New Web Site

[viper225]

Re: New Web Site

Hello,
I have taken some of your advice and I'm still trying my best to improve my site.

1.Please tell me how too title my photos, I don't know how?

2.Would you(anyone) be able to shoot me a photo for the maid that is suitable.

3.More advice please.......

One question, I tried doing a seach in google and it dosent' come up. What do I have to do to make it apear? I typed the whole name, and nothing?

[Debi]

Re: New Web Site

http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/classes/FrameSet.aspx?&UQR=zzybaq&pk=4&source=front&lightboxView=1&txtSearch=maid&chkRoyaltyFree=on&selImageType=7

See if anything on this link will work for you!
Debi

[Debi]

Re: New Web Site

Viper, you will need learn about keywords and search engine optimization in order to get your site picked up on the search engines. I would take Vasili's advice first, and get your site ready. Then in the forum you will find lots of advice about Search Engine Optimization by typing SEO into the Search field at the top of these pages.
What do you mean by "title your photos"? If you are talking about Alt Tags that are hidden behind the photos, and if you have added your photos using the image button, then double click on the image, and type a description into the alternative text line. This describes your photo to anyone who is visually impaired, or has chosen not to load photos. It's a good thing to do!
Debi

[Bethers]

Re: New Web Site

Vasili was talking about the image names - not the alt tag - but they need the alt tag, too.

Your images are much better off having a name that reflects what the image is.

The alt tag should do similar, but can use spaces, etc. The alt tag appears when images cannot (for example blind readers and when a computer has images turned off) and it also appears when you hover your mouse over the image.

[viper225]

Re: New Web Site

Beth,
Please give me an example, and how to do it of the first pic please.

[Vasili]

Re: New Web Site

From the beginning....

Simply go into yout BV>Images folder and right-click on each image individually to "Rename" them.....accordingly( the kitchen pix, the refrigerator, etc. Also, run them through the VodaHost pix resizer to reduce the file size.....if the images stored in your BV Images folder are a different size than what is actually on your pages now (due to the fact you obviously manipulated the sizes freehand in BV), take this opportunity to use the resizer to also make into the proper size required so as not to distort the images as well.
Re-Load them onto your page via BV with the new "titles" and re-save the page. Then, re-publish.

Go back through the list I mentioned above to do the basics first, then you can address the ALT tags on images and the other "finer points" you will need to explore before you can even hope to get the results you are reaching for....

[viper225]

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Hello,
OK, I went back and hopefully made the changes you had suggested correct. Please take a look and let me know if this is what you meant, thanks. I only did the first page (index-home). If this is correct, I will make the changes for all. Just ran it threw spell check and republished.

[Vasili]

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Much better.

You did great "titleing" and cleaning up your pictures, but (you are not going to like this) you need to do it one more time: this time, use the underscore instead of spaces .....as to change "goldenhand the kitchen" (which appears to the SE's as "goldenhand%the%kitchen" --spaces filled with a symbol, which wrecks the whole intent) to "goldenhand_the_kitchen".....see the difference?

Your new "header" topper does wonders, and if you centered/spaced your logo text a bit more evenly, I think it finishes it off quite right.

Give your page a bit of a margin along the bottom....if your phone number and the "email" button (is that still there?) is say on line 640, go into Page Properties and make your page 750 tall.....it allows visitors the opportunity to see everything without feeling confined....

One more thing...about your Content, and you mentioning your cell phone hours: that information is best left out, and replaced with someting like "We Offer Customer Service 24/7"...or something similar. That way, if you are going to list your "office" phone number and have it forward to your cell, it does not matter how you answer, just that you do in fact answer as you offered, right?? Promote one number, centralize (anyway you can) your contact info, and fulfill your offers/promises.....always. Simpler, easier to manage, and more memorable/reliable for clients.

and on you go....

[viper225]

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Hi,
I made the changes to the titles with the underscores, and remove the information you mentioned. I also centered it better, the title index. How is it now?

P.s. I only did the first page.

[CarbonTerry]

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"Getting in contact with us is very simple thing to do. You can call us, or send us an e-mail and we would be getting back to you within 24hrs no later. Most of our clients we have are collected from our regular customers who either use our services, or have done so before."

This is a very hard to understand paragraph. On the page you give 2 ways to contact you and then you tell the customer it is simple to do and then repeat the 2 ways to contact you.
If you promise to contact within 24hrs there is no need to say "no later". There is no need to tell a prospective customer how you acquire your clientele.
I would seriously consider deleting this whole para.
You email links to a non golden/whatever email. I would be very cautious about this fact were I in need of a service like yours.
Go to your Control Panel and establish an email info@whatever.com and then forward it to the email that you currently have listed.

[viper225]

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Hello,
OK, I see, and made again all the numerous changes needed. Please hit me again with all your professional advice and take a look at my site. I know, I'm like a fly that won't go away, my apologies, but I can see this takes hours and hours to get it right I realize now.