| Jan. 22 2008 at 12:40 PM |
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Hello SUN community,
My site/blog is http://www.decisionmakingtips.com
I have a fair amount of web design experience and used a modified wordpress theme, and created the site myself.
The goal/strategy of the blog is to get lots of traffic and subscribers, like any blog, but so far I have seen a jump in the traffic as we launched and a steady decline since that time.
I am looking for a general critque, but more specifically anyone with ideas on how to get more SEO juice, or good directories to submit the blog to (besides technorati), or ideas on how to optimize the content to make it more accessible to search engines.
Thanks in advance for your most valuable asset, time.
-Ferol
Happy Human Foods
Simple. Healthy. Delicious.
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| Jan. 22 2008 at 12:42 PM |
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PS- also interested in anyone with browser/compatibility issues. I am using a Mac with firefox and it looks fine, but PC folks let me know if you have issues.
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| Jan. 22 2008 at 2:09 PM |
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I actually liked the site ... it was a pleasant surprise.
Your feed links are too far down the page though.
The writing style is lively ... I like it.
You could use some more font hierarchy, like bolding the main point in a list. Make it more scanable.
* Bad Habits
* A True "Lifestyle Business"
(from Small Business Essentials)
writing | marketing | web: NHG Consulting
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| Jan. 22 2008 at 2:22 PM |
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I checked it on my computer first (Mac/Firefox) but then walked over to the PC for you too. You have a gap problem in your design on the right side in IE ... typical box model hack issue. Here's a screenshot.
* Bad Habits
* A True "Lifestyle Business"
(from Small Business Essentials)
writing | marketing | web: NHG Consulting
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| Jan. 22 2008 at 6:02 PM |
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thanks, this is great feedback!!
Now I know i have to start testing IE, yuck.
Do you know which version you were using? I'm assuming 5.5 or 6.
-Ferol
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| Jan. 22 2008 at 6:23 PM |
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It's IE 6. 7 should be OK for the most part if you can do 6 and Firefox.
* Bad Habits
* A True "Lifestyle Business"
(from Small Business Essentials)
writing | marketing | web: NHG Consulting
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| Jan. 22 2008 at 7:03 PM |
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PC with IE 7 seems to display OK.
M Hall
MichianaWebline
EmployIndiana.com
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| Jan. 22 2008 at 8:14 PM |
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FEV wrote: Hello SUN community,
My site/blog is http://www.decisionmakingtips.com
I have a fair amount of web design experience and used a modified wordpress theme, and created the site myself.
The goal/strategy of the blog is to get lots of traffic and subscribers, like any blog, but so far I have seen a jump in the traffic as we launched and a steady decline since that time.
I am looking for a general critque, but more specifically anyone with ideas on how to get more SEO juice, or good directories to submit the blog to (besides technorati), or ideas on how to optimize the content to make it more accessible to search engines.
Thanks in advance for your most valuable asset, time.
-Ferol
Most of the main places to submit blogs to are already part of the default install of wordpress so you won't have to worry about that. It's all automatic.
however, there are some that you can submit them to. Here's a list to get ya started. Some of the links may not work (around 5 or so).
http://www.blog-connection.com/submit-blogs.htm
Aaron Wood
CEO
San Diego Dream Weavers
http://www.sddreamweavers.com
awood@sddreamweavers.com
New and improved! Now with blogging goodness!
http://www.sddreamweavers.com/san-diego-seo-marketing-blog/
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