Help me make my site look better

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Im not sure how good my site is so constructive criticism would be appreciated. I am trying to design a site that sells my backlink packages. Should I add more articles? An about / contact page. What are some thing I could do to the site, to make it more likely to get a sale? It is a completely cusom website, as you might be able to tell.

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DO NOT need criticism anymore lol, I dont know how to lock this topic, but my site has sense turned into a standard blog because of the kind people at adwords. Confused? If you have the patience read the comments below.
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  • Profile picture of the author vivadesign
    Spelling, Ive spotted a few mistakes.
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Hmm thanks for pointing that out, is there anything else youd recommend, Im wondering, other than having a nice looking site. How to get good sales, I mean do people tned to appreciate more content? DO I need a more proffesional look, to look more "legitament"? What can I do to ensure a good cash flow from this website.

    Also do you think an adwords campaign will give me a good roi?
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  • Profile picture of the author OldLodgeSkins
    Hi,

    At first sight there are a couple of things I see:

    • Name your pages. I see one called "button2.html". That won't help you. It should have a relevant name. The same goes for the pictures of your buttons they are called "button3" etc...
    • You don't have any real page actually, those buttons just make a short text change... No real quality content = no ranking.
    • You could add some padding to your texts in the black boxes so they don't remain so close to the borders. That'd make them easier to read.
    • You've got plenty of coding errors in there here's the list so you can correct them [Invalid] Markup Validation of http://aboutbacklinks.com/ - W3C Markup Validator
    • Why not use those chains graphic as a menu?
    Hope it helps.


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  • Profile picture of the author Robin Hood
    Add a nice headline. You have 60-90 seconds to catch your readers attention. The blue black graphics to the right of the chains is confusing to me.
    1. Remove the navigation at the top, leaving the chains and add a catchy headline.
    2. Use the metal like header to create a smaller version to advertise the price and packages.
    3. The green and black looks good, get rid of the blue, put the navigation links else where.

    I have several #1 sites on the web, so believe me when I say the header, body and backgound should blend nicely. You did a good job blending, just re-arrange the items. Just below the header add some content. Tell them why linking is important.
    JOMO ( just one man's opinion)
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Wow thanks for all the input guys I will apply changes as soon as im done with work.
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    For your 2nd ssuggestion robin hood, Should these just be a smaller version of the things I have advertising my packages right now? What exactly were you thinking? Should they link to another sales page for the package? Or just be a buy it now button?
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  • Profile picture of the author Nathan Joshua
    SEO-wise it is bad.

    The design is ok for a website structured with tables.

    To really sell what you have to offer I suggest some testimonials of previous buyers.
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  • Profile picture of the author copilu0
    Add more content and for your current design I think it will be better if you'll have the main content defined with some borders or another color
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  • Profile picture of the author ltrain_riders
    Are you designing and coding this yourself? I feel as though you're spending too much time trying to create a website. Install WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, or some other CMS and load a theme. You should be focusing on content and selling your service instead of coding your site. The code by the way is bad. You really shouldn't be using tables to layout your pages. Learn CSS.
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  • Profile picture of the author mmrumii
    Your site design is beautiful already and Basically the bonded with chain is really different concept. But I think if those icons with chain work , it will be more beautiful.
    this is my opinion, I'm telling my from my heart.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheBizHelp
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    The advises given above are all great. From the typos to the coding are to be corrected immediately.

    One more thing... Make your price tags more professional by writing the this way $50 and not 50$.

    You are good to go... wishing you great success!
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  • Profile picture of the author shantanu
    You can change the background to the white or some lightweght colour so that font can be clear to the visitors and understandable and it gives a pro look to your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author antac
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    Ultimate and different concept i saw in your site.
    This is the best one but I think if all icons with chain will work, it will be the perfect site.
    Basically I like this site very much.
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Thanks for the kinds comments guys, what is a good ROI ? I spent 35$ on adwords ( i need to turn down my cpc ) and got 50 clicks, and 0 sales. I turned it off untill I could make the changes I wanted for the site. Which I cant do until monday, which pisses me off. Anyways, with that said, do you think its the spelling errors etc, that are making people leave?
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  • Profile picture of the author ajay13efw
    Aye, all comes down to the content. There is nothing wrong with the site it just needs filling out,
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Im starting to write content now, what do you guys think would be best for the site? Several short articles? ( I was gonna write random articles like, what are do follow links etc. ) Or longer ones?
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    • Profile picture of the author WillamK
      As per my knowledge to make site more attractive you can add pictures, add the user friendly content which should be easy to understand and knowledgeable. Give proper navigation link to your site pages from the home page.
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  • Profile picture of the author OldLodgeSkins
    Don't write randomly. Study your competition, your keywords, and write articles using keywords with which you have a chance to rank (with a not to high competition, i.e. if there are 6 millions other websites on a given keyword forget it), and at least a few thousand searches a month. Use https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeti...=KEYWORD_IDEAS to find out about the monthly searches and search on Google.com with quotes to find your competition on each keyword you're interested in.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulwro
    Website is good but try get a fresh look design template, use bright colors. This is my opinion.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikedex
    Very simple. Need to work more on design section. Just one page website. Add few images, attractive logo and few contents about your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Well its official, I contacted them and they suspended my acocunt for selling "ad spam techniques." Last time I checked I wasnt spamming ads, but what the hell can you do.
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  • Profile picture of the author OldLodgeSkins
    I must have missed an episode... Your hosting account doesn't appear to be suspended... ? Who is "them"?
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Pretty much the gist of what is happening is that google isnt gonna list my site on their search engine anymore. In addition I cannot use adwords. This is because apparently I am selling "ad spam" techniques. If I know google correctly there is no point in debating this with them. I dont see how I am in the busines of spamming ads, but whatever.
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  • Profile picture of the author OldLodgeSkins
    I see only one possible explanation, they consider that your backlinking service is made of automatic submissions to blogs / forums / etc. In which case I would agree with them, the only problem is that just with the information available on your website, there's no way to know that.

