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Title: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 07:18:06 am
s-coxwindowcleaning.co.uk
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: Granny on July 09, 2012, 07:52:04 am
Not bad what program did you use?
Not too sure about the photo with the Tattoos though.
G.
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Post by: EandM on July 09, 2012, 08:28:53 am
Good choice of words - meticulous works well.
Like the proper use of the term ' fuel station ' rather than the usual incorrect ' petrol station '.
Like the way that you've divided up the phone and bank numbers to make them easier to assimilate.
Like the slideshow while you're reading as it reinforces the point subconsciously.

Only iffy bit, as already said, are the tattoos.

I wouldn't make adverse judgement about you because I don't you but some potential customers might.

Very good then that it includes testimonials from the existing customers mentioning ' friendly and polite '.

I like it and think it's very good  
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Post by: Richard iSparkle on July 09, 2012, 08:35:04 am
looks fine.

i like the ling to freeindex reviews, tho just to warn you, we have had a bad review on their ourselves by a person with a made up name, and freeindex point bank refuse to remove it, despite their policy on reviewers having to use their real name!  really frustrating!  >:(
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 08:41:57 am
Not bad what program did you use?
Not too sure about the photo with the Tattoos though.
G.
It's done via Moonfruit, only thing that has cost me is the domain name
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Post by: H S and Son on July 09, 2012, 08:42:52 am
Looks good. Like it.
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Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 08:43:12 am
Good choice of words - meticulous works well.
Like the proper use of the term ' fuel station ' rather than the usual incorrect ' petrol station '.
Like the way that you've divided up the phone and bank numbers to make them easier to assimilate.
Like the slideshow while you're reading as it reinforces the point subconsciously.

Only iffy bit, as already said, are the tattoos.

I wouldn't make adverse judgement about you because I don't you but some potential customers might.

Very good then that it includes testimonials from the existing customers mentioning ' friendly and polite '.

I like it and think it's very good  
Point taken about the Tattoos, thanks for the positive comments :)
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 08:44:38 am
looks fine.

i like the ling to freeindex reviews, tho just to warn you, we have had a bad review on their ourselves by a person with a made up name, and freeindex point bank refuse to remove it, despite their policy on reviewers having to use their real name!  really frustrating!  >:(
Thats a bit dodgy then, suppose you have no control over who posts, could be a vendetta from another window cleaner??
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 08:45:18 am
Looks good. Like it.
Thanks
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Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 08:47:10 am
I'm looking to get a logo made up now and applied, as I think the current title is very appealing commercially, also will gradually get some better quality pics with  signwritten workwear
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: Jay JCS on July 09, 2012, 08:51:59 am

Just had a brief look and it looks fine!  8)

I wouldn't publish my banks details online personally.  Probably a small risk, but a risk nonetheless. 
(see this link (http://"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7174760.stm") for why there is a risk)

Also, you need to spell check your text..

But all in all, looks like it will do its job!



.
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Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 09, 2012, 08:57:34 am
Looks good - but you need to separate your meta keywords with comma's.  ;)
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Post by: Window Washers on July 09, 2012, 10:10:45 am

Just had a brief look and it looks fine!  8)

I wouldn't publish my banks details online personally.  Probably a small risk, but a risk nonetheless. 
(see this link (http://"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7174760.stm") for why there is a risk)

Also, you need to spell check your text..

But all in all, looks like it will do its job!



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if it is a business account the details are useless to crooks as you need a little calculator type machine to do anything online and verify the transactions. if it is a personal account I would agree with you.

Site looks good, someones already said about the tattoo in the picture some people don;t like them and think they are thuggish so off putting, I personally Like tattoo's but broad market gives wrong impression.

if you can set up a forwarder email on your domain whatever@s-coxwindowcleaning.co.uk and put that on the site instead of @gmail.com it gives a better impression.

now all you need to do is fill the site with a few more pages (4 more) and jobs a good'en   ;D

Nice clean and uncluttered
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Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 06:31:44 pm
Looks good - but you need to separate your meta keywords with comma's.  ;)
Separate each word or phrase?? Window cleaning Worcester or Window, Cleaning, Worcester? ???
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Post by: H S and Son on July 09, 2012, 06:33:33 pm
Window cleaning Worcester,  Window, Cleaning, Worcester window cleaner, waterfed-pole, window-washer in worcester

Separate each word or phrase with a comma
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Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 06:41:59 pm
Window cleaning Worcester,  Window, Cleaning, Worcester window cleaner, waterfed-pole, window-washer in worcester

Separate each word or phrase with a comma
Thanks Matt
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Post by: bobby p on July 09, 2012, 10:05:52 pm
looks fine.

i like the ling to freeindex reviews, tho just to warn you, we have had a bad review on their ourselves by a person with a made up name, and freeindex point bank refuse to remove it, despite their policy on reviewers having to use their real name!  really frustrating!  >:(
 Whats it say? i read somewhere that if you reply to a bad review explaining you have never had that person as a genuine customer it will look good for you
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Post by: steveo22 on July 09, 2012, 10:07:39 pm

Just had a brief look and it looks fine!  8)

I wouldn't publish my banks details online personally.  Probably a small risk, but a risk nonetheless. 
(see this link (http://"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7174760.stm") for why there is a risk)

Also, you need to spell check your text..

But all in all, looks like it will do its job!



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if it is a business account the details are useless to crooks as you need a little calculator type machine to do anything online and verify the transactions. if it is a personal account I would agree with you.

Site looks good, someones already said about the tattoo in the picture some people don;t like them and think they are thuggish so off putting, I personally Like tattoo's but broad market gives wrong impression.

if you can set up a forwarder email on your domain whatever@s-coxwindowcleaning.co.uk and put that on the site instead of @gmail.com it gives a better impression. Not too sure how to do this?

now all you need to do is fill the site with a few more pages (4 more) and jobs a good'en   ;D

Nice clean and uncluttered
Tried to set up the email address as a link but not had any luck?!
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Post by: Richard iSparkle on July 09, 2012, 11:29:52 pm
looks fine.

i like the ling to freeindex reviews, tho just to warn you, we have had a bad review on their ourselves by a person with a made up name, and freeindex point bank refuse to remove it, despite their policy on reviewers having to use their real name!  really frustrating!  >:(
 Whats it say? i read somewhere that if you reply to a bad review explaining you have never had that person as a genuine customer it will look good for you

it says something like we charged them £25 pound and did a bad job, then they got 'reach2clean' and he was cheaper and much better...  does sound suspicious.  i have blocked all our reviews on there now, but its a shame
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Post by: steveo22 on July 10, 2012, 06:19:29 pm
So does anyone get many jobs off their website? If so what sort of traffic do you get weekly??
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: Erithwc on July 10, 2012, 07:18:16 pm
Yes i get work off my site and its only a one page site.

Im doing a new wordpress site at the moment with more pages ect should be done within the next few weeks  ;D

taking me a long time to get it how i want though

Paul
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: SPE on July 10, 2012, 07:51:51 pm
now all you need to do is fill the site with a few more pages (4 more) and jobs a good'en   ;D

Nice clean and uncluttered

Why 4 more pages ? you've just said it looks clean and uncluttered
Excuse my ignorance on the subject Ian, I dont yet have a website but when I do it was going to be along the lines of steveos , basic and to the point. btw I like it  ;)
how many customers looking for a window cleaner are really going to be interested in looking at more than one page, or am I missing something.
Simon
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Post by: steveo22 on July 10, 2012, 09:57:16 pm
Yes i get work off my site and its only a one page site.

Im doing a new wordpress site at the moment with more pages ect should be done within the next few weeks  ;D

taking me a long time to get it how i want though

Paul
Can honestly say, don't think I've had one single lead yet? Been active for a good while, don't think I'm getting the traffic?!
Title: Re: Home Made Website - Comments?
Post by: Erithwc on July 10, 2012, 10:04:56 pm
Yes i get work off my site and its only a one page site.

Im doing a new wordpress site at the moment with more pages ect should be done within the next few weeks  ;D

taking me a long time to get it how i want though

Paul
Can honestly say, don't think I've had one single lead yet? Been active for a good while, don't think I'm getting the traffic?!

You will need to find out your site traffic i use google analytics  if you have no site traffic you won't get no work.

Paul
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Post by: steveo22 on July 10, 2012, 10:14:46 pm
How much traffic do you get on average a week then paul?
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Post by: Erithwc on July 10, 2012, 10:25:52 pm
I get about 20-30 visits a week from erithwindowcleaning.com and i get one or two jobs a month off it from search only results and alot more work from customers that get a leaflet and contact me through the site.

my new site www.erithcleaning.co.uk will have more than one page which im hoping with the right seo will give me a higher search ranking for the search terms that i want.

