Website Review and Suggestions

**lhurey** · 01-09-2010, 10:31 PM

I want you to give critics on my new blogsite for the following category.

Template
SEO
adsense placement

the site is http://pets.oldphilippines.info

**pealo86** · 01-10-2010, 06:21 AM

I can't see this taking off at all I'm afraid, it seems like there is a lot of useful content but it all seems to be organised poorly.

Template:
Doesn't really appear to be much of one, just a page of text with Google Ads and very poor navigation. How will people know where to click to find the information they need?

SEO:
I don't know much about SEO, but you have a fair amount of key phrases (in strong tags too which I think is meant to help) so I suppose that's a good thing.

Adsense Placement:
I'd move the ads on the left at the top to somewhere else, maybe the bottom. It currently makes the first paragraph of content look really squashed between those and the ads on the right.

**lhurey** · 01-10-2010, 03:25 PM

thanks, but the theme has no built in navigation links. Maybe i should put it manually

**Knight13** · 01-10-2010, 03:44 PM

It looks alright, but if i were you i would take the adds off of the left and just leave that for your main content, and if you want it to do good i would add more content.

**lhurey** · 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knight13

It looks alright, but if i were you i would take the adds off of the left and just leave that for your main content, and if you want it to do good i would add more content.

i thought adsense with in the article that floats in the left has the most clicks. And that is what i have learned so far.

It has a lot of contents already..I just showed one in the index but you can find more by clicking on the next page link below the article.

**ian0031** · 01-11-2010, 02:47 AM

I have just seen your site and these are my comments:

Template:
It lacks with images and there must be a logo or just a more cool header design that will fit for topic of your site.

SEO:
Do more in on page optimization but take note only 20 percent of the SEO process is on page optimization and the 80 percent is off page already.

Adsense placement:
The ads on the left is somehow annoying to me, I think its better to put it on the bottom part.

**lhurey** · 01-11-2010, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ian0031

I have just seen your site and these are my comments:

Template:
It lacks with images and there must be a logo or just a more cool header design that will fit for topic of your site.

SEO:
Do more in on page optimization but take note only 20 percent of the SEO process is on page optimization and the 80 percent is off page already.

Adsense placement:
The ads on the left is somehow annoying to me, I think its better to put it on the bottom part.

Template:
I suck at design and the template is free. I guess I have to hire a designer for the logo.

SEO:
I have basic knowledge about SEO and I agree with you.

Adsense placement:
I already have 468x60 ads on the bottom part of the article. It doesn't show in the homepage but it will show up in the permalink.

**rypher21** · 01-11-2010, 06:16 AM

template : looks good, but you can improve the text alignment make it more cleaner
seo : you need to work on some on-page factor
ads : you can use some of the ads space for content purposes..

**toshiedo** · 01-11-2010, 06:41 AM

way too many ads and not enough content

**lhurey** · 01-11-2010, 08:50 AM

@rypher21,

What do you mean by "you can use some of the ads space for content purposes"? Do i have to remove 1 ad block? Is that what you mean?

@toshiedo,

It has a lot of contents already. You can find more content by simply clicking the next page link below the article.

**1quick6** · 01-11-2010, 05:24 PM

Honestly, it held my interest for 5 seconds tops. I am not sure what this site is supposed to give me.

**lhurey** · 01-11-2010, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1quick6

Honestly, it held my interest for 5 seconds tops. I am not sure what this site is supposed to give me.

of course it gives you tips and information about birds, cats, and dogs.

**abdecal** · 01-11-2010, 07:42 PM

When I first saw it I thought it looked like just a bunch of scattered text. The ad placement before your article about siamese cats seems to take away from the article itself. Also, I think it would help if you put in bold the titles before the paragraphs in the article.

For example:

"How to Differentiate Between the Apple Head Siamese and Wedge Head Siamese Cats

There are two basic types of Siamese cats; the classic, which is also know as an apple head, and the extreme type which is known as a wedge head Siamese cat.

The Apple Head Siamese Cats

The Apple Head or classic Siamese cat will be a sturdy cat which is larger and has a fuller body than the Wedge Head. This type of Siamese cat will be larger than the Wedge Head as well and will have brilliant blue eyes. Many feel that the Apple Head is more like the Siamese cats of old in that these properties were bred out of the Wedge Head Siamese cats."

I would honestly get rid of a lot of the ads on the left side of the page, the ads on the right don't take away from your page to much.

**toshiedo** · 01-11-2010, 08:48 PM

lhurey, should have been more clear, would be nice to see more content on the first page - say 4 or 5 articles/videos/snippets etc..

**tonymorrison39** · 01-11-2010, 09:49 PM

I agree ad some content as it has not enough content.

**lhurey** · 01-12-2010, 12:41 AM

thanks guys for all your suggestions. I appreciate it very much.
Btw, would it be better if I will add a page navigation in the footer? Something like Page 1-2-3-4 and so on.

**zeroality** · 01-12-2010, 05:14 AM

The ads are placed very well and are non intrusive.

**lhurey** · 01-12-2010, 05:36 AM

I am planning to put a page navigation on the footer.