My First Website please review

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Hello everyone my name is Niclas and iv'e been lurking arround this forum for about 2 months now. And in this 2 month period i managed to produce this website . This is my first website ever and i'd would like some help on what to do next.

From the many different options i found here on the warriorforum i have choosen to work with Amazon and focus on a specific type of product. It's not fully completed so somethings might look abit strange.

Please don't hessitate to make comments about the site
I need all the improvement and help i can get
#review #website
  • Profile picture of the author dwoods
    Hi there keysersoze, nice to meet you.

    Nice looking site, Here's a few suggestions:

    1.) l noticed the info box (the content directly under the navigation) appears on all pages --- maybe just have that one the home page and not the internal pages.

    2.) The intro text is pretty bland, maybe spruce it up with some better graphics and text effects to make it pop a little more.

    3.) logo - l see you're using the smartbiz template and have decided to leave the default logo in there; maybe you should create your own that's congruent with your site.

    Keep up the good work, and good luck with the site.
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    • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
      Hello Dwoods! Thanks for the advice i will put all of them on my to do list

      Just having some issue with removing that box under the navigation bar.
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  • Profile picture of the author dwoods
    Hit me on skype: darrenwoods80, l'd be happy to take a look for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author whland
    Nice site. The only thing I would suggest is replacing that wordpress logo with one of your own related to the site.

    Maybe design or get someone to design a gaming related logo.

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  • Profile picture of the author ireshagun
    Looks good, but you want to add more images, as the site looks a little plain
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  • Profile picture of the author mikedex
    Google ads give some negative impacts to your website. Over all good blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tkyles1009
    I have to agree with Whland other than that great job! I loved it!
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    • Profile picture of the author dxter
      Good looking site. There seem to be a problem with your "buy now" amazon buttons
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  • Profile picture of the author SOIN
    Originally Posted by keysersoze View Post

    Hello everyone my name is Niclas and iv'e been lurking arround this forum for about 2 months now. And in this 2 month period i managed to produce this website . This is my first website ever and i'd would like some help on what to do next.

    From the many different options i found here on the warriorforum i have choosen to work with Amazon and focus on a specific type of product. It's not fully completed so somethings might look abit strange.

    Please don't hessitate to make comments about the site
    I need all the improvement and help i can get

    The website is: www dot bestgamingchairs dot net
    Hi...nice site, just a few suggestions:

    1-What is the first thing people see when they go to a website?
    The Header...you will keep visitors much longer on your site if you
    have a good looking graphics header...

    2-Put a Image of the products you sell...i would recommend(if you
    uses wordpress) getting a E Commerce Theme-plugin that will make the
    Job easier and make the Site a site to Stay
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  • Profile picture of the author roxitsc
    It looks really nice, it's simple and get's the info around. You should probably change the title tag for the home page form the domain name to a seo title tag.
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  • Profile picture of the author Evocess
    Originally Posted by keysersoze View Post

    Hello everyone my name is Niclas and iv'e been lurking arround this forum for about 2 months now. And in this 2 month period i managed to produce this website . This is my first website ever and i'd would like some help on what to do next.

    From the many different options i found here on the warriorforum i have choosen to work with Amazon and focus on a specific type of product. It's not fully completed so somethings might look abit strange.

    Please don't hessitate to make comments about the site
    I need all the improvement and help i can get

    The website is: www dot bestgamingchairs dot net
    Hey Niclas,

    First of all I would like to congratulate you in setting up your first website!

    Design feedback:
    - Color combination is good especially the background it really blends the color of the page.
    - Maybe you can more graphic image to have a bit attractive i.e header, etc.
    - The color of the prices in PC Gaming Chairs page are having different colors. If you make this for some reasons like promo maybe you can create a tag or description where it says "less 15%" or any stuff.
    - Add a jQuery slider in the home. It is the main eye of attraction.

    Layout Feedback:
    - Make use of your sidebar.
    - The products posts in PC Games Chair are not aligned.
    - Beware of white spaces. You used to much white spaces.

