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booklover

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Nov 03, 2008 2:15 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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We just launched www.bookthingys.com, and we would love to hear what you think. Thank you for reading.

vwebworld

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Nov 03, 2008 10:56 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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There is little on the home page for search engines to read..... see here.

So, you should think about changing your menu to a text based CSS menu or at least add Alt image tags to the menu images. And adding some content on your home page.

While the menu item is shown with a green highlight when you go to the page, it would be nice to have a mouse over effect on the menu. It is a little more user friendly - shows users where they are (where their mouse is) on the web page.

~Roland

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SlowCookerMate

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Nov 04, 2008 12:09 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Can`t give any technical insight but just wanted to say it is a cool product.

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booklover

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Nov 04, 2008 12:33 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks for the responses. Roland, we will definitely beef up the home page and talk to our web guys about the rest. And thanks slowcookermate, I appreciate it.

CraigL

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Nov 05, 2008 4:41 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Great idea, cool site, and certainly visually explanatory. Roland`s points cover most of what you can do to make it more "searchable," but other than that, it comes down to the hard grind now of getting out there and visible. :-)

danielcim

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Nov 05, 2008 7:41 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Cool site and cool product,

Like Craig says, now "it comes down to the hard grind now of getting out there and visible."

Best of luck

booklover

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Nov 05, 2008 7:44 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks guys.

CraigL

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Nov 05, 2008 10:59 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Y`know, although for Kathy and me, an Amazon store isn`t yet cost-effective, I think that your product would do very well on Amazon. Take a look at how to become a seller there, and go from there.

My suspicion is that with your product in one of their stores, it`ll get highlighted a lot faster and put in front of more people involved with books.

booklover

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Nov 05, 2008 11:07 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks Craig. It`s funny, I was just looking into that today. I appreciate the advice.

Videography

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Nov 06, 2008 9:34 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Great concept. I saw your photos and thought that I was looking at a couple of high-school students starting an enterprise.

SEO tip - this would make a great Christmas gift for a book lover, say so on your homepage and you may see some new search hits from people looking for the last-minute gift.

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