Paul
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Post by: steveo22 on July 10, 2012, 10:36:18 pm
That's a really nice looking website mate, personally I wouldn't do too much to it as its good as it is! I think my seo is letting me down, think I only get about 10 or so a week??
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 10, 2012, 10:58:22 pm
It looks fine - but watch out, here comes the spelling and grammar police ... Nee Naw! Nee Naw!

Restaurant not Resturant

Company's not Companys


And just an IMO ...

4/8 weekly cycle should end in a full stop and the Commercial bit should start with The ...
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Post by: H S and Son on July 10, 2012, 11:16:16 pm
I get 35+ visits a week. Doesn't all convert to enquiries. Difficult to say how much I've made from it. It costs very little, I do all the SEO myself have never paid a web designer but definitely worth having.

Custards like at the very least the online banking facility.
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Post by: steveo22 on July 11, 2012, 04:56:08 am
It looks fine - but watch out, here comes the spelling and grammar police ... Nee Naw! Nee Naw!

Restaurant not Resturant

Company's not Companys


And just an IMO ...

4/8 weekly cycle should end in a full stop and the Commercial bit should start with The ...
Changes made
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Post by: Ian101 on July 11, 2012, 06:32:42 am
It looks fine - but watch out, here comes the spelling and grammar police ... Nee Naw! Nee Naw!

Restaurant not Resturant

Company's not Companys


And just an IMO ...

4/8 weekly cycle should end in a full stop and the Commercial bit should start with The ...

Should not company's be companies ?
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Post by: steveo22 on July 11, 2012, 06:47:49 am
It looks fine - but watch out, here comes the spelling and grammar police ... Nee Naw! Nee Naw!

Restaurant not Resturant

Company's not Companys


And just an IMO ...

4/8 weekly cycle should end in a full stop and the Commercial bit should start with The ...

Should not company's be companies ?
Good Point!
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Post by: Ian101 on July 11, 2012, 06:48:58 am
good wesite as well !
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Post by: steveo22 on July 11, 2012, 06:49:53 am
Yes i get work off my site and its only a one page site.

Im doing a new wordpress site at the moment with more pages ect should be done within the next few weeks  ;D

taking me a long time to get it how i want though

Paul
Can honestly say, don't think I've had one single lead yet? Been active for a good while, don't think I'm getting the traffic?!

You will need to find out your site traffic i use google analytics  if you have no site traffic you won't get no work.

Paul
I've signed up to analytics, find it all a bit confusing though, probably why I'm a window cleaner!
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Post by: steveo22 on July 11, 2012, 06:50:39 am
good wesite as well !
Shouldn't wesite be website? :P
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Post by: steveo22 on July 11, 2012, 07:02:48 am
What programme did you use to design your logo Erith, looks really professional
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Post by: EandM on July 11, 2012, 09:07:47 am
It looks fine - but watch out, here comes the spelling and grammar police ... Nee Naw! Nee Naw!

Restaurant not Resturant

Company's not Companys


And just an IMO ...

4/8 weekly cycle should end in a full stop and the Commercial bit should start with The ...

Should not company's be companies ?


Yes - It Should.
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Post by: Erithwc on July 11, 2012, 09:12:30 am
What programme did you use to design your logo Erith, looks really professional

I used inkscape but a trial of coreldraw or adobe would be better

Paul
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Post by: Window Washers on July 11, 2012, 10:39:07 am
now all you need to do is fill the site with a few more pages (4 more) and jobs a good'en   ;D

Nice clean and uncluttered

Why 4 more pages ? you've just said it looks clean and uncluttered
Excuse my ignorance on the subject Ian, I dont yet have a website but when I do it was going to be along the lines of steveos , basic and to the point. btw I like it  ;)
how many customers looking for a window cleaner are really going to be interested in looking at more than one page, or am I missing something.
Simon
The reason is to give the customers or potential customers all the info they need if your offering services and you explain them well they may add that to having more pages helps with ranking a website as there is more content and google love good relevant content one page is like finding a needle in a haystack, people that complain they don't get any traffic do not spend the money or if they do they spend it in the wrong places panda and penguin updates on google have seen loads of sites drop off and lose rankings because people try to over engineer a website add pointless links to it with no substance all of which is a pointless time consuming. Hope that explains a little ;)

