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cipher · 2007-11-08 04:52:23

Website for Review
www.machinerycentre.in

Additional Comments
This is a business site that has just gone online.
We are trying to sell heavy equipments and suggestions regarding Seo's and good visitor experience are requested.

Regards,
Cipher

Last edited by cipher (2007-11-08 04:54:24)

Mr Tuition · 2007-11-08 10:30:36

A simple but nice design.

However, for SEO there are a few areas I would concentrate on.

1. Use text instead of images, especially for titles (machinery centre, and one stop shop)
Search engines cant tell what the images look like

2. The following links are not really optimised:
Home * Products* Services* About Us* Contact Us* Quote

Use things like "machinery home"

Keep up the good work, and you will get there blinka

3.there are no alt tags on you images (may improve SEO slightly)

What key words are you trying to optimse for?

Last edited by Mr Tuition (2007-11-08 10:34:18)

cipher · 2007-11-08 12:24:37

I am trying to optimise for keywords related to compressors and pumps... I haven't included keywords yet as i am planning to give it a lot time so as to do it in an effective manner.
I'll put the alt tags soon... and try for the header too...

Thanks

Mr Tuition · 2007-11-08 12:50:28

alt tags are a very small part (if a part at all) of SEO

You need in-bound and out-bound, internal and external links to contain these terms.

Keywords - are now fairly out dated, as is keyword concentration. However, I would still advise having a good concentration of keywords... but not key wordstuff.

Make sure your links contain these terms.

Large links displaying 1st on first on the page have a much heigher weight than things like small links at the bottom of the page.

have you had a read of matt cutts blogs and his videos on u-tube. If not, I would start there.

ColoEagle · 2007-11-08 17:34:26

Well cipher looks like you have another good start.

Just a few minor things.

1. Using FF, the rotating menu links and the bidvertiser ads on the left are cut short at the bottom.

2. Why the image - footerbanner.gif - when you could just use text?

3. The font 'Monotype Corsiva' looks good but I found it a little on the difficult side to read. Need to remember that most people will scan read and if there are problems, generally, they will not take the time to slow down what is normal for them.

4. You've not declared a DTD, this is important to help the browser interpret the page and have it display the way you want it to be displayed.

5. You really should have all your CSS in an external page and then call for it from each page. This will enable you t make a change on a single page and have it affect all pages.

6. Consider placing all the JS in an external page and calling for it just like you would the CSS. This makes changes easier as well.

Additional advantages to #5 and #6 this will lighten the individual page file sizes which results in faster page load time and more content for the SE's.

Lastly, you have 45 code errors on the home page.

Code:

Result: 45 errors / 0 warnings



line 1 - Error: no document type declaration; implying "<!DOCTYPE HTML SYSTEM>"

line 78 column 23 - Error: end tag for element "STYLE" which is not open

line 158 column 72 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified

line 165 column 79 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified

line 201 column 40 - Error: required attribute "TYPE" not specified

line 272 column 22 - Error: end tag for element "A" which is not open

line 273 column 27 - Error: end tag for "SCRIPT" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this

line 201 column 8 - Info: start tag was here

line 303 column 16 - Error: end tag for element "SCRIPT" which is not open

line 305 column 11 - Error: there is no attribute "ID"

line 305 column 31 - Error: there is no attribute "WIDTH"

line 305 column 31 - Error: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters

line 305 column 53 - Error: there is no attribute "HEIGHT"

line 305 column 53 - Error: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters

line 305 column 77 - Error: there is no attribute "BGCOLOR"

line 305 column 77 - Error: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters

line 305 column 105 - Error: there is no attribute "VISIBILITY"

line 305 column 109 - Error: element "ILAYER" undefined

line 305 column 120 - Error: there is no attribute "ID"

line 305 column 139 - Error: there is no attribute "WIDTH"

line 305 column 139 - Error: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters

line 305 column 159 - Error: there is no attribute "LEFT"

line 305 column 165 - Error: there is no attribute "TOP"

