how can i improve my site?

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i have been working on this site for a few weeks now, and i kinda like it, but i was wondering what your opinions might be?

its come to a point where i dont really know what else to do with it. please let me know. thanks

site: Pregnancy Health Information and Advice

all feedback is much appeciated
#improve #site
  • Profile picture of the author Nathan Hangen
    The font in the top left is hard to read and too small. I'd make that more pronounced. Also, I'd fill the white space next to the image of the women, or remove it and bring everything else up above the fold.

    Lastly, you need a favicon rather than the default Joomla favicon.
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    • Profile picture of the author miked
      Looking good!

      But there is this empty white space in the header below the blue horizontal bar, and then you have the name of the website and tagline in a little window at the top left.

      You need a real header graphic. Just go to fiverr.com or find a Warrior in this forum to get one done for you for $5 USD.

      Another comment I have is, who is your target audience? I know it is women who are pregnant, or want to be pregnant.... and that is a problem there - which is it?

      And if it is all pregnant women, then you are going to have a really tough time getting traffic.

      You have to find subgroups within the niche, and speak to them in their language....

      Mike
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    • Profile picture of the author coolspot
      Originally Posted by Nathan Hangen View Post

      The font in the top left is hard to read and too small. I'd make that more pronounced. Also, I'd fill the white space next to the image of the women, or remove it and bring everything else up above the fold.

      Lastly, you need a favicon rather than the default Joomla favicon.

      thanks for the advice, i was going to put a 728x90 image banner in the large white space, what do you think? will it reduce the quality of the site? i dont want it to be full of static / logo images though..
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  • Profile picture of the author WilTGS
    Is it wordpress? I could make it look better for you if you explain to me how you make money from it apart form the the gog ads.. In short you need a logo, remove the blue at the top(Although it works with what you got), make the headings a new color try red and make them bold, the color you got just blends with the site.. Nice clean site pay $50 for logo tho.
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  • Profile picture of the author shansross
    Do following methods,

    On page optimization
    1. Creating and submitting sitemaps (XML, HTML, RSS) to various search engines
    2. Implementing traffic tracking codes on all pages
    3. Removing spamming from website pages if present
    4. Checking and rectifying broken links on the website
    5. Checking website load time, spellings etc.
    6. Optimizing images to make them readable by search engine spiders
    7. Removing junk codes form website pages to make them simpler to read by the spiders
    8. Implementing robots files to ensure, spiders are reading only those pages which we actually want them to.
    Off page optimization
    1. Writing and publishing articles
    2. Updating, pinging and submitting blogs
    3. Writing and publishing press releases
    4. Updating and submitting RSS feeds
    5. Participating in forums and message boards
    6. Social book marking, and most important
    7. Link building – This includes search engine and directory submissions, one way as well as reciprocal link building.
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  • Profile picture of the author samuelarnold
    Use another good fond for the text on the top. Using CMS, make your site home page content in order. this will give an appealing look to your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author cartoonist
    Originally Posted by coolspot View Post

    i have been working on this site for a few weeks now, and i kinda like it, but i was wondering what your opinions might be?

    its come to a point where i dont really know what else to do with it. please let me know. thanks



    all feedback is much appeciated
    I like the fresh cool appearance and the graphics are lovely and modern.
    The font at the top is a little smaller or perhaps not as clear as it could be for ease of reading. Other than this it looks very nice
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  • Profile picture of the author Bob Phantom
    I think your website looks really nice and wouldn't change a thing on it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Nathan Hangen
    Also, what's up with the pictures of women smoking and drinking, like this: http://www.pregnantwoman.co.uk/image...1549852138.jpg
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesgillespe
    Honestly, i think the cartoon characters did not correctly depict or show concern for pregnant ladies. Secondly, the headings have been used in lighter colors which need to be bold because i think they are less visible. And you can add some background image as well because it is too much white space or you can even color the divs or the cells and leave the other background white. It will also improve your site's visibility.

    Though my own opinion

    thanks.

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Mjoseph83
    To much extent it is good, but if you change the some of the designs with new color combinations which will attract more, while working on it.
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    • Profile picture of the author deanameske
      My opinion is that you should go with your target audience and see if your site matches to your actual requirements and that the graphics is perfect.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    The design is simple and clean yet a little too bland for me. Where exactly are you wanting people to go when they first hit this page? At the moment it is not very clear. A little confusing actually. If you don't make it easy for visitors to find what they are looking for they will just hit the back button and go on to the next site.

    You need the content to stand out immediately. At the moment it does not. It all just blends in with the other areas of the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author mahesh2010
    Hi,
    I saw your site Top menu is missing you may,or may not have
    left navigation but a website looks good when it have top menu
    so please try adding top menu
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  • Profile picture of the author Lisa Jones
    The website looks ultra clean. I'll agree with others - header part looks empty. If you do not have you header image ready yet, put something like "welcome" message on the right - this might help
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  • Profile picture of the author Tech Diva
    Hi there,

    When I review sites from a design or a marketing perspective, I ask 3 things:

    Where am I?
    What can I do here?
    Why would I want to?

    With your site, I immediate get a sense that this was put together by someone with not of a lot of experience building sites or an immature designer. The white space says, "I am not sure how to make the design fill the space the way I want it to" rather than giving me room to breathe.

    I'm not sure where to go and whether this is a site to learn about pregnancy, talk about it, share or if it's for moms, grandmoms, future mothers, teenagers, dads, or what. I'm not sure what value I will get by being here.

    You might want to consider the way the eye flows across the page and how to add some directional flow with your design. A nice logo or more dynamic images may also work to communicate who this is for and what's great about it.

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author dellingter
    your site is good and you done very good work,but your site header and adsense is not good as well as logo...your Logo background and header color is different and you adsense not in good place and may be you will not get maximum clicks.
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  • Profile picture of the author subashini
    To be competitive on the Internet you must be in the top 30 of the top ranking search engines and directories. It has been estimated that up to 80 percent of all website traffic comes from the major search engines. To reach this goal you need to follow a process that can take time, effort, and careful planning.
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  • Profile picture of the author crescendo
    Your website design is very neat and clean. Do some more work on topbar in logo
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  • Profile picture of the author jackson141
    You can go to my site and get tips.
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  • Profile picture of the author another181
    More pictures I would suggest. looks a little plain
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  • I would add more colors or a few more pictures. Too much text, and not enough graphics to keep the eye on the page.
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  • Profile picture of the author dotlinkmedia
    ...after that don't forget make seo proccess..
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  • Profile picture of the author alexasmith123
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by alexasmith123 View Post

      The site looks very nice.Better you improve your quality backlinks.
      It'll be better when a mod comes along and stops you using Alexas good name to your advantage.

      Just saying.
      Signature

      Wibble, bark, my old man's a mushroom etc...

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  • Profile picture of the author webgain
    i felt it very odd when i look it first.
    your logo doesn't match with your background. (use another logo)

    use another theme
    use upper navigation
    and add few quality images on your site
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