Please review http://www.discussourfuture.org

Hi guys,

I understand it will be difficult to ask for a template, but perhaps some of you would like to review my website and give some tips and tricks?

My website is: discussourfuture.org

It's a website aimed to discuss our planets issues, and to come up with solutions. Therefore I have also added a forum, where people can discuss topics and solutions.

Cheers,

Bram

Hey Bram,

I liked it. I knew what the website was about straight away. I could navigate easily to where I wanted to go.

I guess the next step is to build up a following at get people chatting on the forums. Good luck with it!

Your source code

<title>Home</title>
I thought the title was "Discuss Our Future"
You may want to change that
and add a description (the description would help for your sites
SEO)
The pictures at the top (what is the significance) you may want
to add a title on or below the pictures
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hope this helps
falcon

Thanks navyfalcon. May I ask you how I add a description? Do I do that between <title> </title> ?

The pictures are there for layout purposes and to show how nice and at the same time, how bad our planet looks.

Thanks again,

Bram

Bram,

Really liked your site! Your website has the approach mine needs. Enough straight forward content to interest the reader on the home page and keep them. The forum is especially nice, as I tend to be put off by overwhelming amount of skins. Though knowing they will increase over time, your forum has a great clean look with fantastic content. Will be joining if aceptable by you. You are off to a great start. Look forward to following your blog!

Queenbee
Freebees Freebies

I don't know if you are using an "HTML Editor" or notepad.
If you use "AlleyCode" (free HTML Editor) they have a "head" section editor
and you can add, remove, and modify the source code from it
Free HTML editor wysiwyg - Alleycode HTML, Text, PHP editor , Free website testing tools
This is the editor I use most. If you have problems using it, PM me and I will help.
Normally, you just go to the top of the source code and add, modify or remove the
<title>name of site</title>
<meta name="description" content="description of site " />

Go to the toolbar (top of site) click on "view" then click on
"page source" and that should display the source code of the
page you have active on the desktop (any active page)
If you put the page in an HTML Editor, this part can be edited.
Also the editor can change any part of the HTML code. Some have
the capability of editing the CSS code also (AlleyCode has this
ability - and it is free)
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hope this helps
falcon

Hi Queenbee, thanks for all the positive feedback, and of course you are more than welcome to join the forum!

Bram

Thanks Navy Falcon. I use Kompozer, and I added the <meta name="description" content="description of site " /> below my <title>name of site</title> in the head section and replaced the second "description" with descriptions of the website:

<title>Discuss our future</title>

<meta name="description" content="discussing, informing, and thinking about a structural sustainable planet, environment, racism, sustainability, pollution " />

Is that what I was supposed to do?

Does that make sense?

Best regards,

Bram

Yes, that is what you are to do
Next, you need to use a keyword suggestion tool to carefully select the most appropriate (and popular) keywords for your site
I use wordtracker (the free edition) the most along with other keyword tools.
Free keyword suggestion tool for SEO, Adwords & blogging
This should help you select the keywords that will increase traffic
Remember to use the most popular keywords within the first 100 words of your site.
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Google displays 66 characters (including spaces) of your title. Select the best keywords to be included in your title (a short description)
Google displays 150 characters (including spaces) of your description below your title. Select good keywords for your description. Be sure and use your keywords in the body of the site
hope this helps
falcon

Thanks TheWomensGame. Missed your comment the first time Yes, I have to get people chatting on the forum. That's the most difficult part, and at the same time the most important part But it will come!

Hi Navyfalcon. Thanks for the help so far. I have an additional question though, ever since I updated my site, my google analytics don't work properly anymore: The total amount of visitors for instance is decreasing significantly by the day. Any experience with that?

Cheers,

Bram

Mornin'

The site is very simplistic and to the point, I like that. the navigation is good, from page to page and from point to point. I only have 2 suggestions for improvement.

Firstly, I would suggest working on your frontpage at discussourfuture.org, while the content pages are a nice style of simplicity, that very first page could do with something more. It says 'Please choose your language below:', then 'English' and 'Nederlands'. I don't think they speak Nederlands in the Netherlands. I would sugest changing that to Dutch or Frisian, which ever the web pages have been written in. Or alternatively changing it to 'Select your country:' and then changing 'English' to 'Great Britain'. The former probably being the easiest. Aswell as that quite minor thing, I'd say jsut some general 'sprucing'. It's kinda boringly bare, rather than simplisticly interesting. I'm not quite sure what, but I'll leave you to think about that

I know I packed two into that last one but here is the second main point. I would suggest working on your forum theme a little bit and get it to look more like your main content pages, fixed, white sides, orangey stuff.

Other than that, it's good and I wish you well with the site. Off to get dinner! Goodluck!

Very much appreciated recidivist. A few minor comments back: I decided to put the appropriate name for the language in that same language. "Nederlands" is the Dutch name for the Dutch language (trust me, I am dutch ). But I fully agree that the homepage is a bit boring. I played with the idea to put a hyperlinked flag of each country on there, but regarding content that goes against the principles of Discussourfuture, and regarding webdesign, I think 200+ flags would become too much. So, fully understand and agree that the homepage needs improvements, but still looking. Thanks for that.

Forum is difficult because I have to do it from the current format, otherwise I delete all members and posts, so I have to do quite some HTML editing. I am planning on it, but I thought for now, with the color orange still pretty dominant, it would be sufficient. But I will put some additional effort in that.

Enjoy your meal!

