Hi all! http://www.DealsLocally.Co.Uk Review of the above site is much needed at the moment, as I am about to finish off with my developers and would like to make the final touches in time. Would be great if you could provide pointers! Basic site intro: It is a portal for gathering real bargains, discounts, special offers, and deals. Categories for the former mentioned are: Shops, Restaurants, Hotels, Entertainment, Services. Site Design History: When we initially started, the idea was to make a site that searches by location and produces a list of results, and thus we wanted to keep the landing page very simple and to-the-point. It once only had the looking glass that you now see amongst many other parts. In fact when we thought of simplicity we referred to Google ... I guess at that stage we had not realized that our site needs to be SEO, and not many search for Google in search engines . Thus we realized that we needed a lot more content and links on the landing page and the site evolved. There have been other interesting moments of realization, but as they say - the rest is history... What I want to get out: I would really appreciate all the comments that you may have about the site and any improvements. If you have SEO suggestions, that would also be great. Thanks in advance!
Looks good. Try to blend the “o†letter better into the logo, also you could try placing the form in the header, as it takes too much space moving the rest of the info down.
Get this out of the header Remove javascript from the page Why do you have two hit counters? the markup on http://www.dealslocally.co.uk/en/search/info-204.html is pretty bad and loads slowly. Emails aren't obfuscated to protect them from spammers Your contact page http://www.dealslocally.co.uk/en/contact/ should include a phone number and postal address - maybe not legally but I'd want more than just an email. I'd drop the google ads if you are serious about this site, but that's a personal bias. Your existing advertising options look great and I'd concentrate on them.
Clean site design... The logo could be a bit more... mmm... spicy? Your advertising options should be a bit simpler and highlight the price! 7 pounds sounds like a fair deal, I would point that out more...
That is a goo advice, you are right, £7 is not a lot of money, and I should probably shout about it a bit more. Thanks! We will re-do and simplify the "advertise with us" page