What else should I include on this website, http://www.hometradingsolution... to make it more useful?

I have built this website http://www.hometradingsolutions.com and reached a point where I am blocked. I don’t know what information I should include on the left column. In the right column I included Google ads. What are your suggestions? Thank you, Camelia

What else should I include on this website, http://www.hometradingsolution... to make it more useful?
Possible a "live" or "updating" home owners seeking homes in different parts of the country: person or persons seeking home or homes in CA, willing to trade for home or homes in WV etc.





Kind of like a revolving door showing persons that are looking, and person whom have made trades. Show images of inside of some of these home.. slide show effect.
Reply:1. The Header is too large. Consider using your web real-estate more efficiently ( use a 125 px header max )





2. Use HTML and CSS rather than your images for the navigation. Millions still use dial up. Learn how to style your HTML here: www.w3schools.com





3. Remove one of your adsense resources. Too many will turn people off and make them think it is a spam site. I would recommend keeping the footer.





4. Add rollovers to each state. You will need to slice the USA in Photoshop or Imageready or whatever, or create an image map in HTML. This is called "user friendly". ;)





5. Navigation goes on the left. No if's ands or buts about it. We are in America. We read left to right. Google the usability about this, you will see this is fact.





6. Add a drop down , or a search text field so user does not have to "find" their state out of 50. Again, usabillity.





7. Keep your HOVER ( rollovers ) consistent. For instance, when you rollover the links in the footer, they enlarge the text and expand the element. Try using a fixed width to avoid this unpleasing effect.





8. Don't use all CAPS on your pages. The contact us page is screaming "NAME EMAIL" , etc. Be gentle. "Ask" your users, don't yell at them.





9. On the Add Site page, add a magin or padding to the center portion of your site. Your text is right up against the left hand border. Looks amateurish ( no offense intended ). Use CSS to accomplish this. Again, refer to www.w3schools.com to learn how to add CSS margins and padding.





and finally...





Number 10:





Whatever you decide the header to be, make it always link to the home page.





Make those changes and you are well on your way to a nice looking and functional site.