    So in my opinion you have two options here:

    1. My guess above is right. Find yourself another business, this isn't the way to go anyway.
    2. My guess isn't right. Buy another domain name, and either improve the content of your website to make the situation clearer, or (better so they don't make the relation) build a new website. In either case don't keep any reference to your old domain.

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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Well according to them I can get back unto google by not selling backlink packages. Is this site worth doing anything to you think? I dont see many ways That I can make money with this tho. Maybe a blog or some sort of information site with adsense ads or affiliate links or something to that affect. Well I guess I can still make a squeeze page and direct people to that.

    I think the domain name is the perfect name for some sor tof information site, however IDK if I should bother putting time into it
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  • Profile picture of the author OldLodgeSkins
    I guess you can make an informational website with it... Of course it can take the form of a blog. If you're capable of explaining people what's good and what isn't in matter of backlinks and more generally SEO there may be something to do there. That's worth it if you're capable of generating a great quantity of good original content on the subject.
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    Hmmm not sure about the amount of original content I could provide but it might be able to get easy traffic considering "about backlinks" gets searched 673,000 times a month according to google adsense. Maybe I should just sell the domain... really on the fence here.
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    So somehow I got unto googles search engine with this website, but even tho I changed it to a blog with NO sales page, or affiliate links, OR mention of any other kind of service. They still think I am selling a service. I made 1 post and it is about what backlinks are and how it helps you index higher on googles search engine.

    I am so flippin pissed, but at least
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  • Profile picture of the author OldLodgeSkins
    If you're starting anew you'd have to submit it again and wait... It is not instant.
    Do you have a Google Webmasters account? If not open one and set up your website there, it helps speed up the process I believe.
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  • Profile picture of the author zabolord
    The thing is I contected them about how I changed the website and they stated that I was still selling sutff. Which Im not, in no way. For some reason I am listed on google, but I still have my adwords account suspended still. Its just... weird. They told me I was still selling stuff when there is not way I can be I dont even MENTION any kind of product... But oh well I dont need adwords for this kind of site anyways.

    a wuote from them

    "I understand that you have made changes on your site to get it in compliance with our policies. I went through your site and noticed that it is still promoting a service that is in violation of our Ad Spam techniques"
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  • Profile picture of the author OldLodgeSkins
    ... It's impossible to discuss with the guys from AdWords...
    They banned me for life because, according to them, I submitted ads for a system offering to "get rich quick"... Which I didn't. I did submit ads for an offer that helps you make money but nobody ever talked about "getting rich", quick or not - actually it was the OTO Secret Weapons, the same you can see in my signature. Their system is perfectly legal, and although in their sales copy they promise you you'll make money within 7 days they're not telling you you'll get rich in any way... Still, I got banned for life, I tried to appeal the case, I reminded them that they were the ones who introduced the term "get rich"... To no avail.
    You'd better forget AdWords.
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  • Profile picture of the author DanielDuffo
    sorry i didn't see something interesting.
    I mean very simple design.
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  • Profile picture of the author WebsiteBegin
    I personally cannot stand Blogger, but it works for some. If you want to have more customization, SEO value, and a generally better user-experience, I'd recommend hopping over to Wordpress. The Wordpress.com version is crap - you need the self-hosted experience. That may be something you work towards as you progress.

    The design is pretty neat. It's simple, effective, and brings my eyes to the content. A+ for that one.

    The content could use some work. The shorter articles aren't going to pull in as much audience as you're wishing for. The fewer words (or sometimes, more words - you generally won't hit that problem) you use, the less value is claims. Some bloggers can pull off 200 word articles, some can pull off 2,000 word articles. It's all about your audience and what you force them to want. It's that simple.

    I'd also recommend, if possible, cutting the post-displays on the homepage down some. You want to give people a reason to actually click on that post title - if the full article is on display already, there's no need to. Typically, your share buttons and comment box are on the inside of your posts, so it's only negative for you to not have people want to click on the article. Your goal, for now, is to get people to share it - you want a bigger audience.

    Best of luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author avanwhy
    When you site comes up my first impression is "what is this site about". And this is just my personal reaction but I don't like the ape image or the UltraApe name. The name doesn't lend a clue as to what the site is about. Don't like the green and purple combination. The "About Us' needs to be a focus so I know where to go to find out what this site is for.
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  • Profile picture of the author EricAlan
    Good afternoon,

    Your site looks nice; it's simple and direct.

    However, your grammar and punctuation could use some work.

    I intend this to be a constructive observation.

    My best to you,

    Eric M.
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