Can you please check my blog

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Hi All

A few weeks ago I asked people to check my blog. I had taken out hosting and the main problem was that people where finding my blog to slow to load and the header wasn't showing etc.

I have changed my hosting and have set it up again so I was hoping a few of you might to take a minute to check it out and let me know what you think.

I know that I have a lot more content to add and will be doing that this week. I was just looking into comments on loading time, design etc as well as the general idea behind the blog. I am hoping that by running this blog it will keep me motivated as I will be posting weekly updates on my progress and setting myself daily and weekly tasks.

You can see it here

Thanks

Jay
#blog #check
  • Profile picture of the author EugeneA
    Few Notes:

    1)Site has no title.
    2)Page/Header loads fine.
    3)Be very careful of where you get your images from.
    4) This belongs in the Website Design part of the forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author J Cohen
      Originally Posted by EugeneA View Post

      Few Notes:

      1)Site has no title.
      2)Page/Header loads fine.
      3)Be very careful of where you get your images from.
      4) This belongs in the Website Design part of the forum.
      Thanks Eugene

      I purchased the images with rights for my own use hope the mods move this post for me

      Jay
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  • Profile picture of the author 3000
    I just checked out your blog, it seemed like it loaded slow, but that could be my internet connections doing.

    I would suggest changing the title of your posts...

    You want visitors to stay and read through your blog posts. You need to add some "flare" to your titles. I would recommend checking out the copy-writing section for some tips.

    Titles are the first thing that visitors look at, you need to grab them with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author jgant
    I'd put a meta title for the home page targeting your primary keyword.

    I like the theme and design.

    I'd add an optin box in the sidebar for your list.

    You're off to a good start. Keep at it.
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  • Profile picture of the author socialhydra
    Your blog site is ok on my end. It loaded fast. Very neat site.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sam England
      Cheers for asking for advise...

      Networking is very important if you want to be successful and getting yourself out there and asking GOOD questions is a bonus...

      I see so many people bitch and complain and never do anything but procrastinate...

      You now have a site built...next get your TITLE fixed and I also suggest you change your permalink structure...other than that the site looks good for a starter site...

      Cheers and good luck...I hope you are very successful and make a lot of money online...

      Happy Halloween...
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      • Profile picture of the author Kevin Riley
        Loads quick over on this side of the world. However, the minute I land there, you're hitting me with a pop-over opt-in box. Whoa!! I'm not ready to subscribe to you ... I don't even know you ... how about letting me see the site first and then offering a subscription.
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        • Profile picture of the author J Cohen
          Originally Posted by Kevin Riley View Post

          Loads quick over on this side of the world. However, the minute I land there, you're hitting me with a pop-over opt-in box. Whoa!! I'm not ready to subscribe to you ... I don't even know you ... how about letting me see the site first and then offering a subscription.
          Hi Kevin

          I have changed the popup to an exit one, thanks for the advice

          Jay
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  • Profile picture of the author JD Warrior
    Your blog loads quickly in my browser. What hosting provider do you use? I observe that you use Wordpress for your blog, I suggest that you use Hostgator. Wordpress blogs load faster when you use Hostgator. Just my opinion basing from experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    It's a nice site. Go to Settings/General in your Wordpress dashboard and fill in the bit that says "site title". I use tabs in my browser and your site home page gives a blank tab. It needs a name.

    I agree with Kevin. Either ditch the pop-up and put your subscription box in the sidebar, or at least add a 5 / 10 second delay so people get a chance to see the site before hitting them with the subscriber box.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      It's a nicely designed site and it loads very quickly.

      In my opinion, you seriously and urgently need to lose the pop-up!
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    • Profile picture of the author J Cohen
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      It's a nice site. Go to Settings/General in your Wordpress dashboard and fill in the bit that says "site title". I use tabs in my browser and your site home page gives a blank tab. It needs a name.

      I agree with Kevin. Either ditch the pop-up and put your subscription box in the sidebar, or at least add a 5 / 10 second delay so people get a chance to see the site before hitting them with the subscriber box.
      Hi

      When I put the site title in it also shows on the header which doesn't look good

      Jay
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      • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
        Hello Jay,

        Nice design.

        Your "welcome" post is showing at the bottom of the page though, and it would be more logical to have this at the top. You can achieve this in Wordpress by making the post "sticky", so it will always display at the top of page.

        Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author StevenJones
    It's a free wordpress template which is very cool, got it one of my own niche websites as well. I want to give you the following advice; Try getting your post syndicated with twitter and facebook to get some social value as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author luckyg
    Very nicely designed site..
    All the best do your best..
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  • Profile picture of the author stews
    Site loaded very well. Didn't spend too much time on content but did notice the images were readily available elsewhere and seem to be widely used.
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  • Profile picture of the author investasap
    all loading fine on firefox
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