New Website Please Review

[nXtGenPC]

Check out my new site, still working on some minor things but let me know what you think:

Http://nXtGenPC.com

 

[BryanVest]

Check out my new site, still working on some minor things but let me know what you think:

Http://nXtGenPC.com

Looks good I would remove the brands though it makes the page to long and doesnt really add much. Maybe put a special deal to add to the conversions.

 

[Xander]

You've got that nice empty blue space at the top. Any reason you can't put your phone number in there?

 

[16k_zx81]

GUEST38491 on SUPERPAGES

Having reviews by 'anonymous member' on 'a website never before heard of' undermines the credibility of the review. I would suggest either putting a name on there, or obtaining some reviews from customers who wouldn't mind at least their first name mentioned. Reviews are important. You are removing the weight and influence from these comments with by-lines like that (even if they are true).

Root page is wasted with blocks of text that should be in 'about' section. This is your prime selling space, and if its acting as a landing page, even more important to make it sell services. you will create bounces by using this type of content there. Its in the wrong place. Specials, deals, offers, 'hot buttons' etc, will get people fired up and enthusiastic to read the rest of your site. Bland, uninteresting chit chat will have the reverse effect. Its not what your customers will be looking for. give them goodies at the outset, they will want to know more. Bore them, and they will be onto the next Google result.

Agree that ph number should be in banner. Business hours not a bad idea to have visible somewhere too.

Call to action on every page (good). Needs to be less verbose and more prominent.

I dont see the point of having graphics for brands on every page. I think you should definitely use graphics on the site - because they give it colour and emphasise the things you want to sell. But the incorporation of graphics should be about selling your services. These images are just saying what you service. There's a distinction between that and Selling what YOU do.

The cuffon font and this text:

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Is the same on every page. Once a customer has read it on one page, they will ignore it on subsequent pages. As it relates to a call to action, this is a problem. You want them getting to and acting on the call to action on the page of the service they are looking for. I think, for this reason, you would benefit from mixing it up a but and making it less verbose. A call to action should be as attention grabbing as a slap in the face. At the moment you are whispering to them from across a crowded room.

Anyhoo, I like the logo and the layout. The menu system is good. The site is easy to navigate. With some on-page SEO it should be possible to optimise it for rank fairly easily using the layout you have, or a slight modification of it.

I think the blue banner at the top looks good, and the choice of fonts is tasteful. The colour scheme is a very good choice too IMO.

I think where you are falling down is on your sales pitch and on creating conversions from it. I suggest you could stand to benefit a lot from reading some material on maximising conversion rates, and on basic marketing theory for web pages. Learning more about this stuff will allow you to improve the site more and ultimately make you money.

In regard to the aspect I mentioned above that does work, there's a good foundation there. If you get your advertising copy sorted, it should work well for you.

 

[BryanLee]

Your footer says "Your Company" on every page.

 

[nXtGenPC]

Thanks alot, but just one gribe about this, you never heard of SuperPages?!?!?!?!?

Having reviews by 'anonymous member' on 'a website never before heard of' undermines the credibility of the review. I would suggest either putting a name on there, or obtaining some reviews from customers who wouldn't mind at least their first name mentioned. Reviews are important. You are removing the weight and influence from these comments with by-lines like that (even if they are true).

Root page is wasted with blocks of text that should be in 'about' section. This is your prime selling space, and if its acting as a landing page, even more important to make it sell services. you will create bounces by using this type of content there. Its in the wrong place. Specials, deals, offers, 'hot buttons' etc, will get people fired up and enthusiastic to read the rest of your site. Bland, uninteresting chit chat will have the reverse effect. Its not what your customers will be looking for. give them goodies at the outset, they will want to know more. Bore them, and they will be onto the next Google result.

Agree that ph number should be in banner. Business hours not a bad idea to have visible somewhere too.

Call to action on every page (good). Needs to be less verbose and more prominent.

I dont see the point of having graphics for brands on every page. I think you should definitely use graphics on the site - because they give it colour and emphasise the things you want to sell. But the incorporation of graphics should be about selling your services. These images are just saying what you service. There's a distinction between that and Selling what YOU do.

The cuffon font and this text:

Is the same on every page. Once a customer has read it on one page, they will ignore it on subsequent pages. As it relates to a call to action, this is a problem. You want them getting to and acting on the call to action on the page of the service they are looking for. I think, for this reason, you would benefit from mixing it up a but and making it less verbose. A call to action should be as attention grabbing as a slap in the face. At the moment you are whispering to them from across a crowded room.

Anyhoo, I like the logo and the layout. The menu system is good. The site is easy to navigate. With some on-page SEO it should be possible to optimise it for rank fairly easily using the layout you have, or a slight modification of it.

I think the blue banner at the top looks good, and the choice of fonts is tasteful. The colour scheme is a very good choice too IMO.

I think where you are falling down is on your sales pitch and on creating conversions from it. I suggest you could stand to benefit a lot from reading some material on maximising conversion rates, and on basic marketing theory for web pages. Learning more about this stuff will allow you to improve the site more and ultimately make you money.

In regard to the aspect I mentioned above that does work, there's a good foundation there. If you get your advertising copy sorted, it should work well for you.

 

[nXtGenPC]

Your footer says "Your Company" on every page.

DUH!!!! Thanks!



FILLER FILLER FILLER

 

[nXtGenPC]

You've got that nice empty blue space at the top. Any reason you can't put your phone number in there?

Working on it, was also planning to put a Live Support up there when I figure out how to use Comm100

 

[dominexsus]

Looks good I would remove the brands though it makes the page to long and doesnt really add much. Maybe put a special deal to add to the conversions.

I agree with Bryan. If you dont want to remove them atleast you can make it smaller. I like the design and colors. I think its a good start. Good luck and Dont forget your SEO.

 

[16k_zx81]

Thanks alot, but just one gribe about this, you never heard of SuperPages?!?!?!?!?

Nope. I have never heard of superpages. No idea what it is. Dont understand why the by-line is there, and dont understand why the review is not from your own site.

Am I missing something crucial here?

[edit]

AHA. IC. Its a Yellow Pages site for USA.

you never heard of SuperPages?!?!?!?!?

You North Americans are so funny

LOL. Cracks me up