[dave washbrook]

hi all
 i have just designed a new web site and i would appreciate your views good or bad. i hope i don't affend anyone who uses portables but i use tm so i needed to promite my set up no offence intended.
web address is WWW.cleaner-carpets.co.uk
 cheers
 dave

[Dynafoam]

Hi Dave,

Looks smart but page 4 (upholstery) does not open.

Also the phrase "Carpet and Upholstery & Fabric Cleaning Specialists"  is a little awkward.

Loosing one of the 'and's would tidy it up but some readers may think "but my upholstery is fabric".  Perhaps substituting the word 'curtain' might make sense?

[Fox]

Specialists in carpet, upholstery & all other fabric cleaning  

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Dave,

Two constructive comments.

It's a nice looking site but apart from your name it could be one of many.

It's too technical , hp 's may turn you on but they're not going to do much for someone looking for carpet cleaning.

Cheers,

Doug

p.s put a link a the bottom of your profile so we can navigate easier

[dave washbrook]

thanks guys
 first of all john i don't know why the upholstery page didn't open it must have been a technicial hitch and i will consider doing something about all the ands.  fox we all have to try and promite our services and make our selves look good.  doug how do you put a link at the bottom of my profile i'm not that clever on computors.

 thanks for all your comments
 dave

[Dynafoam]

Dave,

Thr Foxy ladys' sugestion sounds good.

Click on 'Profile' at the top of this page and you will be able to add a signiture line to include your name and location plus any other relevant information, such as qualifications.

John.

[Jim_Lynch]

Dave, your site is generally good, but as Doug has said, the public don't care how many bells and whistles your machine has. Accentuate benefits to your customer, not the features of your system, no matter how great you think they are.

Portable, TM, bonnet....whatever...the customer, generally couldn't give the proverbial rat's about the way you clean...they are after results.

Perhaps a bit of info about yourself and a photo of you and family would also benefit.

Cheers,

Jim

PS...a small typo..."clothes" not "cloths"

[Big_Fish]

Just looked at it today, I'd be interested to know if you have you got much work from it?

Have you an enhanced listing on Yell.com?

Did you do the whole web site yourself? Well done.

BFN

[Ian Gourlay]

I was impressed but do not like web sites where you have to download other programmes ie I was told I would have to download Java Script or somthing.

Where did you get line drawing need a graphic like that for van.

[martin19842]

web sites are great,  you need to make sure that you are featured in the search engine results, as you need exposure.

thats where it might be worth sitting down and reading the search engine blurb, all to do with metatags,  i think.

regards

martin

[dave washbrook]

thanks guys
big fish i got a local company to do the site for me cost £130.00 had 2 jobs from it so far and yellow pages coming to see me next week.

ian i don't know why you were told to download a programe not heard of this before will contact my designer tomorrow to ask i will also send you a pm tomorrow with the details of my van graphic designer it cost £180.00+vat for front,back,and both sides

[Mark Roberts]

Java is a programming language that is specifically designed for writing programs  Using small Java programs (called "Applets"), Web pages can include functions such as animations, calculators, and other fancy tricks such as scrolling text, like you have.

Most newer computer's are able to read it but some older ones will need to download the scipt to read it.

Nothing to worry about, lose the scrolling text if you are.

Mark.

[dave washbrook]

mark
thanks for that i checked with the lady who designed it for me and she said the same so unfortunately some people might have that problem. won't be changing my design.

 thanks for the help
 dave

[paulchambers]

A good web site. I am on google search engine but i have a major problem trying to get it to work i have various key words but in 3 months not one click on ad i have never seen my ads appear and find it differcult to get info from google. What keywords do you use and what are metatags   paul

[dave washbrook]

paul
i don't realy know not very good with techno stuff left it all to my designer if you click on the link on my site which directs you to ardudwy web designs her name is cerrie give her a call she's very helpfull tell i told you to ask i'm sure shell help

hope this helps
dave

[paulchambers]

thanks for that