Thread: optimizing -

Id like to see an optimizing button...lol
Im so sick of going all over the net to different links - one says Im excellent - one says Im wrong - one says Im having illegal areas - one needs more work - one Im perfect...its all over the board.
I just need one place
one solution
and have it the proper one......

Or maybe an optimizing fairy? just a tiny thing that will wave a wand over my sites and make it sooo..

I suppose theres no Santy claus either.............

Yes ...Kate there is a Santa Claus...but he's busying optimizing his own website...and well let's just say he's not doing any better...he's having to fight past the easter bunny, the tooth fairy, and all ther others to be heard. THE bunny's been doing well each year...must be his realtion Bugs and Energizer..who're helping.
(oh by the way there is a site called northpole.com...I'm not sure it's his...).

But in the end...I want optimizing as well in one place...sigh...

lol Beezzz....whew...worried there for a bit...
see it just isnt fair...they all dont have any optimizing issues...or seach issues...If I were THAT well known I would have people beating my site door down...maybe I should change the name to Santa's Vermont Note cards..lol
wait wait..maybe The toothfaries Old Faded Memeories...
see now Im onto something...lol

lol...well at least you know that at x-mas you'll be popular and giving good ole Santa a run for his money...either that or you'll be seeing a lot of orders for new teeth....hmmm

I knwo what you mean...I've been trying everything....my nepwhew says spam people...but I just can't bring myself to do it...I hate nd don't want to torture anywone that way...but I'm becominga desperate woman..it could happen.

no no no - dont revert to spamming! thats against the rules here I believe-not to mention it should be if its not against the law!...lol
you wouldnt do that anyway..I know...but I do understand your frustration that why I wish there was an easier way...
bwaaaaa haaaaa

No...lol...unfortunately for me the angel on my shoulder is a bigger nag than the devil who is most times on a coffe break and so I'm a 'goody' two ***** to the end would never spam...detest it with a passion...

Ah well..then it's back to the ole drawing board...or screen in this case and trying to make the millions of people out there come take a visit in my little world...boy do I need a good rum punch everytime I start this...lol...driving me to drink...ok not really ...more of a tea person..I'm sooooo boring...lol

bzzz

LOL - just remember - make the website the best it can be for your CUSTOMERS - that's what the se's really want to see - professional, no spelling errors -

Biggest thing - don't do your website the way YOU want it to look - that's the biggest design error - it has to be friendly to the customer - same thing when choosing keywords - does no good to use words YOU want people to search for - you need to do the homework for what words people ARE searching with.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of not the best SEO places out there - so don't go crazy with all of them - but the basics should be the same.

I dunno, Beth.....

If Staples can have an "Easy" button, why can't VodaHost have a "Perfect" button??

As far as I can tell, what we are all doing here is MUCH more important than selling pens, paper clips and staples.....

LOL

Originally Posted by Vasili

I dunno, Beth.....

If Staples can have an "Easy" button, why can't VodaHost have a "Perfect" button??

As far as I can tell, what we are all doing here is MUCH more important than selling pens, paper clips and staples.....

LOL

Here you go..........

I dont think your perfect button is working...Ive been pressing it for hours. and my site is still icky!..lol

Beth - I wish you could have seen my first site...lol...I got many replies on how nice my personal site was...they had NO idea I was a business...that was because of my excitement over using all the bells n whistles and cutsie things that I liked...So since Ive been told to change it, Ive been desparately trying to buff it up - yet keep a bit of my personal fluffy style...and its diffficult. Now Im in the cunundrum of SEO options...all give a different opinion...with one Im right on cue - with another Im way off base...now something has occured and I dont know what...Ive gone from over a hundred hits a day to maybe one...or 10...Im sure Ive either done something wrong or not done something I should do...but what is my question...

Kate - a couple suggestions - Don't use the words "click here" and definitely don't let them be the first words on your site - and make the clickable words ONLY be keywords - so the name only should be what's clicable. You want keywords for the site you are ON to be the first words the se's see. So - move the enticement to visit your other site down the page - and maybe use "Visit SUch and Such" - and only make such and such clickable - not the word visit. In your title on Kateart - I suggest leaving most of it - but moving Kateart to the end of the title - so the keywords again start it out. - Vermont etc etc at Kateart.

Yes, you want to keep your personality on the site - but it's very important that you make it obvious that the site it selling a product and easy to buy - let your personality come through in what you write.

Then I suggest working on link trading - blogging - writing a good news release - etc - get some marketing ideas going that will help bring traffic.

Ive done what you suggested. I agree it looks much cleaner.
As far as linking and all Ive been trying to do that. I have a blog, but just copy and paste from others writings as I dont have much to say, Im a photographer not a writer!..and Im not very good at getting a point across..Ive been struggling with different marketing ideas, and cant seem to find the right one...

Kate - a way to work on marketing - would be doing links pages - with links to compatible sites - and they link back to you using your keywords - that helps, especially with Google, in moving you up in the searches for those words.

Now, you changed on the page (and it does look nice) what I suggested you change on the title - what shows in the blue bar on the top of your screen when you open your website. Get Kateart to the end of that!

Thanks Beth - Im publishing as I type...I have been busy with a few things..but Im just so scared about breaking the rules!...or the law!..lol...Ive today completed one thing..but dont know if Im stepping on toes or not...I get too confused sometimes...
email me and Ill send you the link if you would like.
Im also looking into g-buy that is supposed to be launched tomorrow..

Kate - here's a thought.

How about contributing a tip on photography ( a paragraph -100 words at most) to tavel blogs (I'll post your first tip on my travel blog) or photography blogs with your links included. This should help drive taffic to you and hopefully some business as well. Alot of people have old photos they want restored and don't know how to protect them until they get it done.

Tips for amateurs like me on angles for best flower shots.

Even a review of a good camera you use.

Just some thoughts.

Hey I'll even help...with the writing part and edit for you...before you send stuff off.

bzzz

Kate,
Email me at beth@moxie-enter-prises.com

Also - I just looked at Kateart - and could find no way to contact you - no contact info - which would mean I wouldn't ever buy from you - you need that info to build trust - even if you keep it brief.

You have links to voda and paypal too much on the home page - which is where a professional site sells it's OWN products. One to each would be fine -

Ive done all you suggested...and like I explained in my email to you, there was an 'email me' button, but your not the first to not see it..so that means it wasnt worth the spot on the page!..lol
Beezz, Ill try to do that and get back to you....I can write, but have to feel passionate about it..and I just dont feel passion for teaching...so its very hard to find the proper words. But Ill jump over to my photographers forum and get some help there!..lol...THANK the above for forums and all the wonderful people out there that are willing to help the less fortunate!