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Old 11-25-2003, 02:01 PM
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Default www.realitycheckpress.com

I would appreciate any tips on improvement of my
site. I've been up for 3 years with a couple of
re-works and am averaging 8000-10000 Pageviews a month.
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Old 11-26-2003, 09:47 AM
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Wow, but what I'd give for thos numbers......you must be doing something right.
OK, I'm not a pro reviewer, but do have opinions and have done much research. Don't take anything personally, ever!!!
First I'd lose the flashing text. I find it "distracting". When attemtping to read other content, it sticks in my eyes. If you really want "animation" make it much more subtle, like a gradual color change, etc. In the case of the term "3D", find an app like Xara 3d and make that literally 3d - it can pulse, rotate, etc. or do nothing but look "3D". Don't make things distract from your message. Use flash and fun only on critical or key points. Use it sparingly!
The index or initial page is too large - and takes too long to load. Cut some of the graphics. Believe it or not, a lot of the world, even the rich U.S. still exists on dial-up or slow connections. If the first page a viewer sees takes over a few seconds to load, you'll lose them. Subsequent pages may take longer, once you've hooked them, but not the first page. Content should be the main focus - in the look, and underlying code. You want to be found, it's based on words and content.
If Dr. Raizman's book were your primary focus, it would deserve the large text and up-front display, otherwise, I'd cut text size, move it down on the page, or to another page possibly and cut graphic size. Maybe thumbnail it? Perhaps it's being "featured" now?
I think I'd try to organize the graphics a bit - seemd a bit hap-hazard (not a good term, but it's early in the day! Sorry)
The first thing you want to do it tell people WHO you are, WHY they should be there - and stay, and what you do. Took me a few seconds to figure that out, but maybe I'm just slow. Show them textual content first. The initial graphics should be small and not obtrusive.
The page title is very good - that's what finally did it for me - I realized WHO you were. The words alone should allow people to find your site. I can't see changing that at all.

I didn't see a closing </head> tag. I also found two keyword tags and two content type tags.
I suspect the length of the keyword tags could lose you some search engine support. Cut the number of words, use each word only once, not over in each "phrase". Example, I do work for a quilt shop. I would not use "quilt shop, quilt store, quilt supplies, quilt fabric" I would use "quilt, supplies, fabric, shop, store". Someone looking for a "quilt store" would still find me.
You have to go way down the page to find content, from a spiders point of view. Define things in an external CSS file, this will allow you to remove all the old <font> tags - there should be none. Scripts should be in the head portion of HTML, or called from an external file. This allows easier page management and editing, and allows spiders to find the content and key words easier - they are closer to the top that way.
In your external style sheet, define your H1 through H3 and for this line:
<p class="Heading1">Christian Publishers with A Jewish Heart</p>
Change that to <h1>Christian Publishers with A Jewish Heart</h1>
See how much text it removed - reducing file size and load time - AND, some search engines, I've been told, give some credit to using the h tags for real titles.
Along those lines, define your fonts in an external CSS file and this:


<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="SiteIndex.htm">SITE
INDEX</a>
</font></p>
</td>
<td width="24%">


<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="../Friends.htm">OUR
PARTNERS</a>
</font></p>

could be reduced to this:
<p class="links"><a href="SiteIndex.htm">SITE
INDEX</a></p>
</td>
<td width="24%">
<p class="links"><a href="../Friends.htm">OUR
PARTNERS</a></p>

making it load much faster, removing deprecated tags and reducing complexity for future editing.
Using percentages to define table sizes is good. It's best not to hard code a size in case the viewer resizes their browser - it also works better for those who don't use the same resolution you do.
Looks like you have at least a partial understanding of what CSS can do for you!
It's a good start, and your page seems to show good attitude.

Remember - a review is someone else's opinion.
It's only fact if an actual error is pointed out (such as missing tags, etc.) Some things are supported by research, however, so weigh it all accordingly.
Good luck.

Shadows Papa
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