please give us some feedback on the new site

[PC Refreshers]

http://pcrefreshers.com/

its actually 2 sites in one. We have one for local services and our new project "ecommerece" more items are on the way (so no negative feedback on that please)

Thank you

[DMuse]

Quick initial impression: I like the basic look in terms of design and color choices, but I don't care for the way entering the Local Services part of the site opens another window. Just curious: why did you take the Flash approach?

[gorgall]

Hate the music, I know I could switch it off, but it is still really annoying.

[TipPro]

I know you asked us not to review the ecommerce part of your site yet but I wanted to make a quick suggestion before you get to far with it.

Your links to products look like this...
http://pcrefreshers.com/store/catalo...products_id=36

You can easily change them to look like something like this...
http://pcrefreshers.com/products/36

In your .htaccess file on your Web server add a rule like this...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/products/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /product_info.php?products_id=$1 [R,L]

or for your longer links that look like this...
http://pcrefreshers.com/store/catalo...products_id=28

use

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/path/(.*)/products/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=%1&products_id=%2 [R,L]

now they would like like this...
http://pcrefreshers.com/path/21/products/28

This way your site will have shorter an easier links that both search engines will better understand and your customers will be able to use. Using this rewrite rule, both the long and short way of writting your links will work. Which is great incase a customer tries to use the old long address, but this is bad for search engine optimization because search engines will see it as two different pages with the exact same content. So try to use only one type of link throughout your site.

[Gromit]

I agree...the music makes me want to click out of there pronto. Also, flash doesn't do much but frustrate me. I prefer a page with links that provide more detailed information.

have a copy editor go over your text. I notice spacing issues on your Rates page -- between the end of the service and the price...add a space before the dollar signs.

Ont eh main page, wehre you have to choose between local servicces and online store -- it would be good to have something there that tells you what kind of site it is...

[Tech Evangelist]

Ditto on the music. Very annoying and amatuerish.


Also, I think you need to rethink your design and add a couple of hundred works of content to the main page. The page has zero content and may be detrimental to your search engine rankings. You have to have some content on every page these days.

[s2welee]

To beat the horse one more time, the music has to go. I had my speakers turned up a little to loud from recently listning to music and I nearly had a heart attack when your site started. I think that the flash is ok, I just do not personally care for flash sites. One suggestion, move the scoll indicator. It took me a minute to figure out how to scroll the descriptions. Perhaps a traditional scroll bar or somethning. I like the colors and the general look of the site, just not the sound.

[Gromit]

Huh...doesn't look like Refreshers ever came back to collect his/her feedback. With any luck he or she is busy removing the music from the site.

;-)