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I rent equipment for Landscapers and homeowners. My website is self produced from a template @ register.com. I am new to the SuN community and have found it a great resource. The goal of my website is to give enough info about our services and equipment so that customers can call requesting delivery. We try to have at least 1/3  of the content information that customers will seek out to return to for more landscape knowledge. I have included as many links as possible to try to increase our SEO. Any help would be greatly appreciated www.Landscape-Rentals.com

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“Impossible” is just the degree of difficulty where most people stop trying.

Good job. Above average copywriting, which could be a bit sharper, but is otherwise fine. You correctly use a large heading and the text is enticing. Especially  the "free"  part. Definitely attention getting in the right way. The mission statement contains a few cliches, but this probably isn`t a major problem. The part at the top that says "we deliver value" is definitely a cliche and not really great. Perhaps you could think of something sharper, more definite, more communicative of what you offer.

With respect to the layout, I wasn`t as impressed, but that`s mostly a matter of taste. I see no reason why this site shouldn`t work quite well for you.

It`s a good start but a lot of room for improvement. If you`re trying to increase your SEO you need to loose the frames, it`s killing you. The layout and design is a little substandard, but with some work there is no reason it can`t improve

If you would like feel free to submit your Landscapers site to the Business Site Showdown!  We`re trying to increase the quality of websites for business owners by making a friendly little competition.  Check it out http://www.twilightpics.com/showdown

Good Lick!

I browsed the site a bit, not reading much, but rather checking the layout etc.  My biggest problem is the use of images.  I would concentrate on making image thumbnails rather than using the actual image as the thumbnail by resizing it within html.  It makes the pages slow, even on broadband connections.  It might not appear slow to you since your web browser caches the images. 

There are many freeware applications that resize images.  Make the thumbnails link to the bigger images and it will speed up the pages that you want people to read.

The load is painfully slow for me.

The frames are a real problem.

Outbound links don`t increase your ranking ... it`s inbound links that do.

I looked at a few pages and was trying to decide what you were conveying with the pictures and text. On a few, it was hard.
I was looking for a better summary on your main page ... who are you, what do you do, why I should go with you.
Those top and bottom chunks take up a HUGE amount of real estate.

Hey there, two quick suggestions:

1.  Even though you`ve got a great name, I`d also re-inforce it with a picture.. I always suggest a picture on the homepage representing your industry.  So in the Landscape Rentals header, drop in a picture of one of your Bobcats.

2.  The text on the homepage is all over the place when you adjust the browser width.  Make it a fixed width, instead of the 100%.

Just my two cents!  Rock on, Ben


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Ben Grinnell - 337 Design - Web Design & HD Video Production

I`m using FireFox 1.0, and a DSL line. The page loaded okay, but here`s what I saw: your home page. (See below as to why the yellow and black central image isn`t showing.)

Note that "Our Goal" is blank. What stands out dramatically is "Tax Included." Is that really the main message you want to get across?

Note the white artifact passing through the "Landscape Rentals" yellow and black image, and the two unknown objects to the right of that. No idea what they`re supposed to be.

I also didn`t see right away, what does Landscape Rentals" actually do? Dumb as it may seem, given my oddly surrealistic brain, I thought you rent ground, lawns, and trees.

I`d like to see some content that better explains what it is that your company actually rents out to people.

I let the site remain open on another tab. After a minute or so, going back to check on my comments, I see that the entire yellow and black image just vanished completely. Gone.

So bottom line, I`d like to see more content on the main page.

Thanks for the input. I had no idea and I`m didn`t think of the fact that my computer is cache the images. I will definately work on trying to resize. thanks for the input

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“Impossible” is just the degree of difficulty where most people stop trying.

Thanks for the link. I will definately submit.Thanks for the info.

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“Impossible” is just the degree of difficulty where most people stop trying.

Thaks for your honest input, I had planned to get "We DELIVER Value" service marked sometime in the near future. Maybee I need to think about that.

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“Impossible” is just the degree of difficulty where most people stop trying.