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Originally Posted By: John Murray
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Take A Look!


www.ohioinspector.com

I have a lot of graphics on the pages so I am concerned
about page speed.
All negative comments are welcomed!!!!![/code]

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Originally Posted By: jbehling
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Hi John, I just took a quick look, but first impression was too much to read and the font was too small. Then on other pages like “my promise” the font style is too hard to read, seems blurry. I also tried some of your links, and some did not connect to the sites - maybe check them all for yourself icon_biggrin.gif Just a quick look


Jason.

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Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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I agree…


Hey…I almost used the white house in the same way! icon_biggrin.gif Great minds think alike.

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Originally Posted By: gjohnson
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I would have to say that my first impression of the page is that it is to everything is too close together and needs some white space. Also there is way to much text. You should try to bullet your finer points and let the rest go… Also for a home page you really don’t want people to have to scroll down if you can help it. Last thing is that your pictures are pixelized. you may want to clean them up a bit.

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Gary (Snicker’s) Johnson - Free NACHOS


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Originally Posted By: Russell Frame
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Hi John, I’m still working on layout concepts for my site so I really enjoy seeing what others are doing.


Overall I think it looks ok, although there's the definite feel that this is a template site (which can be corrected).

My constructive criticism:

- Tell me about you, not about home inspections....why hire you, not why hire an HI. Do this by focussing on what YOU can do for ME. Talk to your customer directly in a conversational tone. If I'm on your site I most likely already want to hire an HI...I just want to decide which one. Don't eliminate this content but move it off to some child page (e.g. link to Why use an inspector?)

- Make your contact info more available. It took me a few seconds to find your contact info...Put it smack dab in front of the customer. Include all means of contacting you as different people have different communication preferences/needs (phone, email, IM, fax, mailing address).

- Get rid of the non-applicable links which scream TEMPLATE (e.g. HOME-CONTACT-STORE and the shopping cart thingie)

- Clean up navigation, either condense the nav bar on the left column or eliminate it and just use the top nav bar.

- The illustration mid-page with the question mark/mag glass is sort of lame. Not that the concept is bad, but the illustration itself is low quality.

- Too much info on the main page...first impression was "info overload!"
I like lots of content, especially the helpful reading type stuff but move it to other pages to spread the content out. Summarize on the main page, elaborate on subsequent pages.

- Dont make me scroll...try to keep page length under control by continuing articles onto multiple pages rather than having them run on and on.

- The left hand column is too narrow for the long narrative. Maybe a two column format would flow better.

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Originally Posted By: jmurray
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jbehling wrote:
Hi John, I just took a quick look, but first impression was too much to read and the font was too small. Then on other pages like "my promise" the font style is too hard to read, seems blurry. I also tried some of your links, and some did not connect to the sites - maybe check them all for yourself ![icon_biggrin.gif](upload://iKNGSw3qcRIEmXySa8gItY6Gczg.gif) Just a quick look

Jason.


Thanx Jason,

I will be reducing the content soon by linking! I also thought "my promise" looked kind of blurry as well and will be redoing. I believe I screwed up the link tags on some sites and will be correcting that as well.
Thanks again for the input!
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Originally Posted By: jmurray
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gjohnson wrote:
I would have to say that my first impression of the page is that it is to everything is too close together and needs some white space. Also there is way to much text. You should try to bullet your finer points and let the rest go... Also for a home page you really don't want people to have to scroll down if you can help it. Last thing is that your pictures are pixelized. you may want to clean them up a bit.


Thanks Gary,
I will be cleaning up that home page.
With those photo's; you said they looked pixelized.
I am not exactly sure how to "clean them up" other
than converting them into different formats and/or reducing them.
Any suggestions?
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Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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I like the idea behind your coupon…you sure you want to hide it like that? I’m the type to look for hidden links…unless that’s what you were after! icon_smile.gif

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Wisconsin Home Inspection, ABC Home Inspection LLC


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Originally Posted By: John Murray
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kmcmahon wrote:
I like the idea behind your coupon...you sure you want to hide it like that? I'm the type to look for hidden links...unless that's what you were after! ![icon_smile.gif](upload://b6iczyK1ETUUqRUc4PAkX83GF2O.gif)


I think I'm going to keep the coupon there awhile!
Kevin, someone said that the pics on site were pixelly (blurry).
Are they blurry from your view?
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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John ,


They are a little pixelated, but not to bad. I agree with the others to much on the home page.

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I have put the past behind me,


where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.


www.whiteglovehomeinspections.net

30 Oct 2003-- 29 Nov2005
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Originally Posted By: mmason
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Hello,


It looks somewhat like a hybrid of a Home Gauge website. I like the site other than the fact their is WAY too much text on the page. I would try to get your main points across with 75% less verbiage. If you want I can give you the name of a web designer that can do it all for you at a very low cost. I tried to do my own at first and it turned out to be a mess. My motto is do what you do best and leave the other stuff to the guys that make their living at it. ![icon_smile.gif](upload://b6iczyK1ETUUqRUc4PAkX83GF2O.gif)

Michael

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Michael J. Mason
Mason Home Inspection
California Capitol NACHI Chapter President

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Originally Posted By: tallen
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Good Motto.


I get around 10 calls a month from my site. (not jobs-- calls) maybe 4-6 work out.

Speaking of which there is an excellent book called the richest man in Babylon that explains this Motto very well.

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I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.

www.whiteglovehomeinspections.net

30 Oct 2003-- 29 Nov2005

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Originally Posted By: Mike Parks
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John


I like it.

I live in BFE and my best connections is at 1KPS, joking, and it loaded fast.

It looks good.

Mike P.

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Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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Sorry, didn’t see it till now. It doesn’t look grainy to me, but your pictures look a bit grainy and stretched a bit. Nice pics, but just a bit out of shape.


Also, do you give estimates or quotes? It’s a personal choice in wording, but I think we give quotes…estimates sound like guessing and that you may change your price once you get started.

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Wisconsin Home Inspection, ABC Home Inspection LLC


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Originally Posted By: John Murray
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kmcmahon wrote:
Sorry, didn't see it till now. It doesn't look grainy to me, but your pictures look a bit grainy and stretched a bit. Nice pics, but just a bit out of shape.
Also, do you give estimates or quotes? It's a personal choice in wording, but I think we give quotes...estimates sound like guessing and that you may change your price once you get started.


Ahh you caught me with the contractor verbage (estimates).
Thanks for pointing that out!