Cheers

Bram

Ah ok, my apologies, I assumed they just called it dutch in dutch

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Yes, I think we all have.
First, use several analytics (I use Google Analytics, GoStats and StatCounter)
http://gostats.com/
http://www.statcounter.com/
Second, submit your site to several search engines
http://www.freewebsubmission.com/
Third, check your keywords in a keyword tool and be sure and use them in the body of the page
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
Fourth, have the site reviewed in several "website review forums" that allow signatures (your website address)
http://www.code4gold.com/forums/Web...of-Dofollow-Forums-that-Allow-Signatures.html
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Then you should see increased traffic and better position of your site.
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hope this helps
falcon

I ran your webpage through a webpage analyzer
Below are the results.

Suggestion: Check other similar pages to see how they list title and
description. Remember; better keywords, better traffic.
Use a good keyword tool.
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hope this helps
falcon


Keywords:
PROBLEM
You do not have any Meta-Tag Keywords in your site. These are crucial
to your sites search engine positioning. You need to include Meta-Tags
in your site.

Title:
PROBLEM
You are using your Title ineffectively.
You are only using 18 characters. We suggest that you use a few more
words in your TITLE Tag, and try to use your main keywords if possible.

Your Title is:
Discuss our future
PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are not using your keywords within your Title effectively, you are
using 0 of your keywords in your Title, when you should use at least 2.
We suggest that you add a couple of your keywords into your TITLE Tag,
if possible.

Description:
PROBLEM
You are using your Description ineffectively. You are only using 124
characters when you can use up to 150. We suggest that you make your
description longer and try to include as many of your main keywords
as possible.

Your Description is:
discussing, informing, and thinking about a structural sustainable
planet, environment, racism, sustainability, pollution "
PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are not using your keywords within your description effectively,
you are using 0 of your keywords in your description, when you should
use at least 3.

Body:
You are using your Keywords as follows in the body of your page:
PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are not using your keywords within the body of your page
effectively, you are using 0 of your keywords in the body of your
page, when you should use at least 5. We suggest that you add
some of your keywords into the body of your main page.

File Sizes:
Home Page 8.38Kb
http://c5.gostats.com/bin/count/a_1013785/t_2/i_2/counter.png 0.02Kb
Total 8.40Kb
Your File Size is good.


Download Time:
Time Taken To Download
On A 56Kbs Modem 2.42 Seconds
On 128Kbs DSL 1.06 Seconds
On 512Kbs DSL/Cable 0.26 Seconds
On 1024Kbps DSL/Cable 0.13 Seconds
Your Download Time is good.

<title>FuturePundit: Planet Earth Is Overdue For The 62 Million
Year Extinction Cycle</title>

<span class="description">Future technological trends and their
likely effects on human society, politics and evolution.</span>

<TITLE>'The end of the world' has already begun, UW scientists say
</TITLE>

An illustration from
"The Life and Death of Planet Earth" shows the authors' view of
the Earth's clock of life.

<title>Planet Earth: The Future, Environment &amp; Conservation
DVD, Discovery Channel Gifts , Discovery Channel Store</title>

<meta http-equiv="description" content=" This version is exclusive
to the Discovery Channel Store. Explore the vulnerability of
nature in this complimentary series to Planet Earth &amp;ndash;
a poignant truth about Earth's diverse wildlife and spectacular
landscapes. Using Planet Earth's astonishing images as a
starting-point, this three-part series features expert discussion
on environmental and conservation issues and asks how much of the
world revealed in Planet Earth will ever be seen again. With
contributions from eminent scientists, theologians and
conservationists &amp;ndash; including Jonathan Porritt, EO Wilson,
Tony Juniper, Sir David Attenborough and the Archbishop of
Canterbury &amp;ndash; this series analyzes the planet's
environmental crises and takes a hard look at what solutions,
if any, are possible." />

Wow, what a long description. But what a wealth of ideas and
keywords for yours.

Notice: That they all use scare tactics, why. Because it works.
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hope this helps
falcon

Posted on "freewebsitetemplates" 02-26-2010, 01:30 PM
This forum has been telling you about your first page and the advertisements
plus importance of keywords.
Now, I will show you what they mean.
Do a Google search for: "Statistics sum of squares"
Google second (2) page, no ten (10)
"Standard Deviation "Sum of Squares" - Calculates Variance and ...
freetutorials.name/Reference1/StdDevSS.html - Cached - Similar
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freetutorials.name is my site
Looked at "cached"
Statistics (keyword) is in yellow
Sum (keyword) is in blue
Squares (keyword) is in green
see how Google highlights the keywords they find
They use this and other data to determine your placement
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Posted on "freewebsitetemplates" 03-01-2010, 02:32 PM
Quote:
This forum has been telling you about your first page and the advertisements
plus importance of keywords.
Now, I will show you what they mean.
Do a Google search for: "Statistics sum of squares"
Google second (2) page, no ten (10)
"Standard Deviation "Sum of Squares" - Calculates Variance and ...
freetutorials.name/Reference1/StdDevSS.html - Cached - Similar
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Note: I made some changes to the title and description
also some changes to the body
All changes were to keywords and their position
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now Google first(1st) page, no two(2)
Shows the importance of keywords and their placement
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I don't know what else to say
Three important items
#1. keywords and key phrases
#2. keywords and key phrases
#3. keywords and key phrases
Oh, did I mention: for more traffic and better position on Google
keywords and key phrases
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I really hope this helps
falcon

You should try "Google Translate"
Google Translate
It should help on your webpage
There is a version that you can paste to your site that will translate into many languages (visitor selects which ones they want to use)
http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en&layout=1&eotf=1
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hope this helps
falcon

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falcon