View Full Version : Please Review my Site


Valkhorn
05-06-2004, 03:46 PM
I would like to know what you guys think I need to do to improve my websites precense in google.com. I'm reposting this since it never got any responses the last time.

1. My URL: http://www.cheatbot.com/
2. I am targetting any keywords that are relavent on any of my pages from gunbound to tibia, etc.
3. I have put headers around all game title content. I have made individual site maps to all areas and directories. I have also provided hard text links to the individual box cover pages.

All links are dynamic, but they have been SEO'd to make them google friendly.

I was thinking about moving around the entire layout so that I can put all my main content at the very top. I was also thinking of improving the titles and such of my site. I have 17500 pages listed, and only about 300 uniques inbound from this.

Please help me return better results from google. I have also started a contest where I give away 20 dollars a week to those who give me a backlink.

Thank you for your time, and if I'm on the right light, let me know

seo guy
05-08-2004, 01:01 AM
I think you have a great shell going, it's very SE friendly however I keep running into TONS of pages with pretty much no content at all, I'm sure based on the type of site this is it will grow as people submit cheats etc but right now it looks pretty bare. Your volume will go up substantially as you grow this site as an entity and the quality and quantity of content improves.

Where do we go next? Obviously links, but your already addressing that once you get a lot more backlinks from your linking endeavors you will find everything comes out a lot easier, mind you the damn things will get sandboxed for a couple of months the way things are looking right now. Sites like gamezone who offer affiliate link exchanges are greaet places to start but dont forget to target your relevant directories as well. GO to directory.google.com and type in video game directory or similar terms shold produce some good free backlinks

As for usability I think the search box should be emboldened in some way, its not very visible, people are generally drawn to the top left of a page for such a feature, why break from tradition? The way is right now makes me think its just a part of your member signup form not a search feature. Its going to be in a div layer anyways so your code can still be anywhere you want it to be.

seo guy
05-08-2004, 01:03 AM
No glaring SEO mistakes that I can see as of yet and small things that can be tightened up will have changed by the time your offpage stuff kicks in so no need to be to picky just as yet.
Let me know if there are any specifics you wanted to ask about
Cheers
ANYONE ELSE?

Valkhorn
05-09-2004, 03:25 PM
Thanks. I might do a redesign later, if I can get creative enough. I like the word 'emboldened'

Google has just seriously picked up a few more things with my pages, and right now I'm approaching 875 uniques inbound per day thanks go Google. I can't wait to see what it will be like once the sandbox effect goes away.

EDIT: I've made a bunch of changes now. Let me know what you guys think.