Hey everybody the forums database is a little messed up and Mimoun is absent for personal reasons so it can not be fixed right now. Several of our members can PM but not post. Please have a look at this site from the message that was PM to me from our member b1977c Thanks everyone for your understanding. b1977c - I not sure how you are going to respond back. ishkey...
note: validation warning line 68 <a> attribute "id" has invalid value "567" The attribute ID is of type ID. As described above, it should begin with a letter and have no spaces <a id="567" href="/index.html"> <a id="n567" href="/index.html"> <img> attribute "width" has invalid value "740px" HTML width and height attributes do not need "px"; their units are always assumed to be pixels. - the page seems split to me (the top to the left side and the bottom on the right side) using firefox with 800 x 600 resolution may want to check with "browser shots" http://browsershots.org/ - hope this helps falcon
May want to change the title a little <title>The Magic Shop, Limerick > Costumes & Fancy Dress ></title> 50 characters, including spaces in the title - Google displays about 66 characters, including spaces May want to add about 16 characters describing your site Examples: <title>Magic Tricks .Com - FAST SHIPPING | Magic Shop for Magicians | Magical History, Library of Magic, Magicians Museum</title> they seem to have an excess (should only use a short description using some keywords) <TITLE>Brad Burt's Magic Shop - The best magic shop for magic books, tricks and videos</TITLE> <title>Barry’s Magic Shop, Serving the Magic Community Since 1974</title> <title>Magic tricks, Books, Card Tricks, Close-up magic, coin tricks, DVD&#180;s - The Magic Shop</title> - hope this helps falcon
the page seems split to me (the top to the left side and the bottom on the right side) using firefox with 800 x 600 resolution may want to check with "browser shots" http://browsershots.org/ - It may have something to do with the tables - <td width="50%" align="left">061 341839<br /> 086 2563681<br /> 087 6492126</td> <td width="50%" align="right">6 Mallow Street<br /> Limerick<br /> Ireland</td> </tr> </table> </div> - hope this helps falcon - (PM me and I'll post the reply)
I don't know what you did, but it looks a whole lot better Did you correct the problems with Google ?? Loads a little slow, may want to compress the pictures (all zip or compression programs are not created equal). Many free programs that will help, try several and use the one that works best for you. Much better on my browser (800 x 600 - using firefox) - hope this helps falcon
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I don't believe "looks nice" is a post. I want to give a post the way I want to receive one Here is a general outline: - - - website review guidelines Aesthetics & Eye Appeal Personality: 1. Does the site's look and feel seem to match the subject matter 2. Does the site align visually with the intended reader or market? 3. Do you immediately get a sense of what the site is all about? 4. Could you easily see "About" and security information? Design & Layout 1. Are the graphics appropriate to the subject of the site? 2. Are the graphics appropriate for the intended audience? 3. Are there graphics that seem superfluous or unnecessary? 4. Is the color scheme appealing and suggestive of the topic? 5. Is the layout cramped and 'too full' or is there proper spacing and visual rest areas? 6. Is your eye drawn to the most important elements? Do they then relate into the content? Reader Usability 1. Is the site understandable? 2. Did you know what to do to get to the information you wanted? 3. Were there guide posts or 'help' features included 4. Are the areas of content clearly defined 5. Were there distractions like spam and blinking ads 6. Are there visual elements, design elements, pictures, or content blocks that are distracting, or that keep you from flowing into the content message? Functionality 1. Is navigation Intelligent, logical and clearly understandable 2. Does the technology work - Java, scripts, movies, etc. or are you required to load a program or do something in order to use the site? 3. Do buttons and links send you where you expected to go? Page Source 1. Does the title have a brief description (max 66 characters including spaces) and does it include the most important keywords 2. Is the description clearly understandable and does it match the site (max 150 characters including spaces) and does it include keywords 3. Is the keyword list a reasonable length (not excessive) and have they been checked in a keyword suggestion tool 4. Are the keywords used in the body of the page 5. Is the page source for each page directed for that page content. ---- ---- hope this helps falcon
