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  Geoffrey King February 22, 2011 at 8:14pm

  Hi Daniel,

   

  I would put a link to your website in your post

  http://www.dclandscapes.com/

  In your header, top of the page (meta-tag) you have 'contruction' which of course appears on 'google'.

  There are some really nice photos on your site, but how about some with you & .. in action.

  In your about us page, methinks you should include your name, abit about you wouldn't go amiss, eg are you a local lad.

  I think it is worthy saying the gardens will be kept 'pristine' but opens you to a fall, how do you judge it, your view or the customers.

   

  Words like we 'strive' or 'endeavour' to give you a perfect garden, leaves room for storms, force majeur,, etc

   

  design you may want could be design that you desire

   I'd put your phone number & name on every page, prominently.

  Contact Daniel now to arrange a free visit to discuss your garden ideas.

   

  ps of course you need the green tick as well
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  Chris Auld February 22, 2011 at 8:20pm

  Looks good Daniel. Colourful, to the point, easy to read. Just get some photos of your work and your sorted.
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  Bespoke Lawncare February 22, 2011 at 8:50pm

  Other than what others have said

  Where are you based, local towns & villages listed on your site help to get you up google
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  Lloyd Gulley February 22, 2011 at 9:00pm

  Daniel, a good website, other than the above comments. Why seperate commercial and domsetic work? Seems like you only do tree pruning and hedge cutting if it is domestic? and only leaf clearing, weeding, planting etc if commercial?

  Sorry if this sounds silly, but instead of having 3 headers - landscaping, commercial, domestic, why not have 2 and say landscaping, commercial and domestic and then group all the commercial and domestic jobs you do together.

   

  Perhaps you have done this purposely because you are cherry picking your domestic jobs, in which case sorry if im wasting your time.

   

  on contact us page 'only to happy to provide' should have a double 'o' as in 'only too happy to provide''
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  Daniel Gillings @ DC inc February 22, 2011 at 9:23pm

  Geoffrey, thanks for putting the link up for me (idiot that I am) I was rushing out the door to an RHS evening course.
  
  I'll have to look at getting some nice quality photographs of myself or Chris doing some gardening, don't normally have the camera handy when working - but I will!
  
  I've taken on board comments with regards to grammar etc. and have made a couple of small, quick changes. I will spend a little time adding a few of the others and updating relevant sections. I plan on adding a few more pages, if I can keep the balance of the site OK, with regards to maps of the areas we work etc. And I need to get a gallery running - having trouble with that one. Anything I add currently doesn't look how I want it to.
  
  Lloyd. The main reason, daft as it may be, for seperating out domestic and commercial was to keep three headers as it fitted how the page design is set out. Without being too technical they are comprised of DIV's with a CSS controlling them, they are the same on each page with common formatting rules. I'll have a play and see if I can't change that a little too. I put the original site out in a hurry and intended on revisiting it sooner - but it slipped further and further down my to do list! :)
  
  Thanks so far guys - very helpful! Gotta love this forum! (And of course the green tick will be making an appearance on the site!)
  
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  Geoffrey King February 23, 2011 at 7:47am

  Hi Daniel,

   

  Get someone with a steady hand to take some pictures in your own garden or your parents etc

  The brief, you & Chris are happy, competent gardeners/ landscapers, clean& tidy, so any punter would be equally happy to have you in their garden working for you.

   

  I know what you mean about doing the website changes & maintenance, ours www.asking4gardening.co.uk also needs a lot of work, too much text!

   

  
  Daniel Gillings @ DC Landscapes said:

  Geoffrey, thanks for putting the link up for me (idiot that I am) I was rushing out the door to an RHS evening course.
  
  I'll have to look at getting some nice quality photographs of myself or Chris doing some gardening, don't normally have the camera handy when working - but I will!
  
  I've taken on board comments with regards to grammar etc. and have made a couple of small, quick changes. I will spend a little time adding a few of the others and updating relevant sections. I plan on adding a few more pages, if I can keep the balance of the site OK, with regards to maps of the areas we work etc. And I need to get a gallery running - having trouble with that one. Anything I add currently doesn't look how I want it to.
  
  Lloyd. The main reason, daft as it may be, for seperating out domestic and commercial was to keep three headers as it fitted how the page design is set out. Without being too technical they are comprised of DIV's with a CSS controlling them, they are the same on each page with common formatting rules. I'll have a play and see if I can't change that a little too. I put the original site out in a hurry and intended on revisiting it sooner - but it slipped further and further down my to do list! :)
  
  Thanks so far guys - very helpful! Gotta love this forum! (And of course the green tick will be making an appearance on the site!)
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  Daniel Gillings @ DC inc February 23, 2011 at 1:02pm

  Thanks Stuart, I'd missed that I hadn't put on a physical address, but will be adding a map with catchment area shortly.
  
  Sue, my areas are Design, Construction and maintenance and I do intend on having more in depth pages to go with each of these, as I said I am chasing an old rushed page ;)