Request Review/Comment on Pharma Research Data Analysis Site

SummitPK · #1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2006, 08:03 PM

We would appreciate your comments on our web site at www.SummitPK.com. This site was revised two years ago to include the navigation objects, CSS, and expanded benefit-oriented content. We also added Miva on-line ordering - the result was that 90% of our sales are now via ecommerce. Page rank is 5 and has been for several years. Keywords "pharmacokinetics software" in all major search engines place us at or near the No. 1 spot. But, if we come out No.2, the No.1 site links to us anyway. We've held this prominance since 1997. Thank you. SummitPK (David)

Burf.com · #2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2006, 08:31 PM

I really dont like the nav system on the left, it looks like something from frontpage

SummitPK · #3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2006, 08:52 PM

Thanks for your candid negative comment on the nav bar on SummitPK.com. It was actually put together with CSS and made in Dreamweaver MX 2006. I'll chalk up your comment and see if this is a general opinion. Thank you for playing! David

Burf.com · #4 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006, 10:01 AM

Sorry if that sounded harsh, very sorry.

It was late last night. Right I used to use frontpage 98 years ago and it had themes and the buttons to them themes looked like that. Now the design of the site is very nice, but i feel the background of the nav just does nto look right, I wounder what it would like with out it or just a solid colour.

I am probably on my own on this but least I have looked at your site and comment.

JuniorOnline · #5 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006, 01:31 PM

hi SummitPK

my first reaction when I saw the main homepage was (wow, thats so bright) - the colours you used are very bright..nothing wrong with that.. but i would recommend using one shade of lilac/purple instead of 2. I also think with the purple, using black font color would go more nicely than blue.. at the end of the day its all about preference...

now lets get to business.. :)

you will need to do some re-arranging to give a stroner impact for your visitors. Instead of having the introduction text at the bottom, I would recommend having it at the top of the page. This also means the spiders will get to read it first.

- your footer is too bulky.. you need to cut down and make it look more organised. The links you used in the footer such as (Free tools, Order, solutions etc etc) ALL should be in the header part!!! thats where people tend to look for details.

- why not use the same header you used here with all of your pages inculding the main homepage?

- in terms of design, why dont you extend the top left corner image across the whole of the page to the right, fading into a dark blue colour? instead of having this image (tbhome.jpg) showing in the top?

mmmm..I need to have a deeper look into the site before sending you more comments.

let me know what you think of whats been said so far.
Good luck
T

SummitPK · #6 (**permalink**) 03-13-2006, 10:30 PM

Thanks Jr, Burf, et.al. It is really important and good to get feedback from People-who-know-the difference, so pump it to me. I plan on updating the sight (site) as soon as someone points out it's worse aspects... be the first, and win! But being No. 1 or 2 on All major search engines for 8 years and holding a page rank of 5 for the same time has made me lazy...so rip into it and tell me how to....what not....etc. In appreciation Fallingrock (aka David).

SummitPK · #7 (**permalink**) 03-13-2006, 10:31 PM

Thanks Jr, Burf, et.al. It is really important and good to get feedback from People-who-know-the difference, so pump it to me. I plan on updating the sight (site) as soon as someone points out it's worse aspects... be the first, and win! But being No. 1 or 2 on All major search engines for 8 years and holding a page rank of 5 for the same time has made me lazy...so rip into it and tell me how to....what not....etc. With appreciation: Fallingrock (aka: David).

Paul B · #8 (**permalink**) 03-14-2006, 09:15 AM

You have a W3C HTML validation logo, but this is neither linked, nor does the page validate.

"pharmacokinetics software" is hardly a competive keyword to get high rankings with.

You mention 1997 and your site is remenicent of sites built then or before. The menu/navigation looks so unlike a menu, you may find people won't use it.

Maybe it reflects your market, but generally the site is drap and uninspiring...

JuniorOnline · #9 (**permalink**) 03-14-2006, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SummitPK

Thanks Jr, Burf, et.al. It is really important and good to get feedback from People-who-know-the difference, so pump it to me. I plan on updating the sight (site) as soon as someone points out it's worse aspects... be the first, and win! But being No. 1 or 2 on All major search engines for 8 years and holding a page rank of 5 for the same time has made me lazy...so rip into it and tell me how to....what not....etc. With appreciation: Fallingrock (aka: David).

which keywords are people using to find your site?

SummitPK · #10 (**permalink**) 03-16-2006, 01:46 PM

Keywords: pharmacokinetics software, pharmacokinetics analysis, pharmacokinetics equations

janeth · #11 (**permalink**) 03-17-2006, 11:38 AM

Not sure what the snow peak is for.

If it was me I would have both a header and a logo that tells something about your business.

But then the whole site seems to read way above what I'm able to understand.

I agree that the left nav. could be a lot better.

I really don't understand the site but do feel that no matter what market your targeting the site would work better if it was set up so someone or just about anyone could understand the site and what it does.

The header from what I can tell has nothing to do with what the site does.

The text reads like this

Quote:

PK Solutions offers a fast and easy way to compute, graph, and analyze the most commonly used pharmacokinetic parameters associated with concentration-time data following extravascular (such as oral) and intravenous dosing.

I would think there is a way to say the samething but make it easer to understand and more interesting.

Just my two cents

SummitPK · #12 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 08:32 PM

Janeth...all 2 cent comments are welcome..it is the 1 cent ones from snobs that don't help up or down.

SummitPK · #13 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 09:03 PM

janeth, et. al.

Your comments are all valuable. Thank you. The Front Page 98 jab was a bit harsh, I used Dreamweaver MX 2004 and read eveery article in Netmechanic.com and learned CSS from scratch to redo this site.

I guess the key to my SE placements, link popularity, and page rank is due to the following factors:

(1) The site gets visited by people who specifically are looking for what I sell - pharmacokinetics software. It is a niche market with selective keywords, but it is a global discipline.

(2) I included a lot of key words via page content and download files (e.g., the User Guide and a list of calculated parameters are available.) The result is that you add almost any technical word to a search on the topic of "pharmacokinetics" or just a pharmacokinetics-related topic and SummitPK springs to the front page of any of the top ten SEs.

(3) The site is rewarding in that it has a lot of free software useful in the industry. And it offers a compendium of equations for students and researchs to store away in an easy format.

(4) Finally, adding the ecommerce option dowuble the sales and is the predominant order route now.

If it is not broken, fix it anyway? Nah. Seems like it works for my audience. Thanks for the dialog.