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Website Optimization - 1/12/2008 21:51:45   
My name is Wendy and I own www.pupclassifieds.com. Is there anyone out there that would be willing to help me optimize my site. I have been online for two years now and am up to page 10 on google now. How can I compete with the big guys? Can anyone help me? I submit my website to search engines monthly but I think I might have some codes in my site that I should get rid of but I am still new to all the website development.

Thanks,
Wendy
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RE: Website Optimization - 1/12/2008 23:40:47   
When you say you are up to page 10 in Google, what search term is that for? looks like your business is local and you should strive to be top ranked for a local search term .

I looked at your code and there is a serious problem. I starts with the html tag then the head with styles and then some extensive scripts and then the head section ends and body begins..which is fine but then suddenly there is another html tag and another head section and it looks like all the styles and scripts are repeated - unnecessary and there should only be one html and head sections to a page - not multiple.

thats a start

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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 7:10:06   
This is a classic example of what happens when you fill your pages with javascript toys and use text boxes and other FrontPage push button short cuts.

Google reads the first few hundred words on a page and uses those to index your site. Approximately the first two thirds of your page code is meaningless from a content point of view.

The first line in your code tells the browser to use MSOffice routines to lay the page out, only IE does, the rest ignore it and the page gets messed up.

As Dan said, code is duplicated.

As far as getting this up the Google ranks..... you could try getting yourself several thousand quality back links but until Google can actually read something of interest in your code you're not going to be competing with your competitors.

Re-do the whole thing without all the javascript stuff. Don't use text boxes or copy and paste stuff into the page from Word or other Office packages.

I notice you're offering to do other people's sites for them, I suggest you learn how to do yours properly first otherwise when Internet Explorer 8 comes out, which is supposedly going to be as compliant as the other major browsers, you'll suddenly have an awful lot of sites breaking badly and a lot of fixing to do.

This might help

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Now where did I put that Doctype?

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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 7:25:24   
The Flash banner is horrid, it completely ruins what is otherwise a good photo and the flashing paw print completely superfluous. You've then used more valuable content to accredit the people who originally set it up.

Get your own photos and just place them on the page. Forget flashing stuff.

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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 12:18:11   
Thank you for your advice - I just deleted the duplicate headers. What do you recommend next?

The flash header, I have had several compliments on. I would prefer to keep that.

I will work on back links today.

The text box I thought would be more helpful in placing wording instead of pics. I had read that I wanted more words on my home page than photos. Is this wrong?

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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 12:48:32   
nah, you're flash header is horrible :) i mean the pups are nice but the flashing glow? fraid not.



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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 13:06:28   
quote:

The text box I thought would be more helpful in placing wording instead of pics. I had read that I wanted more words on my home page than photos. Is this wrong?


No, you're not getting it. Text boxes, doesn't matter what you put in them are no good full stop. Looking at the page now the text is in table cells and that's fine. Don't be tempted ever to Insert Text Box.

I'm sorry but I'll never agree with you about that header. What is the point of the puppies flashing orange? Puppies don't do that, they usually stay pretty much the same colour all the time unless they get near a muddy puddle.

Putting in a static header gives you better content as well. At the moment what Google sees when it looks at your header is:
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a)&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a.indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a;}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers.document);
  if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//
function FP_preloadImgs() {//v1.0
 var d=document,a=arguments; if(!d.FP_imgs) d.FP_imgs=new Array();
 for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++) { d.FP_imgs=new Image; d.FP_imgs.src=a; }
}
-->
</script>

<p align="center">
				<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" id="obj1" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" border="0" width="742" height="268">
					<param name="movie" value="185pets_1.swf">
					<param name="quality" value="High">
					<embed src="185pets_1.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="obj1" width="742" height="268" quality="High"></object>
				 <font color="#FFFFFF"> Photo by
				<a target="_blank" href="http://www.akcschnauzers.com/">
				<font color="#FFFFFF">akcschnauzers.com c/o Quality Schnauzers</font></a>   </font></td>


If you do a normal header with a picture and a Heading it'll see something more like:

<img src="dogs.jpg" width="35%" alt="Picture of Schnauzers">
<h1>PupClassifieds.com</h1>

Google likes Headings, they tell it what the page is about. You currently have no headings at all.

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Now where did I put that Doctype?

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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 16:07:42   
http:/www.pupclassifieds.com/test.htm

That was just something I had originally started with. Is that more along the lines of what I should be using as my home page?

But now when the page loads, it says "Error" in the lower left of my IE.

I really appreciate this help.

Wendy

< Message edited by pupclassifieds -- 1/13/2008 16:32:31 >

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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 16:31:49   
Yes but don't use that banner, use a nice photo of your dogs. The banner is completely superfluous, you have the site name in huge letters immediately above it.

The code on that page is all odd as well. You have a load of paragraphs in between the </head> and <body> when there shouldn't be anything there at all.

The Welcome to PupClassifieds! should be a <h1> heading

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pupclassifieds

 

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RE: Website Optimization - 1/13/2008 16:39:50   
Thank you so much. I think I will try and get some puppy photos from my breeders to post accross the top like a slideshow but just pics nothing flash or fancy.

Do you know what this is: <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

And how do I get rid of it? It is embedded on all my web pages.

Thanks for ALL your helpful advice.
Wendy

Feel free to comment on any other things I should adjust.

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