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i have own http://www.breesales.com and only made one sales i need all the critiquing i get from you guys. i am not getting much traffic at all and i am open to all suggestions.  Wilbert Richardson

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I am a respector of all people color race or creed. I am considered my most to be a careing but anbitious without stepping on toes.

For one thing, there`s just too much there.  No focus at all.  It`s like you sell everything including the kitchen sink.  Also, each page loads very slowly.  Finally, the items I did look at are priced way above what`s available elsewhere.  You have four-year old digital cameras for $250.  You can go to surpluscomputers.com and buy them for $25.  Your LCD TV`s are hundreds of dollars higher than newer technology at Best Buy or Circuit City.

So, your site has two problems - it`s the biggest flea market page I have ever seen, and then if I even want to look for something, the prices are ridiculously high.




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Steve Mann
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From your about us:
I looked at the pictures on the front page, and didn`t think they were fine gifts at all. In fact, they looked a little bit creepy, with the rag mannequins. Plus what Videography had to say...and in particular, the mass of blue tabs at the top of the main page.

Very confusing page. I think the solution here is twofold. First, hire a layout artist to re-do completely the home page. Secondly, get a copywriter to put together some compelling written content that actually sells your site to a first-time visitor.

I`d maybe do a focus group on the dummies, to see if other people get the sense of strangeness.

thanks for the information i will get to work on taking care of business. if there are some comapnies outthere you reccomend i would appreciate it. again thanks.

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I am a respector of all people color race or creed. I am considered my most to be a careing but anbitious without stepping on toes.

We have a number of Web developers in the community, and you can puruse the Startup Nation Marketplace as well. Then there`s "elance.com" for freelance people, and your local chamber of commerce too.

I`m assuming you are using dropshipdesign`s site builder for your site.

This limits your ability to modify the look of your site. Also, there are many extra META tags that are either not supported by search engine or not used.

In addition you have some questionable SEO practices going on in your HTML code.

If you are using dropshipdesign - I see there is some question about how they do business... there are a few unhappy customers.

~Roland

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I agree with what was going on here ... just ... so overwhelming, so MUCH, and no real direction.

" I`d maybe do a focus group on the dummies, to see if other people get the sense of strangeness. "

One vote here agreeing with the strange look.

The blue menu tabs are small, crowded, and come off as a large blue blob at first. I would definitely suggest something different. Also, what is the purpose of having 5 or 6 tabs for "electronics", especially when each one just seems to have random items? And 3 "general" areas .... I would think that these would all fit into a more specific category.

In Firefox, your footer image is way out of whack, not lined up along the left side where it should be.

I don`t get all the meta tags either. You need to redo your title tag, as it has words running together. I`d get rid of the hidden text, as well. And, W3C says your main page has 460 errors.

Definitely, some work is needed.


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M Hall
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