The Roof Cleaning Institute Of America Training & Certification Forum
"Find A Certified Roof Cleaner Directory"

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: New website, critique please.


guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 1202
Date:
New website, critique please.
Permalink  
 


Well, I was unhappy with 1and1.com, so I switched to bluehost.com for hosting and decided to try word press for content management. I'm happy with this simplified website, but I wanted to see what others thought.

Here it is: www.extremecleaningsolutions.biz

Thanks!

__________________
Extreme Cleaning Solutions (410) 980-1053
Phil Rogers
Click Here to View Our Website
Click Here for an Instant Quote
Roof Cleaning and Pressure Washing in Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland
WDE


Guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 99
Date:
Permalink  
 

Looks good. I would add a phone number to all pages on top. Add more content and change title to pages for each page. Add meta descriptions per page.

-- Edited by WDE on Wednesday 3rd of November 2010 01:31:02 PM

__________________
 
 
631.384.0949


Guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 244
Date:
Permalink  
 

I like the "winter special" coupon, looks really nice! Good job on the site!

__________________

Roof Restore LLC
(832) 453-9941 (c)



Guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 1617
Date:
Permalink  
 

I like it! Very informative. Some red highlights would really make it "pop" off the page!

__________________
Ray Burke
Spray Wash Exterior Cleaning
850.528.3226
visit our website
Soft Washing and Pressure Washing
Licensed & Insured
Serving Tallahassee, FL, The Big Bend
and SW Georgia
http://www.spray-wash.com
 


guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 50
Date:
Permalink  
 

Some constructive critiques for you.

For SEO you will do much better to change your title tag.

For content: Way too much, "we, us, our" on the front page. People do not care bout you or your company. We all like to tell ourselves they do but they care only about what is in it for them. Try to focus on some customer benefits to entice readers to stay on the page. The old analogy is that if I hired you to make me a hole in a door, I would care only that the hole was going to be done quickly, efficiently and within my budget. How you get to that point doesn't interest me (or your customers).

I do deck restorations. People don't care about having a deck restored they care about having no splinters so their children have a safe area to play. they care about saving them money over replacement cost. They want to be wow'd by beauty, not low pressure washing like so many believe. They want to envision barbecues and an extension of living space.




-- Edited by PA Roof Cleaning Pros on Wednesday 3rd of November 2010 02:07:28 PM

__________________

Ken Fenner
PA Roof Cleaning Company offering Roof Cleaning Western Delaware County, PA + Main Line including Broomall, Newtown Square, Media, Springfield, Aston, Ardmore, Haverford, Drexel Hill, Aston, Haverford, Ardmore, Villanova, Radnor Roof Cleaning.



guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 1202
Date:
Permalink  
 

Hey guys, thanks for the critique.

Ken, that is a good point, I guess I never really thought of it that way, obviously. I will make some changes using the feedback from you guys.

Thanks!

__________________
Extreme Cleaning Solutions (410) 980-1053
Phil Rogers
Click Here to View Our Website
Click Here for an Instant Quote
Roof Cleaning and Pressure Washing in Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland


Guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 1617
Date:
Permalink  
 

Ken's got great points, its "selling the sizzle, not the steak!"

__________________
Ray Burke
Spray Wash Exterior Cleaning
850.528.3226
visit our website
Soft Washing and Pressure Washing
Licensed & Insured
Serving Tallahassee, FL, The Big Bend
and SW Georgia
http://www.spray-wash.com
 


Guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 166
Date:
Permalink  
 

Ken wins again!! Looks good.

__________________

FullBlast Pressure Washing
Mechanicsburg, PA

717-961-5477

Jay R.

Roof Cleaning Mechanicsburg PA 17050

House Power washing Hershey PA, Palmyra PA

Power Washer Harrisburg PA

Roof Washing Harrisburg PA 17111

Exterior Cleaning Carlisle PA 17013



Guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 81
Date:
Permalink  
 

I like the simplicity, but I think you should have some photos on all the pages. I don't know that a customer is going to automatically understand what it is you do. I know you have the gallery, but customers may not stick around long enoug to see it.

__________________

Allison Hester
Editor
eClean Magazine
www.eCleanMag.com

allison@ecleanmag.com

 



Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America Certifiied Roof Cleaning Specialist

Status: Offline
Posts: 1439
Date:
Permalink  
 

I agree with Allison you need to add a few pictures on all the pages, then it will pop.

