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Old 10-22-2008
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Default Re: Website Review, Please!
Hi Anne, I think it looks quite well done, actually Good job!
A few things - as a general rule I think posting info about children, etc. can detract from the professionalism, I'd suggest adding a picture of yourself to that 'about me' page and I would recommend removing the reference to your full time job. Disclosure of this fact will surely have an impact on your response rate - you, as a business owner, complete the work requests for clients on your own time - they don't need to know that you're doing it after work, just that it gets done and gets done right.
Just my two cents!

I've only just quickly glanced over the site as a whole but noticed that with the underlined 'virtual' in one of the taglines rotating across the top of the page - the underline extends beyond the word itself - a minor thing to notice but easy to fix
Also, in some of them you have your company name bolded, in others not - in some 'your' is in all caps, in others, not - I'd go through them all just for consistency.

On your 'why choose' page you note that you work from your own home 'offices' (plural) ??

For the sake of navigation I would also recommend linking your logo back to the home page (from all pages)

Be sure to set your 'resources' links to open in a new window.

On your home page, I'm not sure that the 'Latest News' and 'Popular' lists are necessary or make that much sense, in terms of the labels themselves - is it really 'latest news'? The same goes for the 'who's online' widget - while these are all really 'fun' features to play with they push your message, your main content, way down the page so I have to look for it and in the process am going to ultimately give up (did you know it takes about ten seconds for someone to decide if they want to read more about you and click into your site? - making it easy for them to get your main message right away is crucial) I'd suggest either getting rid of those three elements altogether or moving them down into your left hand sidebar if you're really attached to them.

Then you'll have more space for real content - getting your message across to potential clients much more readily.

OK, I hope you're not sorry you asked!!
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