Websites Everyone Please Review Magicshoplimerick.com

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the page seems split to me (the top to the left side and the bottom on the right side)
using firefox with 800 x 600 resolution
may want to check with "browser shots"
http://browsershots.org/
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hope this helps
falcon

 

May want to change the title a little

<title>The Magic Shop, Limerick > Costumes & Fancy Dress ></title>
50 characters, including spaces in the title -
Google displays about 66 characters, including spaces
May want to add about 16 characters describing your site

Examples:
<title>Magic Tricks .Com - FAST SHIPPING | Magic Shop for Magicians | Magical History,
Library of Magic, Magicians Museum</title>
they seem to have an excess (should only use a short description using some keywords)

<TITLE>Brad Burt's Magic Shop - The best magic shop for magic books, tricks and videos</TITLE>

<title>Barry&rsquo;s Magic Shop, Serving the Magic Community Since 1974</title>

<title>Magic tricks, Books, Card Tricks, Close-up magic, coin tricks, DVD&amp;#180;s - The Magic Shop</title>
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hope this helps
falcon

 

In IE8 goes to the left.

 

the page seems split to me (the top to the left side and the bottom on the right side)
using firefox with 800 x 600 resolution
may want to check with "browser shots"
http://browsershots.org/
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It may have something to do with the tables
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<td width="50%" align="left">061 341839<br />
086 2563681<br />
087 6492126</td>
<td width="50%" align="right">6 Mallow Street<br />
Limerick<br />
Ireland</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
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hope this helps
falcon
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(PM me and I'll post the reply)

 

I don't know what you did, but it looks a whole lot better
Did you correct the problems with Google ??
Loads a little slow, may want to compress the pictures (all zip or compression programs are not created equal). Many free programs that will help, try several and use the one that works best for you.
Much better on my browser (800 x 600 - using firefox)
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hope this helps
falcon

 

some free image photo compression software:
http://www.blubox.com/
http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwgcomp.html
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To speed up your site download - you may want to compress the pictures - try different compression software and amount to speed up the download without degrading the picture quality
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hope this helps
falcon

 

I want to see that piece of string that caught your attention
falcon

 

I don't believe "looks nice" is a post.
I want to give a post the way I want to receive one
Here is a general outline:
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website review guidelines

Aesthetics & Eye Appeal
Personality:

1. Does the site's look and feel seem to match the subject matter
2. Does the site align visually with the intended reader or market?
3. Do you immediately get a sense of what the site is all about?
4. Could you easily see "About" and security information?

Design & Layout

1. Are the graphics appropriate to the subject of the site?
2. Are the graphics appropriate for the intended audience?
3. Are there graphics that seem superfluous or unnecessary?
4. Is the color scheme appealing and suggestive of the topic?
5. Is the layout cramped and 'too full' or is there proper spacing and visual rest areas?
6. Is your eye drawn to the most important elements? Do they then relate into the content?

Reader Usability

1. Is the site understandable?
2. Did you know what to do to get to the information you wanted?
3. Were there guide posts or 'help' features included
4. Are the areas of content clearly defined
5. Were there distractions like spam and blinking ads
6. Are there visual elements, design elements, pictures, or content blocks that are distracting, or that keep you from flowing into the content message?

Functionality

1. Is navigation Intelligent, logical and clearly understandable
2. Does the technology work - Java, scripts, movies, etc. or are you required to load a program or do something in order to use the site?
3. Do buttons and links send you where you expected to go?