    Overall Feedback:
    - For first website this is already a big achievement for you.
    - Choice of colors are good.
    - Just a little improvement with the layout of the sub pages.

    Keep it up!
    Hope it helps.

    All the best,
    Justin Durano
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hello everyone thank you for the positive feedback, Really makes me happy
    Just wanted to say im fixing the buy now buttons at the moment and i have outsourced the logo design so i will get a new logo in 1 day!

    i Also have 7 reviews finished but i wonder if i should upload them all at once or spread it out and publish 1 each day. don't know if it matters or not.

    So far i have spent:
    Hosting+domain:6.99$
    Logo:5$
    total: 11.99$

    Im not really pleased with my current Theme and looking for a premium one
    If anyone have any tips it would be great

    Thanks again! /Niclas
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    • Profile picture of the author bookworm techie
      nice one keysersoze.. Suggestion: The color red at the bottom is too distracted in the eyes. need to lessen a bit
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hello again everyone! Thank you for the positive feedback!
    been working all night and i think i've come up with the final design i hope you like it!
    And again if you see anything that you think could be better please say so!

    And Bookwork techie i changed the color so it's easier for the eye
    Weeb Geek i don't know why it's so slow to load but i will figure it out! thanks

    Thanks again everybody
    /Niclas
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  • Profile picture of the author weboasis
    I would change the header and add some images to the Home Page.
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  • Profile picture of the author kazim
    Your site is fast to load.
    I don't think that you should change any thing.
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  • Profile picture of the author sohailblog
    very attractive website you have man.. i really like it very much...
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Thanks Kazim and Sohailblog

    So i have another little problem that i hope someone could explain for me.
    Yesterday i had 15 indexed pages. Today i have 0 indexed pages and i can't find the site anywhere. Anyone know the reason for this?
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  • Profile picture of the author vdpchecker
    Don't worry, it's will be show again soon
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Thanks for the fast answer Vdpchecker 1 less thing to worry about then.
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hello again everyone. Now the next problem have popped up!
    And i don't think this is a minor one. got this message from google today,
    Im not even on google anymore.

    Dear site owner or webmaster of "website"
    We've detected that some of your site's pages may be using techniques that are outside Google's Webmaster Guidelines. If you have any questions about how to resolve this issue, please see our Webmaster Help Forum for support.
    Sincerely,
    Google Search Quality Team

    I have cleaned up my site abit and deleted alot of affiliate links, i can't find anything els that isn't following googles guidelines. If anyone can find something on my site that might contribute to this issue please tell me

    /Niclas
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  • Hey, it's a nice start!

    Some suggestions:

    - Work on the logo and tweak the theme a little. It looks too generic and "template-ish" to me.

    - Build your navigation menu. Three items are too few and they don't really support your visitors' navigation of the site. Rather than "Racing Gaming Chairs" as a top category, you should have something like "Products" or "Models" and put your "Racing...", "Shooter..." etc under that.

    - Navigation menu visual feedback: let your visitors know which category they're on by adding a graphical element, e.g user clicks Contact, Contact item in menu changes color.

    Best of luck and have fun!
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hey Fred thanks for the advice i will change my navigation menu and try to set up some kind off forum. I agree with you that the site looks abit plain i hope to fix this soon.
    /Niclas
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  • Profile picture of the author newfriends
    Hello !

    Browsed your website a new visitor. Some tips.

    Ad two more pages like About Us, sitemap or privacy policy or some thing more related to your product.

    The text box below Welcome looks too textish add some pic to it make it look good.

    Footer widget looks empty fill it with some information. A twitter box, facebook pluging...

    Your website loads slow just check in to it.

    Good Luck ! Bye.
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hello newfriend thanks for the advice i've added a picture and removed the greenbox also added some more pages under product navigation.
    Hope this makes it better
    /Niclas
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  • Profile picture of the author maverickbiker
    remove the html link on the main image at the top .ie the chair
    it serves no purpose.

    The intro text is to long and isnt really optimised for SEO.

    Shorten it and add a call to action at the bottom.

