[concept]

fraser, do you have a car salesman brother?! random question...but there we go!

[Mike Osbourne]

Anyone noticed the pattern?

Carpet Cleaner starts doing websites for other CCs at relatively cheap prices.

Gets quite good at it.

Lots of people beat their door down.

Carpet Cleaner stops doing websites. 

[clinton]

Mike

Who,s going to be next

[vacman]

I gotta say it...do place names no longer require the use of capital letters? 

[Fraser Thom]

vacman wrote

I gotta say it...do place names no longer require the use of capital letters?   

not sure what you mean

[Fraser Thom]

Mike Osbourne wrote

Anyone noticed the pattern?

Carpet Cleaner starts doing websites for other CCs at relatively cheap prices.

Gets quite good at it.

Lots of people beat their door down.

Carpet Cleaner stops doing websites. 

I cant understand it.  If demand is so high and they can't handle it, why don't they double their prices?

[Mike Halliday]

Its a good site but I wouldn't have paid that amount of money for it

I've seen good sites which are optimised and at top of google done for £300 they are not as good as yours but are very close. and in the end will yours bring in more work then a £300 site?

this is not criticism just my opinion, if you are happy with your purchase then that's what counts

[Mike Osbourne]

Because we're all tight, awkward buggers. At least I am anyway.  

After a few I guess the novelty wears off after the 5th spelling mistake change.

[mark shannon]

Frasers got a good site for a fraction of what many flush down the toilet on YP.

MARK

[Fraser Thom]

mark shannon wrote

Frasers got a good site for a fraction of what many flush down the toilet on YP.

MARK

Mark, I think you've hit the nail on the head. 

Some will say that the amount I paid is too much and I can appreciate that but, at the end of the day, ANY amount sunk into a website that looks the part and performs well on the search engines is a far better investment than YP etc.

Fraser

[Robert Watson]

  I thought thats was what you were getting at Mike.
Doing an optimized site for £300 is like cleaning a suite for £30. F that.
Better pickings elsewhere.

Mark, couldn't have put it better.
Rab

[Mike Halliday]

Frasers got a good site for a fraction of what many flush down the toilet on YP.

MARK

that argument is flawed , I once wasted £2500 on a Y?Ps advert, does this mean I can spend any amount of money on anything because I once wasted £2500 in Y/Ps? Just because people have wasted money on other things doesn't justify overspending on something else.

but the proof of the pudding is in the future, in a years time when its made Fraser £20k he can laugh at all us doubters

how long has it been live? how is it doing on google?

[Fraser Thom]

Mike Halliday wrote

but the proof of the pudding is in the future, in a years time when its made Fraser £20k he can laugh at all us doubters

how long has it been live? how is it doing on google?

It's been live for 30 days or so and is performing well so far on Google.  To be honest, I didn't want this to turn into a "is your website worth all the money you spent on it" thread.   I only posted this up to let people browse the site and give their feedback. 

Overall, the feedback has been good so Im happy.

Fraser

[Mike Halliday]

Fraser just googled 'carpet cleaning edinburgh' its number 3

[Robert Watson]

Yeah Mike, But it`s under Fraser's original domain name which was doing well before the site change.
It`s not like it`s just got front page position in 30 days.
Rab.

[vacman]

vacman wrote

I gotta say it...do place names no longer require the use of capital letters?   

not sure what you mean

What I mean is that place names should always begin with capital letters (e.g. 'Edinburgh'), only on your website this is not always the case.

[Barry Livingstone]

I take it the sites not finnished well the FAQ arent hope you havent paid for it all yet!!!

and oh its the bottom of page one, was it not ment to go up not down the page???

[Bob Robertson]

My missus, who done my site say at first glance it looks professional , but it needs more work done on the content. Your site has been done using wordpress and the template for your site cost are : Single-Use Package: - $79.95 and a Multiple-Use Package - $149.95. She could have done it for a lot less than you paid, including the on site SEO for your area.

[Fraser Thom]

tihson wrote

My missus, who done my site say at first glance it looks professional , but it needs more work done on the content. Your site has been done using wordpress and the template for your site cost are : Single-Use Package: - $79.95 and a Multiple-Use Package - $149.95. She could have done it for a lot less than you paid, including the on site SEO for your area.

Maybe your "Missus" should get a website set up and advertise her services to us carpet cleaners and save us all a few bob!

[Bob Robertson]

Maybe your "Missus" should get a website set up and advertise her services to us carpet cleaners and save us all a few bob!

Fraser

Your right she should, Ive been saying it to her for ages. She loves doing web sites and SEO. She has already done a few for people she knows.