1101doc
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Just got our new website up for the Indianapolis area:
http://computerserviceindianapolis.com
http://computerserviceindianapolis.com
New website up
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wvstephens
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I am not perfect in SEO, but I would say borderline keyword spamming. The design is ok just to busy, maybe cut it down a bit. It is very tempting to include every town in your service area, but not sure how good of an idea it is. Just my thoughts..
Oh also looking at your site description meta info in my opinion it is way to long. I don't know if this makes much of a difference in google but it does have too many words.
Oh also looking at your site description meta info in my opinion it is way to long. I don't know if this makes much of a difference in google but it does have too many words.
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Just too many or....
What would you suggest? We were just trying to cover all the bases
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There's way too much going on with the 'burbs' or areas you cover. There's no reason to do that, it's not likely to help you get search results any better than just having a well written blurb about areas you cover.
When I first looked at it, my initial thought was that it was one of those stupid place holder sites that just have a link to everything to get in search results for everything..and then actually link to nothing. Not to sound harsh, but that's kind of what your site does.
Clicking on "Home" under "Greenwood", for example links to a page with stuff about the area and then a write-up about hard drives dying. From a usability standpoint and design standpoint, I think it's bad. I'd click away about about 1.2 seconds. You're thinking WAY too much about the search engine when you should be thinking about the people that actually look at your site for information.
Ask yourself this; Do you offer a different service for any of those areas? Is there a valid reason to have "Home" "Business" and "Virus Removal"(why is that special?) under each different area (twelve different times)? Worse yet, when you click any of those links, you lose any form of navigation making the site look inconsistent.
I don't mean to bash every aspect of it..but...honestly, I don't like it at all.
When I first looked at it, my initial thought was that it was one of those stupid place holder sites that just have a link to everything to get in search results for everything..and then actually link to nothing. Not to sound harsh, but that's kind of what your site does.
Clicking on "Home" under "Greenwood", for example links to a page with stuff about the area and then a write-up about hard drives dying. From a usability standpoint and design standpoint, I think it's bad. I'd click away about about 1.2 seconds. You're thinking WAY too much about the search engine when you should be thinking about the people that actually look at your site for information.
Ask yourself this; Do you offer a different service for any of those areas? Is there a valid reason to have "Home" "Business" and "Virus Removal"(why is that special?) under each different area (twelve different times)? Worse yet, when you click any of those links, you lose any form of navigation making the site look inconsistent.
I don't mean to bash every aspect of it..but...honestly, I don't like it at all.
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Hey- I asked for feedback. I'll take any and all criticism.
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yes to many keywords in the site, in this respect I am not talking about your meta keywords, I am talking about the content of the site. Just way to many area's listed on the site. I suggest that you look at some of the sites technibble users have listed in their sigs. This will give you some ideas as to keyword usage, and designs. I would point you to look at mine but I kind of hosed the site this morning and feverishly working to get it back up and running.
Note for future reference just because you are building a site does not mean you don't have to make backups during the process, that way if you do something stupid like I did you won't have to start from scratch..
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I don't like it bud..
Sorry, I see that you have spent a lot of time on this, but this is a disaster..
If you are doing On-Site service only.. then your first page needs to convey that everywhere. I should see a logo with a car/truck/van in it. The Picture with the woman and child is nice, but out of place. You need to showcase YOUR business, computers, cars with computers, computer guy fixes stuff picture... then you need to distinguish the fact that you do not do in-shop service, and why that is a good thing. First Page.
Regarding the left "menu", I was at least expecting that if I clicked on "Home, Business, or virus removal" that I would get the same thing no matter which suburb because they are all named the same... instead there are different "useful" articles on how to fix your own computer at home. Even worse, each suburb has a different article. Am I to believe that "Brownsburg" is the only place that needs "Drive imaging" or that only in "Mooresville" "A home network makes life easier"? The point of having the customer come to your site is so that you will have the opportunity to sell your services, not to have the customer do it themselves. These articles are really great and certainly deserve to have their own Blog section on your site. That will help with your SEO as well.
