girl on her own as it is a family company rather than a call centre.