Websites Critics invited for our updated website!

Hi,

We have recently updated our website http://www.website4retail.com and need all critics to make it better. Please feel free to send your ideas. We are a Yahoo! Store Design company.

Thanks!

 

to many infos on front page for my taste.... anyway, it's good .... only what you need is better copywrite

 

I got lost in all information you provide your visitors with. And your header looks too simple to my opinion. Good luck!

 

On the left side under Yahoo store help
I found empty pages - title only
is this intentional ??
falcon

 

I like how the site looks, but the green color on the left is a little bit too bright and needs to be softer in my opinion.

Also, if you could make your homepage a little longer and add more space in between areas, it would look less busy.

Just my thoughts!

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You have 57 validation warnings which can be corrected automatically with HTML Tidy
The validation error can not be automatically corrected but it lists it so you can correct it and gives suggestions.
hope this helps
falcon

 

Thank you for your help,

Thanks for your help, I have narrowed down the warnings and have no errors now. I panicked at first and then after calming down, took my time, looked over a few things, and was able to figure things out enough to look better. Well, at least for now!

Again, I really do appreciate your guidence, it helped tremendously. I never knew those places existed. If you have any other great info. I'll be happy to take it? One thing I wonder is, if you know how and/or where I can place my site to gain traffic? Any free or cheap reliable places besides directories? I've added us to quite a bit of places, but have never paid for traffic besides our new yahoo sm ads. Coming in here and the admin. zone has helped me so so much!

Thanks again,
sincerely- Sunnee~

 

validation error
line 16 seo-leftnav not recognized maybe problems with spelling
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after you correct this, then use HTML Tidy to automatically correct the validation warnings (save the original page, then correct with HTML Tidy. If you like the results, OK, if not reload the original copy you saved). HTML Tidy is safe and fast and automatically corrects validation warnings. Saves you a lot of time and grief.
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Also you can check the page display with "Browser Shots" (do a web search) it will show you thumbnails (small pictures) of how your site displays in different browsers (like firefox, Safari, Internet Exployer, etc. and it is free)
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nice page
hope this helps
falcon

 

Look at these sites
Their source code (view ->Page Source)
Their title, description and keywords - it may give you some ideas
also their menu - dropdown or static
would these modifications help your site
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hope this helps
falcon

http://www.allwebpromotion.org/
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http://www.solidcactus.com/
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http://www.venturawebdesign.com/
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http://www.etproductions.com/

 

Too much writting, Erase some stuff, Too much information in front page which is bad.

 

For help and general information
on the top menu bar select "view" then "page source"
this will display the code of the site
if you use "firefox they have a validator you can check the page with
called firebug
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843
or you can use CSE HTML Validator
http://www.htmlvalidator.com/lite/
or you can use total validator
http://www.totalvalidator.com/
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to check display in different browsers use "browser shots"
http://browsershots.org/
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to check for keywords use wordtracker
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
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hope this helps
falcon

 

This thread is a big help!

 

You can use HTML Tidy to automatically correct the validation errors.
http://infohound.net/tidy/
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<title>A Guide to Retail Website Hosting and eCommerce Software</title>

meta name="description" content="Expert Help for your Retail Website" />

Google allows 150 characters in the description. You may want to add more information
To get more traffic, you need to use better keywords. Keywords are the words people use in search engines (like Google and Yahoo) to find your site. You need to check the words in a keyword suggestion tool
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html
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falcon

 

You may submit your site to search engines and directories.
http://freewebsubmission.com/
The above address is for free submission. Advice: submit manually to the addresses listed, some search engines do not like automatic submissions. Be sure to check when and if you are accepted. After about a month, if not listed, submit again.

keywords, use a "keyword suggestion tool" and use keywords that are popular. Sometimes singular and plural keywords have a large difference in popularity. Changing or adding a few can have a large difference in traffic. More important than traffic is targeted traffic (traffic that gets more conversions). You need to use analytics to know the results of your changes. I use several and track the results for traffic and conversions. Try to reduce your bounce rate with keywords, this in turn directs to more targeted traffic (or the traffic that is interested in your site).
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hope this helps
falcon

 

On your first page, a lot of text. You can make it easier to read by using bullets to emphasize the important points.
Some web hosts have similar features, which one is better and why ? The control panel; easier to contact for help; faster response; better help; better software; better up time; ... ???
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hope this helps
falcon