Website Review and Suggestions

**drewid** · 11-08-2007, 03:08 PM

I've just launched new website on the domain www.billboardtrade.com

I just want your feedback

- does it's content follows the domain name or not?

- does this market branch has any potential or is stagnant?

- is it well-arranged for ordinary user ?

- what are you missing there?

- what needs improvement ?

What is its biggest minus ? Instead of low traffic yet...

Thanks for yout opinions, i will be glad to see at least ANY !

**fastreplies** · 11-08-2007, 04:24 PM

First impression is good even thou it took longer than usual to upload page.
Design is very good at least in my oppinion.
Top part of your header should be no more than 200px and empty space
(about 100px of it) right under your domain must go

fastreplies

**Dan C** · 11-08-2007, 05:43 PM

Fantastic first impression. No ugly contrasting colours, everything fits neatly into place, the page loads rather quickly, good idea - you've definitely got somepotential to grow there.
I would suggest making the green menu sections longer so that they are in line with the end of the adverts on the page. It looks a little messy when the content goes on longer than the menus.

Other than that, a decent job all around.

**mfashraf** · 11-10-2007, 11:32 PM

I really like your website in overall but there's only one thing that hurts my eyes. The ads. It would be better if u disguise the ads in the same color as its background (in this case green).. Get a print screen and check the exact color of the background using adobe photoshop. The links of the ads could also be invisible (legally) by making the text as the same color as the background. I really like your website and this is my first review in Webmaster-Talk. Good luck

Regards,
Pharez

**smokin gun** · 11-11-2007, 03:25 PM

Very nice design and use of colors.

**cedrick4852** · 11-12-2007, 11:42 AM

Great design, nice colors. The green in the ads is a little bright for my taste but thats just my personal opinion. One thing I notices is that your google ads on page 12 are down below the "billboard ads" and not to the right like all of the other pages.

**drewid** · 11-13-2007, 01:54 PM

Thank you all for feedback ! It´s really important for me .

But i have quite different question. Don´t anybody knows how long it takes to be seen on google ? My web is running for about a month and still i cannot be seen (reacting on META keywords i´ve included) on ANY page of google search results to these words. It makes mi quite nervous

**duderawk** · 11-13-2007, 09:21 PM

I have heard it takes 90 days minimum. You should use google site tools here https://www.google.com/webmasters/to.../en/about.html to maximize your searchability.

**drewid** · 11-16-2007, 09:02 AM

Thanks ! Don´t anybody knows why it lasts so long? I have even other webs - forums and when i add some topic, search engine will "find" it within a week or so. So is there any difference between finding new web and new content?

**duderawk** · 11-16-2007, 08:45 PM

Forums and Blog based sites seem to update a lot quicker, I'm guessing since the content is dynamic(updated frequently) the search engine spider crawls more frequently as well.

**drewid** · 11-18-2007, 01:47 AM

Thank you for info ! But it´s still strange that with 21st century technology is search engine still so slowly adding new web. Why it lasts weeks instead of seconds?

**stewart** · 11-18-2007, 03:56 AM

The design in the background and around the content is great, but the content seems to stick out like a sore thumb to me, it is clear and concise, yet I don't believe it fits into the overall design.

**Tulork** · 11-18-2007, 05:47 AM

I like it

**drewid** · 01:33 PM

Ad Stewart - what exactly on the content you find ugly? The backround? Or the different size of photos? I don´t quite understand your comment, english is not my motherlanguage

Ad Tulork : Thx

But thanx for the feedback, anyway !

Thank you all for comments, i hope it will work better after it gets some proper traffic. This waiting to get googlelisted is killing me

**NAT3** · 11-18-2007, 02:49 PM

the brown/bronze colour doesn't fit with the rest of your scheme. the background is more than fine, certainly don't change that.
there are too many advertisements... you should keep the banner above, but replace the right one with something like 'about us'.
many respects for the great design!

**peter_anderson** · 11-19-2007, 11:02 AM

very good site

**drewid** · 11-20-2007, 03:19 PM

Thx for your reactions! I will count with them when i will be updating my site .

I have one more question, does valid XHTML code have any effect on SEO ranking or so? What it´s good for?

**webgeeks** · 11-21-2007, 10:07 PM

very nice site, but get rid of the blank spaces on the top. Also try not to have too many animated ads on the homepage. Other than that the site is well design, and the colors match.

**firenz** · 11-24-2007, 10:15 AM

Great site fantastic striking colors.

I do agree with Dan C in extending the green. You have put alot of thought and work into the top of the page and I am sure that you can think of something to even it all out with.

Well done