I ran your site through a website analyzer and this is the result: You should check your keywords in a keyword suggestion tool such as wordtracker before determining whether to keep or remove http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ - hope this helps falcon - Keywords: You do have Meta-Tag Keywords in your site. These will help your sites positioning in the search engines. PROBLEM SOLUTION You are using your keywords ineffectively. You are only using 186 characters when you can use up to 1000. We suggest that you simply add some more keywords into your Meta-Tag Keyword list. The Keywords you are currently using are listed below. For more information on Keyword Meta-Tags Click Here. You are not spamming your keywords, they will be accepted by the search engines Your Keywords Are: fancy dress Magic Shop Limerick jokes tricks cards cheap great fun costumes make up dvd books coins wigs ireland party cool crazy funny paint all ages magician Title: You are using your Title effectively Your Title is: The Magic Shop | Limerick | Tricks, Jokes, Costumes & Fancy Dress You are using your keywords within your Title effectively, you are using 7 of your keywords in your Title. Google displays 66 characters of your title (including spaces) - You have 65 characters Description: You are using your Description effectively Your Description is: The Magic Shop has loads of great tricks, books, costumes and much more to help you become an amazing magician! Great fun for all ages, at home or at parties!" You are using your keywords within your description effectively, you are using 9 of your keywords in your description. Google diplays 150 characters of your title (including spaces) - You have 154 characters (you may want to remove "The" in magic shop.) Body: You are using your Keywords as follows in the body of your page: fancy dress 2 times Good, do nothing Magic 4 times Good, do nothing Shop 6 times Good, do nothing Limerick 3 times Good, do nothing tricks 4 times Good, do nothing costumes 6 times Good, do nothing make 5 times Good, do nothing up 5 times Good, do nothing books 4 times Good, do nothing ireland 4 times Good, do nothing paint 1 time Good, do nothing jokes 0 times Add to your web page text or remove dvd 0 times Add to your web page text or remove cards 0 times Add to your web page text or remove cheap 0 times Add to your web page text or remove great 0 times Add to your web page text or remove fun 0 times Add to your web page text or remove coins 0 times Add to your web page text or remove wigs 0 times Add to your web page text or remove party 0 times Add to your web page text or remove cool 0 times Add to your web page text or remove crazy 0 times Add to your web page text or remove funny 0 times Add to your web page text or remove party 0 times Add to your web page text or remove cool 0 times Add to your web page text or remove crazy 0 times Add to your web page text or remove funny 0 times Add to your web page text or remove all ages 0 times Add to your web page text or remove magician 0 times Add to your web page text or remove You are using your keywords within the body of your page effectively, you are using 11 of your keywords in the body of your page. File Sizes: Home Page 4.58Kb http://www.magicshoplimerick.com /images/index/shop2.png 0.03Kb http://c.statcounter.com/5034572/0/0fc38b80/1/ 0.03Kb Total 4.63Kb Your File Size is good. Download Time: Time Taken To Download On A 56Kbs Modem 1.34 Seconds On 128Kbs DSL 0.58 Seconds On 512Kbs DSL/Cable 0.15 Seconds On 1024Kbps DSL/Cable 0.07 Seconds Your Download Time is good.
Here is how "wordtracker" rates some of your keywords: - 211 fancy dress 341 fancy dress costumes 1864 magic 707 magic tricks 937 shop Limerick 8544 jokes 2323 practical jokes 998 practical jokes and pranks 707 magic tricks 532 mind tricks 513 card tricks 118 tricks 207 trick 1420 cards cheap great fun 4767 halloween costumes 2420 costumes make up 2089 dvd books coins wigs ireland party cool crazy funny paint all ages 201 magician 1864 magic 707 magic tricks 937 shop Limerick 8544 jokes 2323 practical jokes 998 practical jokes and pranks 707 magic tricks 532 mind tricks 513 card tricks 118 tricks 207 trick 1420 cards cheap great fun 4767 halloween costumes 2420 costumes make up 2089 dvd books coins wigs ireland party cool crazy funny paint all ages 201 magician - Note: 211 fancy dress 341 fancy dress costumes - I would use "fancy dress costumes" 4767 halloween costumes 2420 costumes - I would use "halloween costumes" 118 tricks 207 trick - I would use "trick" - - You need to check keywords in a keyword suggestion tool such as wordtracker (http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/) Also check the competition (other magic sites) for ideas and keywords - hope this helps falcon
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