The address is:
http://hstrial-mstallworth.homestead.com...
I'd like for it to illustrate a professional image yet still have child like appeal... please let me know what currently works and does not... also any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. "Please don't hold back in your critique" ~thanks o... i will add details about my services in the teal colored box displayed slightly in the middle of the page... Not bad, great simple colors and good pictures. It didn't load too fast but that's not a problem.
My only suggestion might be in regards to the colors, the site kinda felt dark, maybe a little more cheerful colors will help. Great site!
If you have finished, check the last 2 links. They are sent to a homestead page. Site's outlook is really cool, the pics u used relate to the main name of the site. Sincerly, i love the theme.
However, registration and contact us page do not work, get something written on them.
Content is the king. you might want to feed your site with good content. Create a blog link and have friends and guests write something abt the topic your website is based on.When you finalise, get a good domain and host it, instead of using free homestead. Your site deserves to be on its on.
Overall, a good job, keep it up.
Emm I love the colors and the shapes together... it looks very abstract and catches the eye. I do not think it looks too overly childlike... I like it! I like your layout. Rich yet uncluttered. Your navigation is simple and straightforward, which many readers will appreciate. I would recommend you soften the color in your photos you are using. The boldness of the colors make them a bit loud and can distract the eye. Also, increase the font size of your title just a bit and use a simpler font or a more neutral color. A drop-shadow on your title might work as well. The big blue square in the middle needs something. I was waiting for something to pop up, it just seems out of place. The links to the rest of the site need a little more fun, I'm not sure what but maybe you can put another pic where you put the links and think of a fun cool way to do the links in the big blue square. Bead shapes maybe? Pencil / paintbrush shapes? I think everything else looks really cool though! Very Nice!! If you are planning to enter into ecommerce, you need major work on your SEO metatags.
We are assuming that you have the know-how to place critical SEO metatags on your opening webpage. Here's a tutorial that explain how SEO works.
The most effective way to advertise on the Internet is
to first set up a website and publish its domain name
on major search directories such as Google.com,
Yahoo.com [at http://www.google.com/addurl/?...... and
MSN.com since 85% of Internet shoppers rely on these
search directories to provide them with goods and
services. In a sense, these search directories are a
very large Internet Yellow Pages.
Nevertheless, should your website or opening webpage
fail to contain "generic" keywords, then anyone using
such "generic" queries will not be able to discover
your website. Your domain name [URL] of your website,
in a sense, will be invisible, undiscoverable.
You may want to consider some simple algorithms which,
when observed and committed in designing of a website
with placement of various critical metatags that can
surely achieve a high search engine presence and
increase Internet traffic to your website. These
metatag strategies work well with published webpages
at Google and Yahoo.
Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based
website, make sure to fill-in the property entries
such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing
to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can
be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the
Internet audience and their incoming setup. For
example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages
take too long to load up and therefore analog users
will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the
Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL
lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So
before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple
question, "Who's my end user - is he on dialup or
DSL?" And if you had to choose between these two users
for maximum marketability, then select analog users
since 80% of most resident users are still analog
Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages
is best for them.
A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text,
is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit
the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a
graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.
Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots
are unable to properly classify textual material.
Placement of Metatags:
A ranking or search order does take place with Google
and Yahoo and it begins with the "Title" metag which
should consist of no more than 65 characters separated
by commas. The "Title" should describe in generic
terms, the goods and services, followed by a location
from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state.
The placement of a domain name which is not generic
within the "Title" is not appropriate, unless your
domain name is a major recognizable brand name.
The second metatag is the "Description" which is
usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which
best describes one's goods and services.
And the very last category - "Keywords" are also
somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural
and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries
which could be mistaken as "spamdexed entries" which
is defined as the loading, and submission of
repetitive words into a particular metatag category.
"Spamdexing" when discovered on a webpage and reported
to Google's spamreport.com can result in the
elimination of your website from their search
directory.
Here's an example of a very highly-placed website on
Google.com: Begin with the very "generic" search query
"sandwiches downtown los angeles," taking note to not
abbreviate Los Angeles to "LA" and of course, leave
out the parentheses ("). It will bring up some 2.4
million+ search results. Check out where "Nazos.net"
is ranked. It's on the FIRST PAGE [ranked 10th]!
Again, Nazos.net's high web presence was achieved by
proper web design and placement of relevant metatags
according to Google's publication guidelines.
Good luck! |