Page Source

1. Does the title have a brief description (max 66 characters including spaces) and does it include the most important keywords
2. Is the description clearly understandable and does it match the site (max 150 characters including spaces) and does it include keywords
3. Is the keyword list a reasonable length (not excessive) and have they been checked in a keyword suggestion tool
4. Are the keywords used in the body of the page
5. Is the page source for each page directed for that page content.
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hope this helps
falcon

 

I ran your site through a website analyzer and this is the result:
You should check your keywords in a keyword suggestion tool such as wordtracker before determining whether to keep or remove
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
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hope this helps
falcon
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Keywords:
You do have Meta-Tag Keywords in your site. These will help your sites positioning in the search engines.
PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are using your keywords ineffectively. You are only using 186 characters when you can use up to 1000. We suggest that you simply add some more keywords into your Meta-Tag Keyword list. The Keywords you are currently using are listed below. For more information on Keyword Meta-Tags Click Here.
You are not spamming your keywords, they will be accepted by the search engines
Your Keywords Are:
fancy dress
Magic
Shop
Limerick
jokes
tricks
cards
cheap
great
fun
costumes
make
up
dvd
books
coins
wigs
ireland
party
cool
crazy
funny
paint
all ages
magician

Title:
You are using your Title effectively
Your Title is:
The Magic Shop | Limerick | Tricks, Jokes, Costumes & Fancy Dress
You are using your keywords within your Title effectively, you are using 7 of your keywords in your Title.
Google displays 66 characters of your title (including spaces) - You have 65 characters

Description:
You are using your Description effectively
Your Description is:
The Magic Shop has loads of great tricks, books, costumes and much more to help you become an amazing magician! Great fun for all ages, at home or at parties!"
You are using your keywords within your description effectively, you are using 9 of your keywords in your description.
Google diplays 150 characters of your title (including spaces) - You have 154 characters (you may want to remove "The" in magic shop.)

Body:
You are using your Keywords as follows in the body of your page:
fancy dress 2 times Good, do nothing
Magic 4 times Good, do nothing
Shop 6 times Good, do nothing
Limerick 3 times Good, do nothing
tricks 4 times Good, do nothing
costumes 6 times Good, do nothing
make 5 times Good, do nothing
up 5 times Good, do nothing
books 4 times Good, do nothing
ireland 4 times Good, do nothing
paint 1 time Good, do nothing
jokes 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
dvd 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
cards 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
cheap 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
great 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
fun 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
coins 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
wigs 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
party 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
cool 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
crazy 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
funny 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
party 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
cool 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
crazy 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
funny 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
all ages 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
magician 0 times Add to your web page text or remove
You are using your keywords within the body of your page effectively, you are using 11 of your keywords in the body of your page.

File Sizes:
Home Page 4.58Kb
http://www.magicshoplimerick.com /images/index/shop2.png 0.03Kb
http://c.statcounter.com/5034572/0/0fc38b80/1/ 0.03Kb
Total 4.63Kb
Your File Size is good.

Download Time:
Time Taken To Download
On A 56Kbs Modem 1.34 Seconds
On 128Kbs DSL 0.58 Seconds
On 512Kbs DSL/Cable 0.15 Seconds
On 1024Kbps DSL/Cable 0.07 Seconds
Your Download Time is good.

 

Here is how "wordtracker" rates some of your keywords:
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211 fancy dress
341 fancy dress costumes
1864 magic
707 magic tricks
937 shop
Limerick
8544 jokes
2323 practical jokes
998 practical jokes and pranks
707 magic tricks
532 mind tricks
513 card tricks
118 tricks
207 trick
1420 cards
cheap
great
fun
4767 halloween costumes
2420 costumes
make
up
2089 dvd
books
coins
wigs
ireland
party
cool
crazy
funny
paint
all ages
201 magician
1864 magic
707 magic tricks
937 shop
Limerick
8544 jokes
2323 practical jokes
998 practical jokes and pranks
707 magic tricks
532 mind tricks
513 card tricks
118 tricks
207 trick
1420 cards
cheap
great
fun
4767 halloween costumes
2420 costumes
make
up
2089 dvd
books
coins
wigs
ireland
party
cool
crazy
funny
paint
all ages
201 magician
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Note:
211 fancy dress
341 fancy dress costumes
- I would use "fancy dress costumes"
4767 halloween costumes
2420 costumes
- I would use "halloween costumes"
118 tricks
207 trick
- I would use "trick"
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You need to check keywords in a keyword suggestion tool
such as wordtracker (http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/)
Also check the competition (other magic sites) for ideas and keywords
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hope this helps
falcon

 

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hope this helps
falcon