__________________

Ugly Shingles LLC Roof Cleaning Logo

517-798-5800

Ugly Shingles LLC Roof Cleaning Metro Detroit 

Get a FREE Roof Cleaning Estimate - See Our Picture Gallery Here

Roof Cleaning MI



Guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 645
Date:
Permalink  
 

You logo looks a little pixelated on my pc too


__________________


Bucks County PA Roof Cleaning

267-477-1107
Free Your Pennsylvania Roof From Fungus
Serving all of Bucks and Montgomery Counties and surrounding areas of Philadelphia
Chalfont, PA 18914




Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America Certifiied Roof Cleaning Specialist

Status: Offline
Posts: 1439
Date:
Permalink  
 

BCRoofClean wrote:

You logo looks a little pixelated on my pc too



Who's logo are you talking about... I did not see a logo on his web?  confuse

 



__________________

Ugly Shingles LLC Roof Cleaning Logo

517-798-5800

Ugly Shingles LLC Roof Cleaning Metro Detroit 

Get a FREE Roof Cleaning Estimate - See Our Picture Gallery Here

Roof Cleaning MI



guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 1202
Date:
Permalink  
 

My logo is definitely pixelated on the banner or header, whatever it is called. I am trying to fix that today, but I have some weak Photoshop skills!

Thanks for the information about more pictures, all of this is very helpful.

-- Edited by Phil Rogers on Thursday 4th of November 2010 06:11:09 AM

__________________
Extreme Cleaning Solutions (410) 980-1053
Phil Rogers
Click Here to View Our Website
Click Here for an Instant Quote
Roof Cleaning and Pressure Washing in Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland


Certified Cedar Shake Roof Cleaning Specialist

Status: Offline
Posts: 1142
Date:
Permalink  
 

I bought the expand2web small business by Don Campbell and it is great for building a web page, with expand2web I built the site by myself and Don Campbell is great to talk to and have video's to guide you. He recommends Bluehost, which I have and wordpress is what he uses for expand2web. They are great. Has built in SEO also. Widgets for each page.

Bluehost and wordpress are the best!

__________________

Sullivan Roof Cleaning, Inc.

6595 N.E. 12th Ave

Pleasant Hill, Iowa 50327

515-971-1430

www.sullivanroofcleaning.com

www.cedarroofclean.com

Serving The Greater MidWest For All Your Cedar Roof Cleaning



guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 231
Date:
Permalink  
 

Phil,
Learn the rule of 72... if your having problems with your banner, create it in a higher dpi. Multiply your banner size by 2 or 3 and get it like you want it. Then save it at 72dpi, this should help with your pixel problem. Be sure to "save as" a different file name than your original images. You can always make images smaller, but you can't make images larger without distorting the pixels. (jpeg, gif, bmt) Don't mistake these file types for drawings like (tif, esp, ai) Images are made up of pixels, drawings are made up of lines. Most of the www still uses jpegs and gifs as a standard file type and the the higher the dpi the longer the image will take to load on a viewer's computer. 72 is still the best practice to follow when formatting images for use on the web.

Also, your roof-cleaning and house-washing pics didn't show up when I was brousing your site. Great start on the site...

__________________

OSM_web%20logo_full.png
Jo Foster

http://www.osmalabama.com

Old School Maintenance
1113 Alabama Street
Roof Cleaning Prattville Montgomery AL 36067



guest

Status: Offline
Posts: 1202
Date:
Permalink  
 

Weird, my logo shows up in firefox, doesn't show up in IE, but it shows that it is trying to load. For some reason, that file is huge, compared to everything else, so maybe it is timing out.

I have got some work to do on this thing!

__________________
Extreme Cleaning Solutions (410) 980-1053
Phil Rogers
Click Here to View Our Website
Click Here for an Instant Quote
Roof Cleaning and Pressure Washing in Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland


Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America Certifiied Roof Cleaning Specialist

Status: Offline
Posts: 1439
Date:
Permalink  
 

Phil Rogers wrote:

Weird, my logo shows up in firefox, doesn't show up in IE, but it shows that it is trying to load. For some reason, that file is huge, compared to everything else, so maybe it is timing out.

I have got some work to do on this thing!



That explains why I did not see your logo ... I'm using IE confuse

 



Attachments
__________________

Ugly Shingles LLC Roof Cleaning Logo

517-798-5800

Ugly Shingles LLC Roof Cleaning Metro Detroit 

Get a FREE Roof Cleaning Estimate - See Our Picture Gallery Here

Roof Cleaning MI

Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.

Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard