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Original Message Added : 29 Nov 2011

Hello Everyone ! Thanks for taking the time to look at this post. We would like some honest feedback on our website www.bludelta.com we are a leading SEO agency & Website design company.

We seem to be attracting visits to the website but the enquiries are low. Maybe it is just the current climate but we feel our services should be more important to companies now than ever. Look forward to your replies and thanks for taking the time to reply.

Kind regards

Pete

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	Peter McLean from Bludelta
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Reply : 29 Nov 2011

Hi Pete

Nice website. It looks great. The information can easily to be found. Nice job done.

Mike http://www.e2tech.co.uk

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	Mike Zhang from e2Tech
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Reply : 29 Nov 2011

Thanks Mike we were worried the website looked a bit too dark. Any thoughts ?

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	Peter McLean from Bludelta
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Reply : 29 Nov 2011

Maybe you can add bright color as transparent background for some information you want to highlight.

You need larger the font size of title for package page, It not very visible.

All the rest looks good to me, well done. Hope your business is getting smooth and fast grow.

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	Mike Zhang from e2Tech
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Reply : 30 Nov 2011

Hi Pete,

Sorry I think the opposite, too bright.

It just looks like you are trying to hard, a little difficult to see you as a professional business.

I would be scared to phone, for fear of the hard sell.

And your rosets are nasty, and the text wrap is not nice.

I am inclined not to like 0845 numbers either, too much of a chance you could be hiding something.

There is also a bit of an identity crisis, are you SEO or Web, you are sending a mixed message. You need to be kinda one or the other. Should be no trouble for you to have two websites!

A friend of mine runs Titan Websites, they specialise in small business websites solutions, it is easy to see what they do, and IMO it look more professional. They too offer other services like SEO, bulk mail etc, but it is clear what the main business is.

Take a look, you will see what I mean.

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	Stephen Allen from SECA PCs
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Reply : 6 Dec 2011 - (Edited : 6 Dec 2011)

Hi Pete,

Gotta say I agree with the more negative review.

Firstly, your message isn't clear. What a site is about should be obvious the instant someone lands on it and yours appears at first glance to be about web design more than SEO. And overall it's just too busy, with too many colours, the eye doesn't know where to settle. You have 4 coloured boxes with impressive statistics but I looked straight past them because of the website pictures you have further down. Personally I would get rid of the websites and just stop at those 4 boxes. I also hate your dark grey background. In colour theory that's just plain depressing, at least make it a light grey.

Second, if you do SEO, I think you could be better job at it for your own site. In your main navigation you have Services listed when surely that wants to say Search Engine Optimisation. And on doing a Ctr+F to find keywords, on your Home page you have 'search engine optimisation' listed in your content exactly once!

I'm a web designer and SEO guy myself and I know full well it's hard to take criticism of something you spend months on but I just thought it best to be truly honest.

Good luck with it all though.

Glenn Ashby www.xtremiswebdesign.com

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	Glenn Ashby from Xtremis Web Design
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Reply : 8 Dec 2011

Thanks for the comments. I did ask for honesty.

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	Peter McLean from Bludelta
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Reply : 13 Jan 2012

Hmm!

I have been in web development since 1999.

My company Dragon Studios just launched a Neil Diamond tribute act site http://www.eastmidlandsneildiamondact.co.uk/

Ranked in Google and Yahoo in less than 2 weeks.

We do not advertise the startling claims on this site and I would question the validity.

Look at the basic mistakes:

No Key Words Metta Tag

No Google or Bing Analytics

Front page code errors:

Validation Output: 4 Errors

Line 107, Column 24: there is no attribute "width" <td width="33%" class="heading">Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)</…

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You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).

This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.

How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash.
Line 224, Column 71: there is no attribute "align" <img src="images/request.gif" alt="Request a call from us" align="left" />

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You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).

This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.

How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash.
Line 239, Column 64: document type does not allow element "input" here; missing one of "p", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "div", "pre", "address", "fieldset", "ins", "del" start-tag <input type="image" src="images/send.png" class="btn" />

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The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you've placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you've forgotten to close a previous element.

One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as "<p>" or "<table>") inside an inline element (such as "<a>", "<span>", or "<font>").
Line 247, Column 53: there is no attribute "target"…="http://www.bl1roofers.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="images…

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You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).

This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.

How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash.

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	Chris Reay from Dragon Studios
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Reply : 16 Jan 2012

Hi, thanks for your all your comments so far. Something I’d like to say I noticed with a couple of these reviews... whilst we do appreciate honest reviews some people have written negative reviews and then posted a link to their own site in an attempt to hijack forum traffic. For anyone reading this thread, I’d be careful about these types of people as they are likely to tell you anything to get money from you.

For the people guilty of this, I’ve had a quick look at your own personal sites and see they are not as perfect as the advice you are giving.

Please let’s keep the feedback constructive – positive or negative.

Thanks.

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	Peter McLean from Bludelta
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Reply : 16 Jan 2012

Ok, understand your comment:

My review was offered free, as it is to all clients.

I have enough clients through normal channels and comments in this forum are due to my surprise that we have reached 2012 and agencies still can't code to standards.

Many SEO "experts" can't even acheive the basics.

The example given is entirely true, you can look for your self, all info was supplied and you may have an introduction to the client, if you so wish.

Our studio does not even claim to be an SEO provider, the example given is our standard service for new clients and we class it to be the minimum required on launching a new solution. Clients are then offered training on how to manage their site, content and improve/maintain their rankings.

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	Chris Reay from Dragon Studios
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