Els schreef:
> tonnie wrote:
>> Els schreef:
>>> ** reposted in new thread on CanadaFred's request **
>>> Since I think it was T.J.'s idea that more of us would show something
>>> to critique - I'll submit this one:
>>> http://locusoptimus.com/css-trickery...s-on-hover.php
>> Hi Els,
>>
>> Nice clean page and well structured.
>>
>> A few points i noticed:
>>
>> - no description
>> - no keywords
>
> Believe it or not - I tend to forget those...
I do believe you
>> - numbers for links
>
> They are there for the visitor to easily see that each page is part of
> a 3-page set. Further down in the content the same links are spelled
> out with words. Is it bad that there are number links on the page at
> all?
No, imo it just would be better to use words.
>> - no headers
>
> You mean h2, h3? The pages are very short - where would you have put
> headers in?
I agree that there is not mucht text, but still, you could consider to
change this:
The problem they experience, is demonstrated here:
Into:
<h3>The problem IE users experience with hovering on an image border:</h3>
>> - make your title as short as possible
>> no need to use this @ Locus Optimus ©2005
>> put it in the description or place it on the page in a footer
>
> I know there is no need, but I like it that way. Is it bad for SEO or
> any other reason?
The more text in a title, the weaker its components get.
>
>> - to me there are, i can see you use johns technique of 'no menu'
>> on the page, not enough further options.
>
> No, I don't know of John's 'no menu' technique.
Ah, i see. Just jumped into conclusions then as i did read somewhere
Johne helped you out to optimise this one.
> The sole reason for the plain page, is that they are example pages,
> and if I add a menu with styling, those styles will interfere with
> the styles of the examples. This is not true for all examples btw,
> but I want to keep the collection rather uniform.
Oke, i am fine with that.
> The horizontal navigation at the top only holds 'home' and 'css',
> because I don't think my portfolio or my contact details are part of
> CSS examples. I feel it's a separate part of the site, and I offer a
> home link for anyone who wants to go back to the rest of the site.
>
>> all more or less minor points, but this one isn't:
>>
>> - to long dokument name
>
> I've been struggling with that one. The last word is needed to
> differentiate between the 3 pages. So you suggest I make it shorter,
> like for instance "border-styles" ? That doesn't indicate IE, nor
> hover. I'm all for shorter urls, but I also want to be able to see
> what it's about. Generic is good, but too generic isn't I think.
>
>> It's oke to give a good hint in the name of the dokument to tell what it
>> is about. This one however is to long IMHO
>
> I agree, that it appears too long - I just don't know what I can leave
> out without losing the meaning and specificity.
>
>> ie-image-border-styles-on-hover-solution.php
Suggestion:
ie-image-border.php
or
image-border-ie.php
Try to get the strongest words in it.
For those who did inspect my pages: i not always practice what i preach.
>> In the last part of his post Matt Cutts points to the use of these
>> stretched filled with words URl's:
>>
>> http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/
>
> I may be missing the point - he is saying that Google does not
> penalize dashes, not even when there are many, and I think his last
> point has more to do with long domain names than with long urls?
>
> From what I read there, the above url is perfect for SEO...
Yes, but a dokument name is also part of a URl isn't it?
>> So far so good, here is my contribution:
>>
>> http://vision2form.nl/websitedesign/html-structure.html
>
> Not much I can say about that one. Nice page, clever use of the words
> html and structure, without appearing spammy. Good absence of language
> flags in the top right ;-)
That was years ago and discussed in niwo. That discussions did make an
impression then, didn't they.
> The only thing I would advise, is to add at least one more keyword:
> optimization with a z. Perhaps also optimise and optimize. Not sure if
> that would become spammy though, but I'd certainly make sure that if
> you use one of those words with an s, to also include it spelled with
> a z. (optimization comes up 279,000,000 times in Google, while
> optimisation 'only' gets 47,800,000 results)
I know, still figuring out what would be best. Catching them all in a
few pages or writing more to promote them. Hm, in fact i know what to
do. But hey lazy ...
> And I would split internetpresentation into two words :-)
Good one. Changed it.
> (I take it you're still gonna add the instructions that are already in
> the Dutch version and partly in the German version?)
Yes, all of it has to be translated. But for the moment i am writing to
much in Dutch and having almost no time left to translate the rest.
App. 200 pages are still waiting to be translated into German and most
of them into English.
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