boxst

Hello

A friend of mine is deciding to try and fix / repair computers and I'm letting him use one of the domains I bought years ago as it is catchy (although not relevant).

What do you think to the site: http://www.sadandlonely.com/ and the potential for actually making any money!?

Thanks.

Steve

Clarebabes

You might want to know that there is a spelling mistake on the hard disk recovery page. Haven't got time to proof read the rest, sorry.

Spoon

Steve,

On taking a quick glance I think anybody claiming to be better than the competition really needs to be able to spell. There is also a 'spacing' error in the same paragraph.

Unparalleled

Haven't looked at the rest, but in reality I'd have carried on browsing.

Spoon

Occasionally (I'm sad page) and professionally (Web design page)

Inevitable (Data recovery page) - Re-formatted (Data recovery page)

Accommodate (About Sad and Lonely page)

sociopath

Blatant link plugging!

I'm grassing!

sti-04!!

Hello

Are you / were you sad & lonely ??

Thanks

Stephen

boxst

Hello

Thanks for the comments. The spelling / grammar needs to be fixed (as I'm a bit, erm, an@l about that kind of thing).

I was more interested in the viability of the business and the site itself.

(Not link plugging really, as it's a limited market and area)

Steve

GaryK

You need an angle, a USP, theres 100s of companies out there offering similar service, what makes your different? (not being arsy just playing devils advocate ) The disaster recovery stuff is interesting not too many people do that. The site doesnt really convey what you are offering, you need to sell me the benefits of what you do not have a website that just tells me what you do.

Gary

G-STAR

One small point, Steve.

You need to separate the actual business, from the 'sad and lonely' part.

Having an "I'm Sad" link in your main navigation is rather, well, odd, in my opinion.

What I'd be tempted to do, is create a small button, and place such in the 'footer' of each page (where the contact information is), linking to your "I'm Sad" page. However, with that page, I'd format it differently, so it's not as integrated as it is at the moment.

If you need a small button creating, I'll lend a hand, no problems.

fast bloke

Could you not connect the sad and lonely link straight to NSR?

paulr

Nice simple welcoming and well laid out site. I like the simplicity a lot. I dont like the name sadandlonely though. Not at all. You want to do business with people that are professional,competant and fun. The name does not convey that. Get rid of the name.
I also like the openess and the fact the prices are easy to find.

dynamix

iTrader: (3)

ditto - the name will not portray any of the right kind of images.

plus calling a spade a spade is far better from a search engine point of view - they will rank it higher if the domain name reflects what people search for.

for example sandlcomputersolutions.co.uk

boxst

Hello

Thank you all for the comments. SadAndLonely was just simple to remember although confusing business wise I agree.

Mr Sti-04: I also own http://www.reallysilly.co.uk and http://www.sickandtwisted.co.uk so you are welcome to pick the site that best represents my personality traits.

Steve

brumdaisy

I'm a professional copywriter and proof reader* if your friend wants some help - very reasonable rates

* my posts on here should not be viewed as an indication of the quality of my work

Al Coholic

You would!

I'm lucky to be able to keep my blatant free plug in my location field with you around!

Warwick-hunt

you can come out now

G-STAR

How did you get into such?

I've been told that I'm a little too attentive when it comes to spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. and have also been told that I have a very 'flowery' style of writing in reports, documents and the like.

Spoon

Oh but they should, and on account of that, I wouldn't.

brumdaisy

i did and wish i hadnt now think im still pished

paulr

Any suggestions for a better name?