Website Critique Please

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 14:41

I've got to the point where I am relatively happy with my site but welcome fresh eyes and positive criticism. What you do and don't like, what you would change. Are there any problems?

http://watchrepairuk.com

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 15:14

FARGO said:
I like the style/theme/appearence very much - easy to navigate and the prices are laid out clearly. My only gripe would be the text/font spacing on the main landing page - just personal preference though

Thank you, what would you change about the text? I think it is a little big and spaced out also.

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 17:27

BaJ said:
There's black text on an almost black background, looks like SEO keyword spam.

I added this yesterday. Is there a way to hide this text to attract customers?

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 17:29

BaJ said:
There's black text on an almost black background, looks like SEO keyword spam.

I added this yesterday. Is there a way to hide this text but still attract customers?

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 17:59

Thank you for the info, I was told to include these to help boost traffic but definitely don't want to appear unprofessional so will remove these.

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 18:12

Craig R said:
Agreed - font is a bit too big and don't like it being force justified.

Otherwise looking very nice.

Thank you, I'm struggling to change the formatting of the text. I'll figure it I'm sure.

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 18:43

Craig321 said:
<div style="display:none">keywords</div>

Should do the trick.

Craig R said:
Maybe stick it in a Div that is positioned to "left: -9999px;" or something?

Thanks guys, that did the trick.

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 20:27

BaJ said:
I'd be careful, keyword stuffing is bad practice and can see you getting banned from the search engines, it's certainly not something I'd ever advise you to do. Getting blacklisted from Google is not a good start.

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66358

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyword_stuffing

Best to remove it really.

I didn't realise this was unethical, will remove.

lakitu · 13 Jun 2011 at 21:00

billysielu said:
I don't mind about the design, the information is decent.

I wouldn't use your service because it looks as if you're one dude rather than an actual company with a shop. You might want to change that impression.

I am one dude, although I have other qualified watchmakers I use on a freelance basis when I do get very busy. I thought I was giving the impression it was a bigger company. This I have done for when I do expand which will hopefully be very soon.

Also don't let one person repairing watches put you off, from my experience they are often superior than a larger watch house. I take the utmost care with my watches, this cannot be said for all places unfortunately.

lakitu · 14 Jun 2011 at 22:46

Nooooo idea how to fix that but that you for bringing it to my attention.

edit: it seems to work on my firefox...

lakitu · 14 Jun 2011 at 22:49

likwid said:
I really like the colour and layout of your site but I dislike the slideshow. I find myself halfway through reading and it's taken away from me. It's irritating and also extremely hard on the eyes. I would advise you to slow it down, place shortened headings linking to the slides outside the slideshow, briefen the text and fade rather than slide. See for example heroku.com.

Good luck!

Thanks likwid, good suggestion I will look in to changing that.