Also, why the history lesson? Why have a person living in Danville click on "Danville" (their area), and read a history lesson about Danville? They live there, and probably know about it already. Their computer isn't working right and they want it fixed right now. They are not going to take the time to read about local history... on their broken computer. They want solutions!
If I were you I would take the right side "list of services" and swap them to the left. There's your menu! Give them a page that pertains directly with their problem with related pictures. Sell them on you!
I would also advise that the navigation menu should never disappear. However, when you get to one of your sections, no menu.. back button. Bad.
Also, as eHousecalls.ca told me once,
The "We come to you" is a good selling point; I barely saw it over on the right top side.
Is in-shop service available? I guess not, I can't find an answer.
Many of MY customers are private and would rather drop off their computer than have some guy on the internet come into their house and fix it for (x) hours, or they just don't have the time to "watch" their house because you are there. Ultimately, THE OPTION is for the customer, you will lose a certain clientele.
I found with my business, only having In-home service simply costs me too much time, therefor, money. Example: If I can fix 4 computers simultaneously in 4 hours @ $100 a piece at the shop = $100 hour... I can only fix one computer at a time while performing in-home service = $25 hour.
Sincerely,
Sorry, I see that you have spent a lot of time on this, but this is a disaster..
If you are doing On-Site service only.. then your first page needs to convey that everywhere. I should see a logo with a car/truck/van in it. The Picture with the woman and child is nice, but out of place. You need to showcase YOUR business, computers, cars with computers, computer guy fixes stuff picture... then you need to distinguish the fact that you do not do in-shop service, and why that is a good thing. First Page.
Regarding the left "menu", I was at least expecting that if I clicked on "Home, Business, or virus removal" that I would get the same thing no matter which suburb because they are all named the same... instead there are different "useful" articles on how to fix your own computer at home. Even worse, each suburb has a different article. Am I to believe that "Brownsburg" is the only place that needs "Drive imaging" or that only in "Mooresville" "A home network makes life easier"? The point of having the customer come to your site is so that you will have the opportunity to sell your services, not to have the customer do it themselves. These articles are really great and certainly deserve to have their own Blog section on your site. That will help with your SEO as well.
Also, why the history lesson? Why have a person living in Danville click on "Danville" (their area), and read a history lesson about Danville? They live there, and probably know about it already. Their computer isn't working right and they want it fixed right now. They are not going to take the time to read about local history... on their broken computer. They want solutions!
If I were you I would take the right side "list of services" and swap them to the left. There's your menu! Give them a page that pertains directly with their problem with related pictures. Sell them on you!
I would also advise that the navigation menu should never disappear. However, when you get to one of your sections, no menu.. back button. Bad.
Also, as eHousecalls.ca told me once,
If they, for example, follow that carmelchamber.com link ... they might get distracted and not come back.
The "We come to you" is a good selling point; I barely saw it over on the right top side.
Is in-shop service available? I guess not, I can't find an answer.
Many of MY customers are private and would rather drop off their computer than have some guy on the internet come into their house and fix it for (x) hours, or they just don't have the time to "watch" their house because you are there. Ultimately, THE OPTION is for the customer, you will lose a certain clientele.
I found with my business, only having In-home service simply costs me too much time, therefor, money. Example: If I can fix 4 computers simultaneously in 4 hours @ $100 a piece at the shop = $100 hour... I can only fix one computer at a time while performing in-home service = $25 hour.
Sincerely,
You have obviously spent a lot of time on this, a few of the articles I have read, in my opinion detract away from the services you are offering. You give too much away tech wise, you recomend free programs and give instructions on how to do this,that or the other, that's fine for a tech-site blog, if you show that people can do it themselves why will they call you?
Too much detail and Tech talk, keep it simple and to the point, keep the customer engaged give them a reason to call you, there are far too many links away from your site.
Your articles are very well written but I think they are too informative.
Too much detail and Tech talk, keep it simple and to the point, keep the customer engaged give them a reason to call you, there are far too many links away from your site.
Your articles are very well written but I think they are too informative.
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