Hi Gang, I've been working long and hard on my new site: The Bed and Breakfast Connector. http://www.bbconnector.com Your thoughts would be apreciated.
Hi, I am new to this site so take my views with a pinch of salt. I would only have to comment on your header picture, although the picture is nice the writing blends in to much, although you can read it I would say it would be nicer if this was easier? JP
? Who are your target audience, if I was looking for a bed and breakfast I would think I had found a private detective by your header and I woudl obvioulsy want to see b&b's on th homepage with locations/prices etc, but if thats not your audience then please explain.
My target audience is currently Bed and Breakfast owners until I get a reasonable number of B&B's listed. Later on people looking for a B&B will be my main audience.
Ok no offense but I could start a website offering the service of turning gay men straight and offer a payment button of $100. I run a B&B. What geographic location do you target, the world? no thats not much use to my little b&b in my little corner of the world? How many visitors do you get? How many bookings can I expect? I have a problem and click on help and you tell me to upgrade my browser? What? I do bed and breakfast not IT? Why should I pay $100? What are you offering? What do you offer that larger/cheaper companies don't?
We offer personal service, ease of use, currently we've had 75 hits in the last 5 days. Site just went live last week. We cover Canada and the United States. $100 is Canadian not US which is on par with a lot of other sites. We also give you the option to create listings that are an unlimited length. Put as much detail or as little detail as you want about your B&B. You can also include 5 pictures about your B&B and a link to your website. That information is all clearly spelled out on the main page. Am I not making it obvious enough? What else should I do to improve it. Lastly, I don't track bookings but I do track views of your listing. As for my Help page... the site just works. The only problem would be people using older browsers having problems with HTML rendering. More Help items will be added as problems are uncovered. Thanks for the tips!
Tandac, dont tell me tell the visitors to your website if you are after B&B owners, thats the point I was trying to make! Help: This should not be SEO related, it should be FAQ problems rather. If I was a B&B owner I just would not have been entertained enough to hang about. You need on the homepage; Your coverage/map that you cover How many properties Clear information about your promotion/stats Clear FAQ, why, how, what do I get You need to define your geographics/price and audience so as to not waste peoples time. You need a hook, clear info and a reason not to leave. Help, I am in germany and I want a B&B, your help page tells me what exactly?