WELL I TRIED TO GET MY SITE LISTED IN GOOGLE USING FREE SUBMISSIONS, BUT I NEVER SEE MY WEBSITE LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE?
IF ANY ONE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY WEBSITE IT IS HTTP://SHAWTYSHYGURL.TRIPOD.COM .CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY WEBSITE. AIGHT GIVE ME A REPLY AND HOLLA AT UR GURL.


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I entered your URL intp Google and it is showing there now. If you are trying to get it to come up by typing key words, you may not be showing up that way because there are so many personal sites with this same information and the same links.

Your key words tag is also scrambled. Your meta tags should be before any java script too.

Here are a few things you can start with on your first page:

-you left out the t in the first paragraph in the word chat

-need a space after the word jokes

-you don't really need a search box to search the web at the top of your page

-you say join the mailing list, but don't say what the mailing list is for or what content will be included

-you have your e-mail addresses listed and then you have a big animated gif saying e-mail that is not linked to anything

Have a great day!

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First, typing in all capitals is SHOUTING ;)

You need to spell check (or at least, typo check) your site. Apart from the one already mentioned, you missed out an 'a' in Jamaican (under the flag).

Red serif text against a black background is not a good idea. It is hard to read - especially if it is small and/or non-bold. (Actually, black on red is also bad - you seem to have these two combinations occur quite a lot).

That mouse follower is really annoying - though that's just me, and your target audience might think it is the best thing ever :) However, it DOES mask the page text, so I think I'M right ;)

That animated email gif at the bottom is designed for a paler background colour - that's why it has a pale ragged edge around it. If you really think an animated gif is necessary, you might want to look into that.

Theres a blank box right at ther bottom. What should be there?

On your poems page the poem titles are all different font weights and sizes - though black on white and sans serif is a much better combo than red/black or black/red.

At the bottom of that list there is 'Enter supporting content here' - what's that for?

On your first poem, it says 'Enter subhead content here' at the top - I now see where that previous comment came from, and you need to strip out the default text from your pages.

Again, spell check your text - you have missing apostrophes ('didnt', 'Im' in another poem, and so on) and some typos 'yI' instead of 'I'

You need a 'back' button on these pages to take you back to the poems list.

You have a runtime error generated on 'Amazing Things'.

Under 'Bats' your font changes at the end of the text (and you have at least one missing apostrophe again in the first paragraph). The same thing occurs in other sections here, with the font changing at the end and apostrophes missing).

It's nearly there, but just needs some of these things looking into.

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Thank you for yur advice and comments. I'm just a newbie and I don't really know anything about creating a website. I'm just a pre-teen so I'll hope you'll understand. Well thanks anyway for your advice and comments once again.

.I still need some more advice on my website under construction at http://shawtyshygurl.tripod.com . So feel free to give me respectful advice or ways that I can improve my site.

Looks like you've already gotten some good input on your site. Especially where the spelling and punctuation errors are concerned.

I really like the basic layout, but agree that you may want to think about a few changes color-wise. You've got visited links in black on red, and that's very hard to read, particularly with such a thin, serif font.

On your Free Greeting Cards page, does Kangaroo Cards know you're displaying their website in a frame on your website? If not, they may take a rather dim view of that, because the way it's done, (at a quick glance) it looks like you're the creator of the greeting cards. They may consider that some kind of copyright infringement.

You can open their website in a new window from your site by adding the following code to your link to their site inside your HREF tag:
That should keep you out of any hot water with the folks at Kangaroo Cards. ;)

Good luck with your site!

HTH!

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I see your into poetry ;) I happen to run a poetry site. Stop by sometime ^^

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It's good I like it! You even have enough content to keep a surfer around for a while in your articles.

You could use the fonts more congruently. In some of your articles the font changes (it's probly just a misplaced end tag or something.

In other sections, like where you load content up from other sites (like in News) - if the content doesn't load it displays an error message. I'd tell the code not to display anything if it cannot retrieve the information it's supposed to so u won't have those error messages hanging around.

You have some "Enter subhead content here" placeholders around still....and some repeated paragraphs in some of your articles.

But still, good job!

Scott

Thank you for your compliments and advice. I am trying to make the changes that all of you said needs to be changed but it's going to take some time. Again, thanks for your advice and compliments.

I agree .I like your site however, the search box should be at the bottom of your page. Your metta tags should always(structually speeking)be listed after your title tag and before any java script is input. Your site is in my favorates!

cookie => filling => cookie, right?

The first and greatest thing you have to your credit is the courage and willingness to invite others to critique your creation, with the hopeful intention of improving upon what you have created. You've come to the right place because you won't find too many folks here that won't give you an honest opinion and lots of helpful advice.

Usually the first place I look when examining a website is the source code. Why? Because I want to see how they did it, and looking under the hood goes a lot further than kicking the tires. In the case of your site, there is a lot more under the hood than you could ever imagine, for such a cleanly laid out site as yours. If we go waaaay down through the source code listing we finally get to your content, which is still largely interspersed with advertsing images and tripod script.

I'm not a big booster of tripod.com for the simple reason that they will not let me view your content unless I give them 'drive-by' permission, first, which I flat-out refuse to allow. Your site is a case in point. I cannot view it. All I get is the tripod search page when I try to open your pages.

This is no fault of yours, unless you can be faulted for your choice of free website hosting. As numbers go, most people who visit can probably see your content because unlike me, they have their browsers wide open, which is what tripod wants. All I can see is your home page, and as tripod goes, I'm lucky to see even that.

