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Hope I`m not too late to put in my two cents... First of all, I`m impressed that you did the site yourself; it looks very clean and professional.  A few suggestions: 

My screen resolution is pretty high (1280 x 1084) and at this high resolution, your site appears a bit squished to the left.  Of course, most people don`t have such high screen resolution, so it might not be something you want to deal with, but I thought you`d like to know in any case.

Secondly (and more importantly), the first paragraph on your homepage seems somewhat disjointed and could pack more punch.  The first sentence of the paragraph talks about windows and siding and then the second sentence is suddenly addressing home improvement more generally with no transition.  I`d work to make this intro paragraph more cohesive as it will probably play a large part in determining whether folks read on or leave.

Finally, although the content is "fine", in general, it could use some tightening -- less words, more action -- to really get your message across.

I`d be happy to provide specific examples of how the content could be tightened up if you`re interested.

Good luck!

 

 

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Lynn Herrick
Managing Member
The L`innovation Group

L`innovation - helping small businesses turn problems into profits.   

Hello everyone,

Just a quick update...

I took everyone`s feedback into consideration and made some changes to the website. Please take a look and let me know what you think!

www.onlinesiding.com

Thank you again for all of your feedback, I certainly appreciate it!

James

PS: Special thanks to Lynn for helping with the content re-write, as well as Brian and Ross for the design suggestions!

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James Skinner Vice President & COO OnlineSiding LLC jskinner@onlinesiding.com www.onlinesiding.com 877-642-2496 x102

Hi there James

As a visual designer i would suggest putting everything into a table that is center justified against the entire screeen. then maybe adding a color to the background. a nice earth tone color will work great, like a olive green pr off white/cream. ofcourse keeping the saturation of the colors to a minimal so you won`t blind your viewers. you can check out my site to see what i`m talking about. by adding the color background it will also give your site a little color making more welcoming.

 

http://graphicdesign-s.com/

http://www.yocar.com/

http://www.pontiacsolsticeheaders.com/

 

The fuctionally and simplicity is great! good job.

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Ernie GD Solutions www.graphicdesign-s.com

James,

Please consider a second business of designing websites. Your site is crisp, clean, easy to navigate and very informative. What are you currently doing for Search Engine Optimization?

By the way, does siding help keep the bugs out?

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Have a Creepy Crawly Day!

Seth, Bugmaster
www.CoolBugStuff.com

Sorry this is so late, I have been really busy!

Ernie,

Thank you for the suggestion! I will be looking into this for the next round of updates. I agree that this will look better since our site has a lot of white.

Seth,

Thank you for your comments. I will not consider a career in site design, but I do freelance work from time to time...If you are ever interested, let me know. It`s more of a hobby, so I charge next to nothing compared to others.

For SEO, I am not doing anything fancy. In fact, I really have never looked into it. I try to keep the Google crawler up-to-date (using Google Sitemaps, etc.) and this seems to work. I also use Google AdWords (mixed results, but enough traffic to keep us using them). If I am missing something, please let me know!

James

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James Skinner Vice President & COO OnlineSiding LLC jskinner@onlinesiding.com www.onlinesiding.com 877-642-2496 x102