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Ok take a look at my site and tell me what is wrong!
farmerscotty
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Ok, after thinking about doing this for sometime, I have decided to let real intelligent people give me pointers. Now remember that I am not dealing with city people, mainly 8 to 5 hard working folks. I am trying to convey a high degree of honesty in my site also. People commment to me they like it because it is in normal everyday language. They also can tell I am honest when they read over the site. So here is my site: www.outsidewoodheater.com</A> Since many of you will never need this I think I can get great feedback from you. And since you don`t know me, you will be honest with what you say to me.
I have been doing all the website myself, and I do know it is not perfect. Things I do know need improvements.
1) My FAQ page is not hosted on my site since I don`t know how to make pages within pages.
2) I use too many lines for breaks.
3) I use google ads at the bottom of the page. They do however pay for my adwords!
Ok thanks for taking the time to at least read all of this! I want to make it better but I don`t want to loose control of the site since I like to update very often.
Farmerscotty in missouri
I have been doing all the website myself, and I do know it is not perfect. Things I do know need improvements.
1) My FAQ page is not hosted on my site since I don`t know how to make pages within pages.
2) I use too many lines for breaks.
3) I use google ads at the bottom of the page. They do however pay for my adwords!
Ok thanks for taking the time to at least read all of this! I want to make it better but I don`t want to loose control of the site since I like to update very often.
Farmerscotty in missouri
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First off, anyone who puts their own website together deserves a big applause .
I would start by replacing the picture of the two hands in upper left hand corner with a picture of a family enjoying their cozy home. Two hands have nothing to do with heat unless the hands are rubbing together (city sarcasim). In fact, I would save the pictures you have in the slide show for the products page. At your home page you are not selling a heater. You are selling 1) Comfort and 2) Savings.
You may also want to brighten up the purple background. Black, blue, and especially red are hard to read against the purple. On the home page you may want to also have one of (or part of) your testimonials with a link to read more.
You may also consider a "comparison" page. People like to compare and come to their own conclusions. You can show the difference between your product and another product in price, yearly savings, warranty, efficiency, whatever.
You are off to a good start and I have come to realize buidling my own site www.coolbugstuff.com</A> that the job is never done! It`s an ongoing process and believe me, you`ll get great feedback from this community of great thinkers and even greater doers!
Scott
First of all, congrats on taking on your own design. That`s the way I learned.
Some things I notice about your site:
As stated before, I would lose the hands graphic. It really has nothing to do with your business, or the image you are trying to convey.
You have way too much content on your homepage. Two things to remember about web surfers, (even if they are looking for YOUR product)
They have short attention spans. About the equivalent to a five year old on his first trip to Toys `R Us. If it doesn`t meet their needs within the first 10 seconds, they`re gone.
Most surfers hate scrolling.
Your homepage is information heavy.
The different sized, colored, and bold text does serve as an eye catcher, however, it reminds me of those infomercial sites, the ones that try to get you to spend $300 on regurgitated real estate principles that are well known. No offense, but those sites are cheesy.
Lose the free gift. It doesn`t tie in with the site and what your site is trying to accomplish. Plus you don`t want to turn anyone away. You never know.
As far as your links go, you should consolidate. Lose "Games and Jokes", again, it has nothing to do with your objectives. Have one photo link that has photos which capture the message you are trying to convey to the customer.
It`s a great idea to have others critique your site. Especially people who may potentially be customers. We all have different opinions. And again, kudos on designing your own webpage.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I would love to help out. I`ve been designing websites, recreationally and professionally for the last few years now. I don`t mind sharing any tips.
Cheers!
Scott