New Web Design & SEO Business

[ojwebdesign]

Hi FlyingSolo Community,

ive started my own Web Design & SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Business.
i would to get feed back from a visitor/ business person point of view.

1. what do you rate my site? (0 being crap, 5 being great)
2. what more can i add to my site?
3. what needs changing?

the website link is Website Design Melbourne

I would highly recommend your honest opinion.

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
Elegant Web Designs
Oj

[vilson]

it's Excellent...simple is Better...

[FS Administrator]

Hi Oj and welcome to Flying Solo.
I've moved your thread over here to the community reviews section as it might get more feedback here.
Cheers
Peter

[ojwebdesign]

Originally Posted by FS Administrator

Hi Oj and welcome to Flying Solo.
I've moved your thread over here to the community reviews section as it might get more feedback here.
Cheers
Peter

my apologies, thank you for moving it

[ojwebdesign]

Originally Posted by vilson

it's Excellent...simple is Better...

Thank you

[MatthewKeath]

Sorry mate, it's a zero from me.

Bland colours, graphic design amateurish (the images on the computer monitor) and where is your logo? A large Georgia font header does not count.

I can't read the keywords you are claiming you are number one in on the home page. I am guessing this is intentional so people can't try to replicate the results?

Grab a theme from Woo Themes (http://woothemes.com) because your own design ability is not up to scratch.

Originally Posted by vilson

it's Excellent...simple is Better...

Seriously?

EDIT: The large blue button is the best thing. Credit where credit is due

[ojwebdesign]

Originally Posted by MatthewKeath

Sorry mate, it's a zero from me.

Bland colours, graphic design amateurish (the images on the computer monitor) and where is your logo? A large Georgia font header does not count.

I can't read the keywords you are claiming you are number one in on the home page. I am guessing this is intentional so people can't try to replicate the results?

Grab a theme from Woo Themes (http://woothemes.com) because your own design ability is not up to scratch.

Seriously?

EDIT: The large blue button is the best thing. Credit where credit is due

Thank you for your honesty, great appreciated.

Was actually working on a logo and background colour change haha

i guess i was in the right direction

Thanks

[MJS_Virtual]

Hi Oj

Overall I don't mind the home page, but the header is just not cutting it. I can see you've since added a logo but it looks rather blurry and the font you've chosen for your business name is not doing you any favours, and neither are the plain lines of text and social media links underneath it that are half wrapping around the logo. The first thing I see when I visit your site is that header and it makes me want to close the page and move on, not keep looking.

The remainder of the site is okay, but not overly appealing. A rather bland colour palette and lots of wordy pages - I'd consider brightening it up a bit and adding some more graphics throughout to break up some of that text.

Good luck!

[victorng]

Sorry, I give it a 0 as well. It simply doesn't look professional. The logo makes it worse IMO.

Why have you got other designers' Wordpress themes in your portfolio?

[adrian_gray]

Just a couple of brief comment, as you mention you're currently working on the design.

You should look into doing some custom CSS to get the site looking how you want. Currently the h1 tag, the most important on page element for SEO, just says 'FREE'. I'd suggest picking your target keyword phrase - maybe 'Website Design Melbourne' - and have that in the H1, instead of using that tag for font sizing. Unless you're aiming at the keyword 'free'?

I'd also look into using a Wordpress framework geared around good SEO practices, like Thesis or Genesis, and then maybe get an attractive a child for that.

Good luck with your new venture!