Question about mega tags

[razsports]

Hi,

My site is a sports directory but in a different format. I offer directories for baseball, basketball, football and soon to be hockey. Each directory has it's own links page, forums and site reviews. Example: the baseball directory has a section to baseball links(which are links to related baseball sites). I did this since links and directory are two major keywords for my type of site.

Here are my questions:

1. Should I rethink my layout?

2. If no, what can I do to improve my search rankings?

3.Now my most important question is this: should the keywords and title be the same for each page?

4. Is my site search engine friendly?

Example: on my home page I use the keywords of: sports, links, sports links, directory, sports directory and a few others.

However, on my baseball directory page I use the following keywords: baseball, baseball directory, baseball links, links, directory, forums and baseball forums.

All suggestions are welcomed.

[razsports]

cbp,

Ok

[cbp]

Please don't start multiple threads on essentially the same topic (please see forum rules) - I have merged your two messages.

CBP

[razsports]

Hi,

Anyone with suggestions?

[razsports]

No suggestions?

[americana]

Hi razsports,

You are cracking me up with all your bumps to the top...

It would be helpful if you would post your URL so people can actually take a look at your site.

1. Not sure about the layout until I see the site
2.
3. I would customize the keywords and titles for each page
4.

Another suggestion... why don't you put your URL in a signature under your name so people have easy access to it. Since we all know the importance of relevant anchor text, make sure you use some of your most important keywords within the text link.

[razsports]

hi americana,

Thank you for your response :) I've added a signature to my postings. Just wasn't sure where to do this.

Thanks again :)

Regards,
RazSports

[mantawebsolutions]

hi razsports, just one comment for starters...
some of your links don't work, all of thes (from the home page) links back to your home page
Forums
Site Reviews
the whole Football Directory and Hockey Directory

i am guessing that you don't have pages set up for these yet, but wouldn't it be better to have a page there, even if there is no content yes, especially if it is a directory listing site

getting back to your original post questions:

1. Should I rethink my layout?
not necessarily, why don't you find a similar site (directory based) and see what they have done

2. If no, what can I do to improve my search rankings?
for one i would change your <title> and meta tags with more keyword rich descriptions and keyword phrases


3.Now my most important question is this: should the keywords and title be the same for each page?
No, each page contains different content and the <title> and tags should reflect the content

4. Is my site search engine friendly?
Many things that one should look at/for, i am not a SEO guru, but i would suggest you start with your keywords and title tags, clean up your HTML a bit, use CSS more.

that's all i can give u right now