In the past week i’ve come across 2 business websites which had bad contact details.

The first instance was of a quite professional looking website promoting a product i’m very interested in purchasing. I fired off two emails via email links on the contacts page of the website, with absolutely no response at all. But worse still, I tried to find a phone number, so that I could call them instead and guess what? No contact phone numbers on the website ANYWHERE.

I was determined to get more info about this product, so I did some research and managed to get a message to the website owner, via the website design company who created the website for him. He’s interested in doing best card consolidation credit deal0 card credit interest ratebest card credit interest rate,best credit card interest ratecard chase credit studentcard citi credit studentapplication card citibank credit onlineaqua card credit ukapplication card credit mbnaapplication canadian card credit visaapplication bank card credit orchard? ?,direct merchant bank credit card application,bank credit card application0 apr for life credit card,0 apr credit card,0 fixed apr credit cardlow apr student credit card,low apr credit card uk,low apr credit cardbad credit credit card ukconsolidate credit card payment,consolidate credit card,card card consolidate consolidate credit credit debad credit card applicationcard credit credit get history no,no credit history credit card,card credit credit history no peoplelow fixed interest credit cardcard credit debt help saveairline credit card,asiana airline credit card,hawaiian airline credit cardjuniper bank credit cardcapital one credit card customer service,capital one credit card,pay capital one credit card billcredit card debt consolidation companyapplication approval card credit instantshell credit card account,shell credit card center,shell credit cardbad business card credit creditcard credit number validationmy premier credit card accountcredit card debt consolidate itcredit card free balance transfercard credit online processing service,credit card processing service,card credit merchant processing servicebad card credit debtbank card credit ge moneynon profit credit card debt help,need help with credit card debt,card credit debt helphsbc credit card,application card credit hsbc,card credit hsbc offshorecard credit machine wirelesscredit card services,credit card merchant services,credit card customer servicebalance card credit introductory transferbank card credit secureddebt reduction credit card consolidationfirst premier bank secured credit card,bank card credit premier,1st premier bank credit cardapplication bad card creditsecured visa credit cardbank of america credit card,america bank bill card credit pay,bank of america credit card loginvisa credit card application statusfree credit report no credit card,free cell phone no credit card needed,free credit cardvirginia credit card debt solution,credit card debt solutionapplication business card credit smallapply card credit discovervisa credit card offer,card credit offer visacard credit ge online services business but his website is not doing the job for him!
The second instance is a local business association website with an email link on their contacts page. I fired off an enquiry about membership, using said link, only to have the email bounce back to me. This website did at least have a phone number I could call when the email failed.

If you have paid good money to have website created and even more good money, on a monthly / quarterly or annual basis, to have it hosted, it’s CRAZY to have contact details / links on your website which are out of date or not working.

The WHOLE POINT of having a website is to help promote your business and generate enquiries, isn’t it? So, when was the last time you went to your website to check if all the contact details / forms etc are correct and working? It only takes a few minutes, but it can mean the difference between getting a good ROI on your website investment and the whole thing being a complete waste of money!