Please review my site and look at the code and see if there is anything that could be preventing me from being listed in google. We were number 3 under gift basket supplies until November and now we can't even get within the first 100 listings. Any suggestions would help.
http://www.creativegiftpackaging.com

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Tested in IE6 56k modem 800x600. Site is rather slow to load particularly the graphics. Might be nice if the links and menu's changed colour when the mouse is passed over them. Too wide for 800x600. Google PageRank is 5/10 which is good. Google went through an upheaval in November named Florida and there has been another since (Austin). Anythign to do with gift baskets seemed to drop from the listing so replacing with different keywords might help. Good luck with it.

Nick

Pretty typical layout. I am not a fan of the scrolling marque. Navigation was set in type practically too small to read, but seting test size larger was handled by the layout fairly well.

There are simply too many choices offered cut along industry offering categories, not user selection criterion. What are the three top selling baskets at X, Y, Z price points would be welcome as a centerpiece in the layout. Check out the layout of sites like Say It With Gift Baskets, both layout and categories.

The layout has a throw everything at the user feel to it. There has been little thought given to who might visit, or why. Photos are dark, unclear, small, or all three. There is no tagline, no "We are called Creative because..." Reducing links and increasing content may be the key to ranking as well.

Thank you both for your suggestions although I am not sure exactly what you mean. I can tell you that I reduced the size of the pictures to decrease the loading time. Should I make them larger anyway? Also the pictures are very clear on my computer so is this a flaw that I have meaning does it not show up the same on other computers? Should I increase the text size on my navigation also?

Hi
I found your site a bit overwhelming as there is just too much info on the front page. You obviously have a huge range but you don't need to let the customer know everything up front. I would tend to use drop down menues with only 5 or so categories for people to focus on. You can use the drop downs to let them know what you have available in each category. For example, instead of all the themes you have at the bottom, have a drop down that says "explore by theme" and then list the themes in the drop down. It just needs a tighter navigation and it should work well.
cheers Janet
PS We have an image heavy web site. We have found jpeg wizard to be a fantastic tool to reduce the file size of an image without reducing the physical size. You can use it free on line or buy the upgraded version which has the fantastic time-saving facility of batch processing.

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Thank you for the top on the pictures I will definantly check into this. I am a little new at web page designing so I cannot figure out how to get drop down boxes to work in front page. Does anyone know how to tell me to do it?