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

FARGO · 13 Jun 2011 at 15:13

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

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.

Deku · 13 Jun 2011 at 15:17

I haven't delved into the code - the layout and everything seems user friendly.

I'll be honest and say I'm not a big fan of dark sites - especially when things like testimonials on the right hand side are difficult to read.

Just my personal opinion of course everyone is different.

simisker · 13 Jun 2011 at 15:33

There's a stock image that needs buying/replacing.

FARGO · 13 Jun 2011 at 16:17

I'm not a web developer or programmer, just a "consumer" I suppose. The spacing is the thing which seemed slightly off - perhaps it's the choice of font and the size? The font looks a bit "skinny" - and coupled with the spacing, makes the text appear a bit scatty. No other issues for me though

Ewaf · 13 Jun 2011 at 16:21

I have a huggggeeeee space at the bottom of your site, using chrome. I.e. the site scrolls down blackness for ages.

But I do like it, does its jobs. I am also not a huge fan of dark websites, but its not bad.

BaJ · 13 Jun 2011 at 16:42

Ewaf said:
I have a huggggeeeee space at the bottom of your site, using chrome. I.e. the site scrolls down blackness for ages.

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

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?

Ewaf · 13 Jun 2011 at 17:57

Ah yea I see, humm pretty unprofessional. You can hide it but I'm not sure how,, been a while since I have done any SEO. Use to just put them as meta tags but I know google ignores those now. SEO is changing all the time, to the extent where keywords don't seem to do much anymore. It's all about incoming and outgoing links these days, and regular updating.

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.

Craig R · 13 Jun 2011 at 18:11

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

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

Otherwise looking very nice.

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.

Craig R · 13 Jun 2011 at 18:13

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

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

Craig321 · 13 Jun 2011 at 18:17

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

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

Should do the trick.

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.

BaJ · 13 Jun 2011 at 20:23

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.

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.

GhostlyPea · 13 Jun 2011 at 20:43

Maybe have the brand names at the bottom link to their websites?

- Pea0n