bobsanimalremoval.com

ran_dizolph · #1 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008, 03:40 PM

Hey all, been a little while since i've posted a site for review.

Here's one i just completed today.

Just looking for general feedback about look/feel/usability, the usual suspects.

Thanks in advance!

davebarnes · #2 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008, 10:59 PM

I like the design.

My BIG question is: how much $?, and it was not answered.

lspence · #3 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008, 11:21 PM

It's a nice looking site, easy to navigate, and lots of good info on it. I like the random animal facts, that changes when the home page is refreshed. Every page is free of errors and warnings. The css and javascripts are in external files. I can't find anything to criticize. This isn't your first time is it?

mtheory · #4 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008, 11:33 PM

Well done.

It doesn't look like any animals were harmed in the development of this site LOL

amxfan · #5 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008, 05:56 AM

Nice work over all.

You did link the 3 home links to index.php and not to the root of the site.

I also noticed you have not addressed "http://bobsanimalremoval.com/" and "http://bobsanimalremoval.com/index.php" to negate any chance of duplicate content issues.

I did not see anything that stated how long you have been business or a about us page.

When you increase the text size the words in the bottom footer do not wrap and become hard to read as they get to wide to fit.

I'm unsure of you use of H tags and do not feel they will help you rank for any of your keywords.

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<li id="pageTitle"><h1>home</h1></li>
<h2><span id="animalName">Did you know?</span>Animal Facts:</h2>

I did not see a meta keywords "Yahoo still uses this"

This is neat picking but....
The site looks tall and skinny on 1024 res I think it may look better with a width of about 750px instead of 640px.

I'm not big on the Japanese sun design in the logo.

ran_dizolph · #6 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008, 12:39 PM

Thanks to all for taking a look...I appreciate the feedback.

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My BIG question is: how much $?, and it was not answered.

The client requested we not put any pricing on the site. Like many other services out there they do pricing per job, so even a ballpark 'starting at' price could be misleading.

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It doesn't look like any animals were harmed in the development of this site

Well, I did eat a ham sandwich at some point during the construction of the site...so does that count?

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I also noticed you have not addressed "http://bobsanimalremoval.com/" and "http://bobsanimalremoval.com/index.php" to negate any chance of duplicate content issues.

Hadn't even thought of that really. But is it a real threat? I mean, with all the complex, mind-boggling mathematics and algorithms that go into the SE's, I'd like to think they can figure out that they are in fact the same page, not just duplicates.

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I'm unsure of you use of H tags and do not feel they will help you rank for any of your keywords.

Yeah, although i'm doubtful the site's gonna show up to highly in the rankings for the words 'home' and 'services' anyways. Page titles are a bit of struggle for me for some reason. I mean, the home page should be titled 'home', correct?

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I did not see anything that stated how long you have been business or a about us page.

It's mentioned a couple of times about the '30 years combined experience', so i figured that would cover it.

Thanks again to all for taking a gander.

amxfan · #7 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008, 03:03 PM

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Hadn't even thought of that really. But is it a real threat? I mean, with all the complex, mind-boggling mathematics and algorithms that go into the SE's, I'd like to think they can figure out that they are in fact the same page, not just duplicates.

You may want to read
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization/
http://www.webproworld.com/search-engine-optimization-forum/65930-canonicalization-prevention-guide.html

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It's mentioned a couple of times about the '30 years combined experience', so i figured that would cover it.

To be honest I skimmed though the page and did not see it. Most of the time I go straight to the about us page to look for it.

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Yeah, although i'm doubtful the site's gonna show up to highly in the rankings for the words 'home' and 'services' anyways. Page titles are a bit of struggle for me for some reason. I mean, the home page should be titled 'home', correct?

If I'm not mistaken the "home" link is supposed to be call home in a title attribute or alt tag. But the page title should not be as the title plays a good part in ranking for keywords.

ran_dizolph · #8 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008, 03:31 PM

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If I'm not mistaken the "home" link is supposed to be call home in a title attribute or alt tag. But the page title should not be as the title plays a good part in ranking for keywords.

Okay, so if i'm understanding you correctly, 'bob's animal removal' should be in the h1 tag?

amxfan · #9 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008, 03:42 PM

The H1 tag is designed to tell the page topic

So yes you are correct.

Also more weight is given to keywords that appear in these tags.

austin video production 1 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-07-2008, 05:24 PM

Love the color scheme. The contact us page is very out of alignment in Safari on a Mac. The form fields are overlaying the teal box on the left side.