I have had this website running now for about 7 months, but am new to the forums. Any input on my site?

www.pawsup2006.ca

Thanks!

Hi Jpitts,

Very nice site. I just have a few comments for now:
You are using a combination of Serif (e.g. Times New Roman) and Sans Serif type fonts (e.g. Arial) on various pages. Arial always looks far better than Times New Roman on a website.

Your Gallery photos are far too big in pixels. They load slowly on some connections. Use Pixresizer to reduce their pixel sizes. Here are a few links you can try:
Pixresizer.
Working with Images.
Analyse your pages.

I'm sure it will help.

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www.renkalec.co.za

You might run this past General Bethers, but I have always been under the impression that although you are allowed up to 100 or so Key Words, it is always best to use no more than 60, or better yet, to create no more than 20 Key Phrases that are definitey anchored in your specific page content.

With these many Key Words not being anchored in your page content, I would think your site might be penalized rather harshly (especially with the mis-spellings, duplications, and suspicious terms -- which are seen as "Black Hat SEO"):
"KEYWORDS" content="pets, leashes, clothing, collars, cats, dogs, kittens, puppies, products, buy, home based, shop, fort mcmurray, pupperware, alberta, paws, whiskers, images, new, pet lvoers, animal, canada, host, party, career, individual, contact, 2006, email, Joanne, Pitts, Joanne PItts, pet, food, grooming, brushes, toys, spa, shampoo, conditioner, balm, beds, spoil, pamper, dogs, cats, Fort McMurray, pets, parties, purchase, ountains, leashes, collars, beds, clothing, apparel, toys, balls, bowls, kittens, puppies, food, innova, led, host, alberta, canada, paws, lakewood, 2006, speciality, poopie, waste bags, pet lover, soaps, shampoos, conditioners, balm, soft paws, soft claws, shirts, keychains, magnets, frames, towels, babysitting, footwera, booties, boots, winter, spring, summer, pijac, member, jackets, coats, harness, pet supplies, pet supplies canada, pet supplies alberta, pet supplies fort mcmurray, dog collars, dog collars alberta, online pet supplies, pet industry canada, a dog party, adult dog costume, alberta pets, best dog food, big dog clothing, big dog t shirt, bungee dog leash, cat accessories, cat bed, cat bowl, cat care, cat collar, cat food, cat furniture, cat gifts, cat toys, catnip, cats animals, cats health, cats kitten, cats pets, cats symptoms,
ceramic cat bowl, chihuahua dog, couture dog clothing, designer bags, dog accessories,
dog alberta, dog and cat treats, dog birthday, dog birthday cake, dog birthday cakes,
dog birthday decorations, dog birthday ecards, dog birthday party, dog cap, dog car safety harness, dog carriers, dog cats, dog charm bracelet, dog clothes, dog clothing,
dog coat, dog collar, dog collars, dog cooling, dog costume, dog costumes, dog cowboy costume, dog designer, dog dresses, dog fancy, dog fashion, dog fence, dog flags,
dog fleece, dog food, dog food ingredients, dog food online, dog food recipes, dog halloween costume, dog harness, dog helmet, dog hoodie, dog jacket, dog life, dog memorabilia, dog pajamas, dog pets, dog santa hats, dog skunk costume, dog supplies, dog supplies canada, dog supplies online, dog sweater, dog teacup, dog towel,
dog toys, dog tuxedo costume, dog yorkie, dogs alberta, dogs disease, dogs hat,
dogs health, dogs health problems, dogs leash, dogs problems, dogs symptoms, easy dog treats, emergency kit, emergency supplies, furminator, furminator deshedding,
furminator large, furminator medium yellow, furminator pet brush, good dog food, gourmet dog treats, gps dog collar, harness for dog, healthy dog food, hot dog costume, kitten food, leash accessories, leather dog collar, led dog collar, luxury cat collar, martingale dog collar, muttluks, online pet store canada, online pet supplies,
organic dog food, pet cats, pet chew toys, pet dog, pet dog toys, pet dogs, pet food,
pet friendly canada, pet industry canada, pet leash, pet products canada, pet rescue alberta, pet store toronto canada, pet stores canada, pet stores edmonton alberta,
pet stores in canada, pet supplies, pet supplies on line, pet to canada, pet toys,
pink dog collar, pug dog, puppies dog, puppies dogs, puppy dogs, quality dog food,
small dog totes, small pet supplies, soft paw cat, soft paws for cats, stainless steel dog bowl, stores in fort mcmurray, sun dog sunglasses, the furminator, truck cover, vet emergency, weiner dog clothing, wellness dog food, alberta pets, best dog food, black dog apparel, canine dogs, cat and bowl, cat care, cat collar, cat food, cat furniture,
cat leash, cat toys, catnip, cats animals, cats illness, cats pets, cats problems, cats symptoms, chihuahua dog, designer bags, dog accessories, dog backpacks, dog beds,
dog camo, dog costumes, dog discount, dog fancy, dog food, dog food brands, dog leash, dog life, dog logos, dog memorabilia, dog pajamas, dog pets, dog pig costume,
dog skunk costume, dog store, dog sweaters, dog t shirts, dog teacup, dog toys, dog yorkie, dogs alberta, dogs disease, dogs health, dogs pet food, dogs symptoms, funny dog clothing, furminator, furminator medium yellow, good dog food, gourmet dog treats,
leather collar, low calorie dog treats, luxury dog clothing, martingale dog collar, muttluks, online pet supplies, paws up, pet alberta, pet cats, pet dogs, pet food, pet lover gift, pet lover gifts, pet stores canada, pet stores in canada, pet supplies, pet supplies in canada, pet toys, pug dog, pug dog clothing, pupperware parties, puppies dog, puppies dogs, puppy dogs, ruff wear, sick cats, soggy dog, stores in fort mcmurray,
toys for pet, vet emergency, wellness dog food,"


