eyemagination.us - small business internet design/marketing

brianzajac · #1 (**permalink**) 07-11-2003, 04:36 PM

Please look over and see if this is a good site for internet design, marketing, and development (both internally and through other businesses). My main target audience is small business. Thanks...

http://www.eyemagination.us

Jackie · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-2003, 03:28 PM

When I first opened the site, I noticed that something was loading (this always gives me a sinking feeling). However, when it finished, I see it's nothing worse than a little Flash graphic. Fairly well done, in fact. It does give your site some personality, and the text links at the top of the page are good for anyone who might not have Flash, or perhaps doesn't want to use Flash for some other reason. So, that's all good.

However, the eye navigation totally dominates your page. So much so that I doubt anyone would read the text beneath it. It's black on gray, and basically camouflaged. Could you perhaps make a table with two cells and place your cool Flash movie off to the left, and put your informative text in the cell next to it? At least people would have some chance of reading it. You have so much good information down there too - it states what your company does, who you are... That's important stuff - and I have to scroll down to read it all! And that's at 1024x768. If I check it at 800x600, I would never even think to check for more information below the navigation. The Flash navigation movie seems to assume that people already have read this and sends them off to fill in forms or read about your experience. I'd like to see you de-emphasize the Flash graphic and put more emphasis on that text.

I do like the overall feel of the other pages, aside from the index page. You have a theme and keep it going through all of your other pages. I wonder about using "Internet solutions built for small businesses" in the title of your pages. Is this for search engines? I'm not sure those are terms most people would search for. Also simply "Naples" might not work as well as Naples, Florida. In fact, for your index page, I would recommend something along the lines of "Web Development For Small Business in Naples,Florida - Eyemagination"

Those are my thoughts after a quick look around! Hope something in there strikes a chord.

brianzajac · #3 (**permalink**) 11-11-2003, 07:49 PM

Jackie,

I just found that you posted this information...that date can't be true, though. Anyways, here's my thoughts behind the site:

As a web design company, I wanted people to come into the site and access the flash part right away...if you hover over the different sections, you'll see sections devoted to completely different crowds (i.e. customer solutions vs. developer solutions). So, in essence, they will go right to their respective pages. And, I've really tried to optimize my interior pages much better than the index page. This will help target my market to their respective sections. Take a look at Google...I've just added a section on vacation rental design. If you type in "vacation rental design", you'll see it goes to my vacation rental area. So, the site is more of a play on "flash" vs. functionality. I added the text links for easy navigation to the consumer's right area...the text at the bottom is used more for minimal SEO than anything else.

Also, for naples, I come up #2 on "naples website design". However, you're right on adding in Florida to the mix. I'll add that in...thanks for the advice. It's nice to see my site with another "pair of eyes".