In response to "Overreacted"
I am the owner of Hidden Cove Bed and Breakfast in Lincoln City, Oregon. I am so sorry if I offended you. I am new to this business. You are right; I probably should have called you and asked you to visit my business before e-mailing you.
I have much to learn. At the ripe old age of 62 years old......I seem to feel the need to be in a hurry to do those things I have always wanted to do. The internet allows for instant connections. I apologize if I was too permissive.
You are welcome to visit my business. I would be happy to give you a tour. I think this is the best and most exciting venture i have ever begun. I look forward to providing loving hospitality to all who enter my doors.
Call me anytime.
Avette L. Gaiser
Hidden Cove Bed and Breakfast.
Well, thanks for checking in. You will see we pull no punches around here but we do mean well.
If you have questions...ask away..you will get plenty of feedback and advice.
Innkeepers here are a great bunch of folks, but we all have our own ideas and opinions. But we do want to help if we can.
Can I suggest you do some "redo" on your website...
One very basic thing...it is very hard to navigate and there is no navigation, one must always use the BACK button to get to the home page. Also you must have titles and descriptions for your pages which tell search engines what it is.
Code:
<title>Wix.com - Website built by aveylou based on Country Realty </title> ( this is not a title you want people to see
Same thing here:
<META NAME="Description" content="This Website was built from Country Realty by aveylou using wix.com " />
This does not tell anyone / search engines anything about your web site/ inn. Keywords are not meaningful in this day and age of the web
Besides the fact that the site is all done in Flash..which is also not a good thing in getting you found.
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Thank you for your comments concerning my website. I actually designed it myself on a free website design site which, in my opinion, is awesome! I thought I was going to have to pay thousands to get up and running. In my opinion, up is better than "not up". I have had two calls already and the site just got posted a few days ago. I appreciate your feedback. I will attempt to put buttons on all pages. I am such a novice.....I am trying to figure it all out!
The website is one thing.....the service I provide is another....and my property is absolutely gorgeous! So, I may not be perfect, but I am certainly attempting to launch a memorable bed and breakfast for those who come here to enjoy and return to with baited breath!
I am concerned about the negative comments about my business by one of your members because when someone enters hiddencovebedand breakfast.com in the blog search; her derogatory comments come up! This person; does not know me or my business and the information she posted is
FALSE. I hope this site concentrates on supporting one another and not tearing each other down.
Aveylou
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Hi Hiddencove and welcome.
I actually designed it myself on a free website design site which, in my opinion, is awesome!
This is going to sound harsh as I can tell you have a lot of pride in your free website, however, you should abandon it as soon as possible and persue another method of building it. Your "free" website is going to cost you a fortune in misses. Your site currently is a one page Flash site. (
Top 10 B&B website mistakes Mistake #7 An ALL Flash Site)
Even if this site was drop dead gorgeous, the all flash nature of it guarantees it will bring you only a fraction of what a well designed site would bring you in terms of traffic.
I have had two calls already and the site just got posted a few days ago.
Did they find you in the search engines? You will not realize how many people don't find you because they will never call and say "guess where we didn't find you" You won't hear from people who don't find you.
If you are stuck on the notion of building it yourself, that's fine (not recommended as a novice) just find a different tool to build it. That one will do nothing but waste your time and leave you with an invisible website.
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