Newbie here, and need feedback on my website design

12 years ago

I think the website looks pretty good. The design made acccording the main idea of your blog. I like your background and almost of all design elements. Your domain name is too long. It's hard to remember the name of your blog

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Dan Cote 12 years ago

Ok, here are your meta info:

<meta name="keywords" content="plus size, plus size clothing, pinup, pin up, pin-up, rockabilly, fashion, pin up hairstyle, rockabilly hair, makeup, pictures, photos, pin up pics, pictures of pin ups, vintage, vintage girls, 1950, plus size pin up, rockabilly pin up, Fashion for plus size, rockabilly plus size, burlesque fashion, burlesque, retro girls, tattoos, hot rods" />

<meta name="description" content="Plus Size Pin Up Blog! Fashion, Online shops, Pin up Rockabilly hairstyle videos, Forum, and a little of everything. Self made Rockabilly, Pin up reviews and pictures!" />

<title>Plus Size Pin up Blog,Rockabilly,Photos,Models,Fashion tips</title>

A few tips:

1-meta KW s/b one word only. i.e. plus, size, clothing, pinup, etc.

2-I agree with Eva, domain name a little long and hard to remember. If you are trying to build an authority site, then you should go with a catchy name. If you are trying to build a domain specific website, then the domain should have a good number of searches. Unlikely in this situation. I would guess 0?

Nevertheless, site looks good and you are on your way!

Dan
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lookingforanswers

12 years ago

this info is from my Google analytics
Referring Sites
989.00 (58.18%)
Direct Traffic
410.00 (24.12%)
Search Engines
293.00 (17.24%)

1,310 Absolute Unique Visitors

5,670 Pageviews

3.34 Average Pageviews

00:03:59 Time on Site

46.12% Bounce Rate

75.82% New Visits

my site has been up for public eyes about a little less then a month... are these numbers bad or good for starters.. which ones are most important to improve? as well.. thanks so much for your feed back so far. ummmm domain names are hard to think of in my case lol.. bad to the think tank!

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dbdnvikas

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lookingforanswers

this info is from my Google analytics
Referring Sites
989.00 (58.18%)
Direct Traffic
410.00 (24.12%)
Search Engines
293.00 (17.24%)

1,310 Absolute Unique Visitors

5,670 Pageviews

3.34 Average Pageviews

00:03:59 Time on Site

46.12% Bounce Rate

75.82% New Visits

my site has been up for public eyes about a little less then a month... are these numbers bad or good for starters.. which ones are most important to improve? as well.. thanks so much for your feed back so far. ummmm domain names are hard to think of in my case lol.. bad to the think tank!

You're going good! That's awesome for a new site.

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Karen Barr

12 years ago

I don't think google will approve it for adsense. they are stupidly squeamish about having flesh on display.

I like your layout, and your stats are great for the amount of time it's been up. How have you been promoting the site?

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TroelsJepsen 12 years ago

The pink/purple colors look real good on the dark background, and I really like, how the social media bar fits those colors.
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lookingforanswers

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Barr

I don't think google will approve it for adsense. they are stupidly squeamish about having flesh on display.

I like your layout, and your stats are great for the amount of time it's been up. How have you been promoting the site?

oh well for Google.. thanks for that!!

these stats are from may 18th to June 6th thats the date i open the site. well I first researched, if anyone would enjoy the concept of my idea.. i looked at others that did the same about, and thought how to make mine more unique and personal..so created hype about it.. before the thing was open.. just 2 weeks before it opened.. Facebook , twitter .. but it started spreading from word of mouth because everyone liked my concept. then people share it over and over to others. As well, i comment blogs, and forums.. and things related to some part of my blog.. then here I am!

thanks again!!

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kian boon

12 years ago

The website would be great with a better banner I bet

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lookingforanswers 12 years ago

Originally Posted by serena85

It is a very great site and I also change the banner but is great anyway.

Originally Posted by kian boon

The website would be great with a better banner I bet

How who you change it ?? What doesn't fit? thanks again!
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gracemartin

Banned 12 years ago

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lookingforanswers 12 years ago

Originally Posted by gracemartin

nice looking! First you will clear the W3 validation for your site. It having 26 Errors, 21 warning(s), So, clear first....

as Im not a webmaster "master" what is this exactly and how do I fix it?
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serena85

12 years ago

It is a very great site and I also change the banner but is great anyway.

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Ask Michael Paul

12 years ago

Great job and stats for your first month.

One of the first things I would do is clean up your Keywords and Meta description.
<meta name="keywords" content="plus size, plus size clothing, pinup, pin up, pin-up, rockabilly, fashion, pin up hairstyle, rockabilly hair, makeup, pictures, photos, pin up pics, pictures of pin ups, vintage, vintage girls, 1950, plus size pin up, rockabilly pin up, Fashion for plus size, rockabilly plus size, burlesque fashion, burlesque, retro girls, tattoos, hot rods" />
<meta name="description" content="Plus Size Pin Up Blog! Fashion, Online shops, Pin up Rockabilly hairstyle videos, Forum, and a little of everything. Self made Rockabilly, Pin up reviews and pictures!" />
Rolling Dan who commented above is right on the money about these SEO factors.

Remember, when writing a description - it just needs to be sentence or two (160 characters) or less about your niche. Use your keywords here, but make is readable, don't just use the keywords. The description is most likely the first thing that people are going to see before clicking on your blog.