Whether you know it or not, your site is just another portal into the deep and dark world of one of the internet's biggest advertising machines. You have not asked me to save any cookies, or run any scripts that may enhance your content, but tripod has, and nothing they are doing is enhancing your site.

Templated sites have the singular advantage of giving everyday folks like us an opportunity to have a web presence, to have a globally accessible voice, and to share our creativity with our friends, and everyone else who cares to look us up.

Their disadvantage is that they surrepticiously take control of the site away from the "pseudo-owner" (you) because THEY actually own it, not you. They have massive terms of use statements and user agreements which no one but the legal profession can understand and which grant them full license to clandestinely hi-jack all your visitors' computers under the pretense of the otherwise worthwhile service they provide their users.

It is worthwhile noting this, as you plan improvements to your site. You probably have lots of great content, but if it is inaccessible to security conscious users such as myself (a minority on the internet, to be sure) then you lose us as an audience.

Now you probably didn't expect a post like this to appear under the guise of a 'site review' but I just don't know how else to present the above points except to aim them at tripod users such as yourself.

I don't know how you access the internet; perhaps you are using a free dial-up service which offers no additional benefits to its users; perhaps you have a paid bare-bones dial-up service which is very affordable. But if you are a subscriber to a paid internet service, you might want to investigate whether or not they offer webspace with the account. If they do, then this is where to mount your site.

You will need to aquire an FTP program, such as WS_FTP, or otherwise, and you will need to do some quick study in basic webpublishing, but the payoff will be in spades for you and your visitors.

You will maintain full control over what content is stored on your site. Your pages will not be bloated with advertising script and images, and your visitors will not be expected to accept cookies or adware that you have not explicitly placed on your site.

Ultimately, folks like me will be able to view and review your site on its real merits.

Now I know this is a little hard to swallow, and I certainly don't want you to take anything I have said as being directed at you--it is not. I just wish for you and others to know what is going on behind the scenes of your site without your or your visitors' knowledge. Now will be the time to seek out a web service that lets you take 100% control of your site. As long as you are with tripod, you will never be in control--tripod will. And your visitors will continue to be the victims of the advertising demon that tripod is.

You came to WebProWorld looking for honest insights, and as I said above, you have certainly come to the right place. As a budding web publisher you are off to a shining start, and many happy returns will be your reward for sticking your neck out and letting others take their best shot. Now you must take a step back and decide if you really want to let others control the way your website appears and behaves.

Knowing that you are creative, intelligent and outgoing, I feel certain you will take another look at your choice of web host. When that happens, do be sure to post your site here, for review.

I, for one, will be most obliged to give it the honest perusal it deserves, give it the praise and critiquing you came here seeking, and lend all the help with its development and improvement that a body can offer. One knows we'll be seeing more of you, and most sincerely hope that next time we'll be seeing more of your site, too.

Thank you weegillis for your worthable and plentiful advice. I am not using a free dial up service but I am using an Earthlink Dial up internet service. I knew what the conditions were if I used tripod but I never knew people like yourself are not able to go beyond my homepage. I cannot afford a paid hosting package because I am only 13 years old and my website is only a personal website for children. Even though I expected advice on my website, your hosting advice was helpful. I try to make my website enjoyable for everyone so it takes time and I am not a proffessional. So please understand. Thank you!

Hello again to all! I have made some changes on my website concerning parts of my website where people suggested should be changed. But unfortunately, I still need some more advice to keep my visitors happy. So if you have any advice of how I can still improve my website, please tell me so I can make some changes.

Try putting your site name after some descriptive keywords in your title.

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My keywords would not make a good title because it would not sound appropiate for my site. It is my site and I don't want to put my real name, so I just use my nickname. Anyways thanks for the advice for my title. But I really need advice for the content and design of my website not the name of the title.

I was not clear as to what I meant...you mentioned you did not have a good ranking in Google..This is what I was talking about...

Your site title is shawtyshygurl's site

I meant for you to add some words or phrase that say what your site is just before shawtyshygurl's site in your page title.

This will help identify what your site is about in many search engines. It is part of your meta tag.

Google looks within your content though.

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*bounces up and down* Yay! Someone near my age!

Okay, I'm a freshman and I've worked with websites for two years and have come a pretty good way.

My first comment is to move out of tripod since most times their sites don't show up. Reminds me of angelfire sometimes.

Try 1asphost.com - it's free and easy. However you have to know html pretty well. And a good layout already made - you can find one at kaiyosei.net if you need help on that. She has three types of layout stuff and a good amount of work on her site. ^_^

As for google, I tried that but as far as I know I'm not listed. Try signing up to altavista.com it works a bit easier.

As for your site content itself, I suggest you make the font text a wee bit smaller and you don't really need it bold.

Also, nice job with the text following the mouse. Looks cool. ^_~

Your site has a good amount of stuff on it. I like it. Well, as for simple little typos that's not so much of a problem.

overall-
ur site = k00 ^_^

Thanks for your advice Veraca! You are right about tripod not showing sometimes but I don't know how to upload my website. Many people said I needed to use larger fonts because they said it is a bit hard to see.

My site is now listed in google but I don't want it to show up as how they show it. As for Alta Vista, I keep trying to get my site listed and it never worked.

Also I want to thank you for your compliments and I fixed the typos because someone already told me about it.

Again thanks for your advice and compliment and where can I visit your website?