The landing page has too much useless junk on it. My advice would be that unless it adds to the actual functionality of the page to eliminate any. If you're having problem rate every element on the page on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being "fluff" and 10 being "must have" and then cut everything that's 9 or less.
Also either hire someone who has an art direction background to layout the page or use a template. And again, more colors aren't better.
Nick is on the money! Less is more — your concept is A+ — it's all about the search box and some minor explanation in 25 words or less, don't try and dress that up...
Also either hire someone who has an art direction background to layout the page or use a template. And again, more colors aren't better.