Like I said....you may wish to run this past Beth, lest I appear to be nit-picky or something....

This list was created by using Google ads, I had a few keywords, but not many. You type in words and it generates more keywords from those words, mainly what people search. So I copied what it created for me.

the ******** and pet lover were my spelling mistakes. Innova isn't wrong (it's a brand of food), and PIJAC is a non profit organization that I am a part of, Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.

I fixed the spelling mistakes, and removed the blue words you had highlighted.

I have resized the pics and fixed the font.

Anything else I can do to improve the site?

Hi,

Are you sure about the font? Example of two types of fonts is on your Welcome (Home) page. You have fixed some of the picture sizes, but not yet all of them. The are still images with sizes over 100 kb. You can bring them down to about 10 kb if possible.

Also try making the pages width for the pages the same.

Regarding the Products page: Rename this page to products for example. The menu bar is quite hidden on this page. It is also advisible to have the menus, buttons, etc in the same position on all pages. There is no Home button on this page.

All for now, but will look again, later. Good luck.

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Tom

www.renkalec.co.za

I'll try redoing the pics again.

The product page through, I have very limited experience oscommerce, so I won't be able to do many changes within that.

Thanks for all the input so far as well.

I changed the heading the product page to The Paws Up Online Catalog.

I added a home link in the information box (plus there is a Back To Paws Up Website at the top.

Also I rearranged the links in the information box as well.

I resized the pics... is it any better?

All the pages widths are 800.

You need to remove a LOT MORE than the blue highlighted words - as you are spamming with what you have.

Just because those are words/phrases that you might want to use in PPC or to optimize different pages for - does not mean that you have optimized THIS page for those words.

You cannot honestly optimize a single page for more than 3-4 keyword phrases.

Now, because of this type of spam in the meta tags, the major se's ignore what you CLAIM are the keywords on the page - and actually look to the text to the page, the anchor text in links to the page, etc.

BUT, they do look at what you did - and they will consider it spam - so instead of helping you - you will probably end up being hurt by what you did.

Can you honestly tell me you have used every single combination of keywords you have there on the page?

Do you even understand what is meant by meta keywords?

Have a read of my seo book in my signature.

And send a thank you to Vasili who gave you the initial advice and who thought to tell you to ask me - and thought again and contacted me to look at this.

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Thanks for the input. I have removed all the meta tags from the site. I thought more keywords were better, guess not. Thanks though for making me aware.

I will read your books, which obvious I need help with. Thanks!

.

Any thing else I should change, remove, add?

Hi J,

It looks very good now. I really like the way you design your graphics, very cool. There is not much I can add, but maybe you would like to consider the following as a bonus on your site.

1. On your Links page, you have plenty of text. Nothing wrong with the layout as it is, but click here to see a few scrollable text option, or play with the I-Frame in BV.

2. When you are ready and feel comfortable with its use, then try to replace your Contact option with a Conatcy form. Click here then watch the Forms Part 1 and Part 2 tutorials.

I hope this all helps. Cheers.

Otherewise, excellently done.

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Tom

www.renkalec.co.za

Sorry!!! Spelling error. Must be Contact form. (finger troubles...)

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Tom

www.renkalec.co.za

First off,

Love your site! You have done some great things with it. I am a professional copywriter and I noticed a gramar mistake.

On the home page: Paws Up has only recently came about - should be "come about."

On the about us page: I, Joanne Pitts, am the owner and founder of Paws Up. You might say something like, "Hi! I'm Joanne Pitts, owner and founder of Paws UP." Sounds a little less formal and reads a bit smoother.

OMG!!! I love the don't watch me poop T-shirt! that's hysterical. I also like the use of color and bolding on your products page. The gallery is a great idea and a wonderul way to personalize your site. Overall, I really enjoyed looking at your site!

Jenny

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Thanks, fixed the home page. I still need to fix the intro on the About page though.