www.whiteysplastics.com

cwboytx · #1 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 12:22 PM

http://www.whiteysplastics.com

Please review my site, and let me know what you think.... My traffic has really slowed down, and I can't figure out why. Thinking it has something to do with the way the site looks.....

Thanks[/b]

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EJRS.COM · #2 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 01:35 PM

Remove all these links as they will get you NOWHERE.
If you have to have them move them on to a separate page.

What you need is people to link to YOUR website if you want to get any higher rankings.

You need a more professional LOGO that spreads out across the page. The one you have now won't do. It does not convey what all you can offer to me as a potential customer.

You need to overhaul your page. NO FRAMES please!!! Search engines LOATHEframes.

You have NO TEXT! You need good copy if you want to be listed and ranked well. You need your customer to know you. Images should compliment text, not the other way around.

META TAGS: They are a mess.

I hope you greatly succeed in your business. More power to ya.

Dcrux · #3 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 02:00 PM

In a very general way, the site does not look much different from The Banjo Minnow lure site. However, there are specifics which immediately catch one's notice.

First, while the look is not disimilar, the elements on the "Minnow" site work together a bit better. Also note the site gets off what "they" want to sell (lures), and have a laser focus on what customers want -- which would be catching fish.

The site is also about providing content. ...and all that content is about just one lure!

While you go into location, I would also try a diagram of action, which fish, actual field testing notes, and so on. First, this establishes a fishing enthusiast runs the site and constantly tests and searches for the best lures. Second, that there is something here which is not easily found on other sites.

I think you can find other sites which back up my points.

The site's looks (although I agree about the links) are not the only thing here. The site can strive to add content as well. At the very least this shows some interest in the use of the product and finding a good mix of product which serves the site user's objectives. In essence you want to turn yourself from the site owner and designer to a fellow fishing enthusiast.

EJRS.COM · #4 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 02:10 PM

Hire an enthusiast to write some articles on fishing using your tackle, take lotsa pics, feature them in an online gallery, that will add more content. If you are good at writing your own content by all means please do. People love to read content and search engines crave textual content.

Like I said before your metatags are a mess.

This is what they look like now:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title></title>
<title>Whitey's Plastic Lures</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="bass, fishing, plastic, lizards, senko, senkos, lizard, brush hog, brush hogs, jigs, trailers, trailer, flipping, flippin, largemouth, spinnerbait, carolina, texas, dropshot, worms, worm, tubes, tube, trick, stick, fluke, zoom, yamamoto, crawfish, crawdad, craw, fish, plastics">
<meta name="description" content="A site that has everything that a bass fisherman/woman that uses plastic lures will ever need.">
<meta name="author" content="Brad Watson">
<link rev="made" href="webmaster@whiteysplastics.com">
<meta name="copyright" content="2003">
<meta name="revisit-after" content="5 days">
<meta name="distribution" content="global">
<meta name="robots" content="all">
<meta name="rating" content="general">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-9">
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en">
<meta name="DC.Title" content="Whitey's Plastic Lures">
<meta name="DC.Description" content="A site that has everything that a bass fisherman/woman that uses plastic lures will ever need.">
<meta name="DC.Subject" content="bass, fishing, plastic, lizards, senko, senkos, lizard, brush hog, brush hogs, jigs, trailers, trailer, flipping, flippin, largemouth, spinnerbait, carolina, texas, dropshot, worms, worm, tubes, tube, trick, stick, fluke, zoom, yamamoto, crawfish, crawdad, craw, fish, plastics">
<meta name="DC.Creator" content="Brad Watson">
<meta name="DC.Publisher" content="AceHTML">
<meta name="generator" content="AceHTML">

<base target="_blank"
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Please change it to:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Whitey's Plastic Lures</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="bass, fishing, plastic, lizards, senko, senkos, lizard, brush hog, brush hogs, jigs, trailers, trailer, flipping, flippin, largemouth, spinnerbait, carolina, texas, dropshot, worms, worm, tubes, tube, trick, stick, fluke, zoom, yamamoto, crawfish, crawdad, craw, fish, plastics">
<meta name="description" content="A site that has everything that a bass fisherman/woman that uses plastic lures will ever need.">
<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index, follow">
<META NAME="GOOGLEBOT" CONTENT="INDEX, FOLLOW">
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All the best to ya in your endeavors!!

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