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lookingforanswers

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ask Michael Paul

Great job and stats for your first month.

One of the first things I would do is clean up your Keywords and Meta description.
<meta name="keywords" content="plus size, plus size clothing, pinup, pin up, pin-up, rockabilly, fashion, pin up hairstyle, rockabilly hair, makeup, pictures, photos, pin up pics, pictures of pin ups, vintage, vintage girls, 1950, plus size pin up, rockabilly pin up, Fashion for plus size, rockabilly plus size, burlesque fashion, burlesque, retro girls, tattoos, hot rods" />
<meta name="description" content="Plus Size Pin Up Blog! Fashion, Online shops, Pin up Rockabilly hairstyle videos, Forum, and a little of everything. Self made Rockabilly, Pin up reviews and pictures!" />
Rolling Dan who commented above is right on the money about these SEO factors.

Remember, when writing a description - it just needs to be sentence or two (160 characters) or less about your niche. Use your keywords here, but make is readable, don't just use the keywords. The description is most likely the first thing that people are going to see before clicking on your blog.

off to work on that now thanks again!

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Nspire

12 years ago

Nice site!

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softsolution

12 years ago

I like the theme of the website and yes even i agree that domain is little long to remember.

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opencreativs

12 years ago

a nice design, but not much attractive.. develop a little.. i suggest

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John F Kennedy 12 years ago

I too think that the name of your site is too long, you want a name that people will remember without having to check through their history should they wish to return to your site.

It does look good though, well done on with your stats, great numbers for a new site.
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businesswarrior121

12 years ago

i have visited your site. it is pretty good. you can apply for google adsense there. very good layout. do not worry about couple of people who do not like your site. it is ready to give you adsense income.

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Rob Actis

12 years ago

I like your site. I think that the color scheme works very well for the content. It was well thought out, I liked the feel of it as well.

I liked the domain name, it says what it is.

It seemed liked the page load time was a bit slow, that might be your hosting provider. It looks like you are off to a great start, congratulations. I wish you much success!

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Hiresh

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lookingforanswers

Im very very new word press, and building a descent page and so forth, so this is mine and would like your feedbac Please dont hold back let it pour! hehe thanks again in advance

as well would it be ok to add google adsence to it?

I will try it for sure because as new in these fields I would like to learn from you guys

tenks for the information

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Web Tempest

12 years ago

the feature item is off centre and one of the menu items has fallen down a level (chrome mac).

nice work with the traffic

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lookingforanswers 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Web Tempest

the feature item is off centre and one of the menu items has fallen down a level (chrome mac).

nice work with the traffic

Ummm i would not be to sure with chrome mac, as I use window, besides i wouldn't be sure even how to fix it with that browser as Im no webmaster tech.. thanks for letting me know though!
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tks

12 years ago

I see, it is a very unique design! Your traffic statistics is very interesting!

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jamesg3

12 years ago

graphics are fuzzy looking. Or were you intentionally going for a hazy look?

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lookingforanswers 12 years ago

Originally Posted by jamesg3

graphics are fuzzy looking. Or were you intentionally going for a hazy look?

Which graphics where you referring to? What browser are you using? thanks for letting me know
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Micah Medina 12 years ago

Originally Posted by jamesg3

graphics are fuzzy looking. Or were you intentionally going for a hazy look?

Agree. Specifically, the logo images.

I can specify Firefox, Windows 7, etc, but you're going to have that problem across every platform because the image quality isn't high enough to a discerning eye.

I also don't like the texture in your splash page image. You've got a different texture in your actual blog's content background and it creates a clashing effect.

Your content has too many typefaces. Use CSS demarcation in your main content too, not just on a theme level.

Use punctuation and capitalization correctly in posts, especially posts that are designed to introduce you to readers.

You have a very nice concept and it looks like you've got good chances of success. Best wishes!
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alecasmith

12 years ago

Nice..I suggest to do few things.little bit changes in design...to makes better traffic to your website.

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lookingforanswers

12 years ago

Originally Posted by softsolution

I like the theme of the website and yes even i agree that domain is little long to remember.

Well, with the domain deal, its serving its purpose and so far, from folks that ive asked and that have told me, they remember fine.. so Im leaving that as be thanks again though for your suggestion.

Originally Posted by opencreativs

a nice design, but not much attractive.. develop a little.. i suggest

I am for simplicity as the focus goes towards the pictures and purpose of the site. As well, it gets allot of good feedback from the photographers that submit their pictures.. o if their happy, im happy! thanks again!

Originally Posted by jfkez

I too think that the name of your site is too long, you want a name that people will remember without having to check through their history should they wish to return to your site.

It does look good though, well done on with your stats, great numbers for a new site.

thanks!

Originally Posted by alecasmith

Nice..I suggest to do few things.little bit changes in design...to makes better traffic to your website.

as im not a webmaster designer, this will have to do at the moment till later on I can hire someone to give it a Super Bam effect thanks again!

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lookingforanswers

12 years ago

THanks again everyone for your insight and info ... Really deeply thank you, so far I must just change the meta tags and such.. refocus on SEO and really get down to learning that stuff.. so far here are my stats via google, so Im sure Im heading in the right direction

2,524 Visits

1,980 Absolute Unique Visitors

8,043 Pageviews

3.19 Average Pageviews

00:03:43 Time on Site

46.12% Bounce Rate

77.69% New Visits