line 305 column 166 - Error: element "LAYER" undefined

line 307 column 12 - Error: end tag for element "CENTER" which is not open

line 366 column 100 - Error: there is no attribute "BORDERCOLOR"

line 376 column 102 - Error: there is no attribute "HSPACE"

line 376 column 111 - Error: there is no attribute "VSPACE"

line 411 column 107 - Error: there is no attribute "BORDER"

line 466 column 76 - Error: there is no attribute "BACKGROUND"

line 503 column 79 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified

line 510 column 74 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 511 column 143 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 512 column 126 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 520 column 71 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 524 column 85 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 528 column 65 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 529 column 51 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 530 column 62 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 531 column 57 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 532 column 57 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 533 column 55 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 534 column 184 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 535 column 49 - Error: end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

line 547 column 7 - Error: end tag for element "P" which is not open

line 553 column 87 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified

cipher · 2007-11-18 14:38:40

Hi Colo Eagle,
Apologies for being that late, but you had so many of the modifications and i was a bit occupied too,

I have tried some modifications, and tried to re-design it competely,
check if this sample is better, www.machinerycentre.in/indexcenter.html

I have modified the current page too, see if it is any better, i'll be back with all the corrections again.
wish me luck
blinka

Regards,
Cipher

ColoEagle · 2007-11-18 15:08:16

Both are looking good.

IMO, If you could do a combination of the two you would be doing well.

The sample page has some color to it that will help eliminate the plain-jane white of the original making the site look more professional.

Consider taking the colors you have now and using them but change the main content area to a white or silver background with a contrasting text color, dark blue or match the body color.

You need to change the colors for your links as well so that they will contrast and not blend with the background color.

Keep up the good work big_smile and keep us updated with your progress,

zoobie · 2007-11-20 21:30:56

Why not make a good header and improving your logo would help. You also need to have articles about your products. It may be about maintenance and other concerns of people using the equipment and machineries. Reviews will help, too. What are your keywords, by the way?

quartzy · 2007-11-22 06:06:58

Your site looks OK generally. But I experienced a couple of problems with it, I could barely see the black links on the blue background and the italic text does not seem to go with your site, you would have more impact with a standard text. I think if you developed a theme for all of the pages too, as things did change from one page to the next or from one link style to the next. That is what I noticed but I am not an seo or web 2. expert at all.

kip54 · 2007-11-26 10:59:31

Good site! Easy navigation and I love the scroll feature.
Kip54

littlescruffs · 2007-11-26 16:47:15

Nice site. I really liked the hover menu

cipher · 2008-01-06 11:17:50

Have changed the main design of site( home page) to give site a professional look...
suggest if the inner pages are ok...
Is the site looking good and professional o the whole...? working on improvements.

Buckeyman · 2008-01-06 14:56:56

I looked at your site today and It looks very professional indeed. How ever I find it a little hard to read the blue writing against the blue background both in the middle and more so at the bottom where the writing is very small. Other than having to strain your eyes to see what it says the home page looks very nice, I wish you the best of luck with it!

cipher · 2008-02-16 09:16:50

zoobie wrote:
Why not make a good header and improving your logo would help. You also need to have articles about your products. It may be about maintenance and other concerns of people using the equipment and machineries. Reviews will help, too. What are your keywords, by the way?

Am working on articles, maintenance and troubleshooting. Will try to work on comments too,
Main keywords are compressors pumps, air solutions, Delhi traders of ingersoll rand, and such other keywords related to compressors and pumps. How do I start with seo's?
Am looking forward for some directory submissions, What more can I do....? kindly suggest

Steven_A_S · 2008-02-19 09:59:59

I'd suggest changing the background color in your left hand menu. The blue you have in there doesn't match your color scheme, and as dark as it is, makes the text a little more difficult to read. Try #929AC4 for that background color instead.

Escudo Grinch · 2008-08-18 18:22:16

Hi there

I like the overall design. Too much blue though and the brighter blue links at the bottom are not too good. The italics in white for the main text is too irritating to read.

DK

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