Ian
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Post by: H S and Son on July 11, 2012, 12:57:53 pm
I have 4 pages in google results if you put 'Oakley Window Cleaning' into google. Its not all relevant to window cleaning but it raises the profile of my domain in google, thus encouraging it rank higher in search results pages.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=oakley+window+cleaning&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-beta#hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-beta&hs=ARH&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&q=+site:oakleywindowcleaning.co.uk+oakley+window+cleaning&sa=X&ei=SWr9T5f_HpCs8QOPkN3vDw&ved=0CHYQrAM&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=853bac6d7e512bb7&biw=1366&bih=554
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Post by: Tony Edwards on July 11, 2012, 01:04:17 pm
I have 4 pages in google results if you put 'Oakley Window Cleaning' into google. Its not all relevant to window cleaning but it raises the profile of my domain in google, thus encouraging it rank higher in search results pages.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=oakley+window+cleaning&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-beta#hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-beta&hs=ARH&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&q=+site:oakleywindowcleaning.co.uk+oakley+window+cleaning&sa=X&ei=SWr9T5f_HpCs8QOPkN3vDw&ved=0CHYQrAM&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=853bac6d7e512bb7&biw=1366&bih=554


Matt

Do you do this yourself or do you pay someone . IF you do it yourself how ?

Dont worry I am Hertfordshire so not competing with you ?

cheers

Tony
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Post by: H S and Son on July 11, 2012, 01:36:33 pm
Do it myself.

I find web-creation fairly simple and SEO isnt too hard either. I just learnt by reading up online and studying what we're meant to do to get to a reasonable search engine ranking.
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Post by: Tony Edwards on July 11, 2012, 01:45:14 pm
Do it myself.

I find web-creation fairly simple and SEO isnt too hard either. I just learnt by reading up online and studying what we're meant to do to get to a reasonable search engine ranking.

Ok cheers

Any advice where to look or read ?
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Post by: H S and Son on July 11, 2012, 01:48:12 pm
To be honest I just used Google. Its not much help I know, I think I had more  time on my hands in those days but a decent website design forum is probably a good place to start or even a site that hosts web design templates etc.
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Post by: Tony Edwards on July 11, 2012, 01:51:10 pm
To be honest I just used Google. Its not much help I know, I think I had more  time on my hands in those days but a decent website design forum is probably a good place to start or even a site that hosts web design templates etc.

ok thanks mate
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Post by: steveo22 on July 19, 2012, 11:04:47 pm
Brought a new domain which should hopefully attract more customers??

www.windowcleaningworcester.co.uk
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Post by: Claudio Orian on July 21, 2012, 01:57:55 pm
looks perfect  mate!!! simple!!! one page only!!!
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Post by: steveo22 on July 21, 2012, 03:55:10 pm
looks perfect  mate!!! simple!!! one page only!!!
Thank You, Pretty proud of it considering I did it all myself!
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Post by: lee_dewing on July 22, 2012, 07:10:33 pm
Well done Steve I like it!

How long did it take to put together?

Ps. like the x2 for internal cleans I charge same to 1.5 times.

lee
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Post by: steveo22 on July 23, 2012, 08:03:32 am
Well done Steve I like it!

How long did it take to put together?

Ps. like the x2 for internal cleans I charge same to 1.5 times.

lee
I used to charge 1.5x but I really don't like domestic interior windows! 
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Post by: steveo22 on July 24, 2012, 08:16:41 am
Well done Steve I like it!

How long did it take to put together?

Ps. like the x2 for internal cleans I charge same to 1.5 times.

lee
I used to charge 1.5x but I really don't like domestic interior windows! 
It's been up and running for around a year but I've finally got it to look somewhere near how I wanted!
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Post by: andrew hamshare on July 24, 2012, 10:11:52 am
Can I ask what you pay for hosting?  I've got my domain purchased so once I've designed the pages will need an affordable hosti g company.

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Post by: lee_dewing on July 24, 2012, 06:25:26 pm
Quote
I used to charge 1.5x but I really don't like domestic interior windows! 

Tell me about it!  ::)
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Post by: steveo22 on July 25, 2012, 07:02:39 am
Can I ask what you pay for hosting?  I've got my domain purchased so once I've designed the pages will need an affordable hosti g company.


I don't pay anything, I brought 3 domain names which are around a tenner each and last a couple of years and that's it, hosting is free through Moonfruit, that is the basic package though. I do know a guy who works in SEO so I will probably discuss what's best for the website with him in the next few months!