    I tried to click each thumbnail but you cant. Make them clickable and point to the same address as the read more button.

    good effort for your first site!
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisMoon
    Nice looking site. Think it would help the layout if all images were the same size. The bottom one "ace bayou adult video rocker" appears slightly narrower than the others.
    Good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author timmor29
    The site is nice overall. I like the color, very eye-catching but pleasant. The site looks professional. It's easy to navigate. Some things I would change:
    The logo is nice but make it bigger. My eye should immediately be drawn to it.
    There is too much blank space on the sides. Your website should be clean-looking and not crammed, but it looks like there isn't enough content.. Consider adding a left-side column.
    Add a sitemap at the bottom.
    Include an About Us page.

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author densho
    Your website has a professional look indeed, webpages are loading fast - the only thing that I would change though is the integrated facebook module. For me it doesn't seem to belong there
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hello fellas i've implemented some of your advice. Iv'e notice i got a add at the bottom of my page that i havn't put there... Can u guys see it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Andycoper
    I have visit your site. Its look good and simple design.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeye
    Good start as your first website. Take off your email address from your "About" page since you already have a "Contact" page. This may attract potential spams.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zazz
    there are lots of good suggestions so far.
    On my side I'd say: who are you talking to?
    Gamers.
    So, I'd do the following:
    1. find out a list of the Top 10 games of 2012
    2. look at the top games' color schemes
    3. choose on which I like, but which the gamers also would recognize.
    Obviously, don't copy copyrighted material. What I am saying is to
    use the same type of "red" or "blue" or whatever color
    which a gamer will find in his favorite game.
    This way he will feel a bit of familiarity with your site.
    Your current green background may not be the best color for your site's target audience...
    best of luck,
    bryan
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hey everyone thanks alot for all the suggestions i have implemented alot of them and now i think the site looks good.

    but the work was for nothing it seems, google unindexed me a couple of days ago.
    Guess it's the EMD update?

    /Niclas
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  • Profile picture of the author imdesigner
    Hello..

    nice site.. GOOD start... Keep up the work...

    - get good graphic logo
    - things like make your pages look what they say for example
    Home page should be a summery of your site
    News- news listings,
    SHOP should look like a shop and not a blog.
    All this can be fixed with picking the current theme

    You managed to put ads, and links to products on there. good job
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanSawyer
    Looks like you have already received some great advice but I'll chime in too.

    Gaming chairs are awesome, and there is a great market for them. I love that you have many to choose from as well.

    The site is very clean; a little on the slow side for loading which may create an inflated amount of bounces from your site.

    Also, I did not see the order links.

    All and all, it is a great start!
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  • Profile picture of the author premise911
    its a good start. looks better than my first website thats for sure. I was only using HTML and had never heard of wordpress.

    I agree with most of the feedback here .
    I say add some more color to the overall design. Grey is boring.
    Definitely change the logo.
    Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael71
    Using a theme from themeforest is easy...

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  • Profile picture of the author Huy Phan
    I really like the design of your website. Only thing i would consider changing is the letter size in the chair description (increase the size and line height).

    Other than that, it's great! Good work!
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  • Profile picture of the author M42
    EMD update only punishes sites that are over optimised. There's a good post by Becker over at the Source Wave Marketing blog that explains all about it. Nice site design though. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author OmiTaylor
    Looks great except the footer looks under construction.
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  • Profile picture of the author linklerin
    Found what should we do know what kind of help do you plan for your future business plans, OK, got what aims and
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  • Profile picture of the author keysersoze
    Hello everyone

    It's now 3 month's since i published the website and i just wanted to update whoever is interested on my progress.

    So far iv'e gotten 3100 visits, im arround 70-150 visits a day and im very happy with that

    I've gotten 7 sales from amazon at a total off 14$ total
    I've just added adsense and earned 2$ already

    I made all the sales in 30 days and the viewers are getting better everyday.

    / Niclas
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  • Not bad, I would just brighten things a bit.
    "make it more about the niche".

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  • Profile picture of the author kumarvijay
    I think nice website overall , nice work by you , and if you want a good and attractive website logo so you can contact any renowned firm.You also create logo with the help of free logo creating tools.
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