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Okay I got my site loaded with merchandise now I need to know how to get it noticed,most bang for the buck advertising,how to get my site to come up on search engines etc. Im new to this so any suggestions will be helpful

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First of all, what is the site?

You can submit your site to Google here.
You can submit your site to Live Search here.

Go through the SEO topics here on Startup Nation, for an introduction to what search-engine optimization is about.

my site is yourtoolsource.com Any suggestions to improve on it will be appreciated

just had a chance to peep in to see what your site is all about... first of all i would like to point out that you sites take more then few seconds loading time... and lot of SEO work is required to be done... m also in learning stage and would definitely suggest u to read The SEO section here... you get loads of new tings to learn... 

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Since you`ve expanded the thread to include any suggestions I`d say you should make sure you ALWAYS have the best price available, if you can`t have the best price don`t bother selling it. OR do so clearly stating that it is not the best price but you offer better this, that or the other. Explain the reason for why any prospective customer should choose to pay more to you. IMO letting folks know this in advance is not only good corporate policy but you would almost instantly gain your customer`s trust.

This 13 piece wrench set you are selling for $137.50 yet exactly two clicks away (using pricegrabber) I found the exact same thing for $91.20 in Amazon Marketplace.

Good luck,

I don`t think there is any way someone can compete with the $91 in the Amazon marketplace ... most are selling it in the same range as the person here.

Even in the Amazon Marketplace ... only one person is selling it that low.

I don`t think he needs the best price, always, no. That is a lot of wasted effort and price changes every week. If he so chooses, he can offer some kind of price matching ... but then again, not totally necessary unless that is part of the business strategy. All of that "why you should pay more" is really just extra info you don`t need.

As for the site, it does load really slow and the fonts are very tiny and hard to read.

Hi  Just got in from work and read your comments and they all have valid points. I really appreciate that you all took time and gave me some ideas on what can be done better.I will see if I can make some changes tonight Thanks for all of your ideas. By The way anyone need some tools? ? Just Kidding Thanks Again  GP

Hi,

Allright..so you got your site up. Now its time to make it work for you.

I looked at your site and honestly I would not want to visit the site again as a user. Right from the title of the homepage to the design and layout, everything is out of place.

1.) Change the title from Home_page to your site name along with some meaningful tag line. Do the same for every other page in your site.
2.) The whole design is crappy including the color combinations used. Have a logo for your website. Don`t stretch the whole name along the width of the page in the header. Have a proper logo, position it well and have a nice SEO header.
3.) Made sure that the tabs/menus in the header are clearly visible. Right now they are so small in size that a user will have to "READ" what is written on them.
4.) Place the links either in the header or on the left side.
5.) The search box should be separate and easily distinguishable from the other links.
6.) The content on the homepage is center-ly scattered and so big in size. Feel like the eyes are gonna bleed while reading them. Put small fonts. Use Verdana, size 10pts. And present it in a proper way following some layout.
7.) Pictures are missing on the first page. Put some pictures there.
8.) Coming to the shopping cart...the shopping cart again looks very out of place. Functioning is fine but the layout of products looks unordered. Use some proper shopping cart format.

These are some first sight reviews for your website. I insist that if you are making this site yourself then please do get some professional help if you really want this website to work for you. You should be happy that it is not coming up on search engines. Else instead of having a positive effect it would have put a negative effect. Concentrate on the site design and content.

I know you must be feeling that I am very harsh in my comments. I don`t ignore the effort you must have put in to make this site but this won`t really work for you. I really want websites to work for the people who are using them. And probably I am strict in my comments because I want you to act right now before it is too late...before people see it, close it and never even think of coming back to it.

I am sure you can have a great site. Your site is simple and to the point. Thats the best thing about your site. Just add some glamor along with some Search Engine Optimisation(SEO) and it will rock .