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I won`t tell you what it does, just have a look and tell me if you think it is effective?

Easy to understand and uncluttered.

3 suggestions.

1) Improve the head area in your code. ( DOCTYPE, metas, etc. )

2) I put in several cities which returned nothing. There was no message telling me there were no matches, or to refine my search terms, or anything else, so I`m not sure if nothing exists in those cities, or if I just need to type them in differently; if that was clearer, I`d know whether to keep looking or not.

3) Just to cover your back, and your users, I really don`t see anything about safety issues. Staying in a hotel is one thing; total strangers in someones` home is another.



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M Hall
Website Critique Community
International Society of Curmudgeons

thank you.

To clarify .....

Search - Even if there are no listings for a city, a message stating that would be helpful to users.

Safety - If it were me, I would put a disclaimer in place .... let`s say that 2 of your site users set up a stayover, and something negative happens between them .... in a lawsuit-happy society, how do you know that you and your site won`t be dragged into any legal proceedings that may result? It may never happen, but might be something to consider in a Terms of Use agreement, just in case.



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M Hall
Website Critique Community
International Society of Curmudgeons

Yeah, you are probably right about the search tip - hopefully I will get listings soon though. I don`t have too many ideas on how to market this - tried to slip it into a few relevant forums but the ol` mods didn`t like that too much 

whoa!  awesome site.  I like the idea.  You definitely need listings. Really cool layout though, I like the map integration with the photos.

If you need help marketing, send me an e-mail.  I tried sending one to your address on the page but it bounced back.  Could definitely do some really cool stuff with it.

info@guerrillared.com
http://www.guerrillaRed.com

Two issues pop out at me.  First, your choice of text color; grey on white is hard to read.  Make the text darker.  Second, people expect to find the navigation on the top or left side of the page.  The bottom of the page isn`t obvious to most users.




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Steve Mann
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Why not have a "browse" type list of your current geographic areas, like Craig`s List? People could browse cities, eventually, as the site becomes larger.

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I like the fact the site is not crowded with information. The idea behind the site is interesting.

But on this page

http://www.raystay.com/why_raystay.php

there are too many colors and its difficult to read the text. I would prefer the text in black.

Ofcourse, any site is good only if there is "content"..so maybe you should focus on getting more listings on the site soon!

Good luck!



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Josh

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