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June 4th, 2007, 8:13 am

Hello everyone,
I am finding this web design so difficult i own a web site http://www.dogdied.co.uk trying to help people in there bereavement for when there dog has died.
My occupation is a factory worker not a web designer but i enjoy in what i do to try and help others who suffer from bereavement.
i have taken advice on here about my website and changed various things with my site also taken advice about getting higher rankings in search engines.
Hers my problem,
1. I have mailed lots of other website owners of the same sort of subject to do a link exchange but they never answer back.

2, I have signed up for a banner exchange 5 times now only to find out when it says it is free at the last point they want money. (IS THERE REALLY SUCH A THING AS A FREE BANNER EXCHANGE)

3. Google is only listing about 3 pages of my website why is this?

I need help please,
Mnay Thanks,
Emma

June 4th, 2007, 2:52 pm

emma wrote:

Hello everyone,
I am finding this web design so difficult i own a web site http://www.dogdied.co.uk trying to help people in there bereavement for when there dog has died.

Emma,

First off, I would like to take a moment to thank you for wanting to help. It's easy to become cynical in this world, so we could all learn a little from those who care enough to help others. Congratulations!

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3. Google is only listing about 3 pages of my website why is this?

A big part of the puzzle with Google Rankings is getting good, quality backlinks. (Based on your attempts to exchange links, I'm guessing you're already aware of this, at least to some degree).

That being said, I would recommend you start by adding a signature, (with a link back to your main site), on the bottom of all of your forum posts. Doing so will allow Google to find you, ( thereby cutting down on the work to get to them), and also encourage the indexing of additional pages.

Keep in mind that patience is a virtue, so you will need to hang in there, and work at it a little each day.

All the best!

June 5th, 2007, 4:19 am

you should create sitemap and submit it to google sitemap also yahoo

June 5th, 2007, 6:35 am

Hi thanks for all the advice i will try everything you tell me.
I would love at the bottom of every post i make a signature as an image linking back to my website but i know how to add the image but not sure how to link the image back to my website.
Can anyone give me the code to add to my signature.

[Fabinator]

June 5th, 2007, 8:22 am

[url="http://www.dogdied.co.uk"][/url]

[Fabinator]

June 5th, 2007, 8:24 am

that doesn't work

[url="http://www.dogdied.co.uk"][ing]http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/216/weblinkexchangebanner32uz4.jpg[/ing][/url]

now change the n from [ing] into a m

you can also change http://www.dogdied.co.uk into another URL if you would like



And for the webdesign:
Please remove all those "Email A Friend About This Website! " and "Don't forget to bookmark us" it is very noobish to do that and it's very annoying for visitors.
The links to Google, Yahoo, MSN etc. are also complete unnecessary. Everybody knows that adresses so why display them on your site.

Did you use Frontpage to make your site?
I'm sorry to say this but your source code is a disaster. Ever heard of CSS and div's ? That's a lot better then tables for design.

I've posted a few critics before. Please use them or tell what you think. If you keep focusing on new problems your site won't improve.

June 5th, 2007, 9:00 am

Thank you for you comments i used dreamweaver to build the website i am no webmaster in any way or means, you said your source code is a disaster. Ever heard of CSS and div's ?
I will be honest i wouldnt know where to start with CSS and div's
I was given dreamweaver a few years ago and i let the software do all the work for me i have checked with w3c and there is many faults within my homepage 60 in total but i don't want to try and adjust the faults as i am unsure what i would be deleting and adjusting.
I would love a totally 100% fault free homepage but ill be honest with you i would not know where to start as i have relied on dreamweaver to do everything for me.

Thanks i will try my best to adjust the faults.

Emma

June 5th, 2007, 5:35 pm

emma wrote:

...i have checked with w3c and there is many faults within my homepage 60 in total but i don't want to try and adjust the faults as i am unsure what i would be deleting and adjusting.

Emma,

I realize it can be pretty intimidating at times, but you really do need to try to get those faults ironed out. If you leave them as they are, it will almost certainly have a negative effect on your SE rankings.

If I were you, I would make a list of the errors, try to adjust what you can, (and if you run into issues), check out some html forums. From what I've seen there are a lot of good folks in there who are willing to help out with specific questions.

Also, there are a lot of good online guides and tutorials. You could simply try a Google search for "html guide," (or for more specific help), enter the name of the tag that you may be having a problem with. (i.e. "html table tag").

Above all, hang in there and remember, neither Rome nor a good website was built in a day!

June 6th, 2007, 8:03 am

Emma - to get your image link into your signature, copy this code

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[url=http://www.dogdied.co.uk/][img]http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/216/weblinkexchangebanner32uz4.jpg[/img][/url]

then go and edit your profile and paste it into the Signature box near the bottom of the profile form.

As Telecounseller says - you really do need to try and fix the validation faults - which could well be stopping Google from indexing all the pages. You will find that by fixing one problem 20 will dissapear - because a lot of them will be knock on effect - so just pick them off. The explanations on w3c of what the problem is are usually quite good - plus, by doing it, you will be getting better.

Lastly - try hand coding the pages (using the codeview in Dreamweaver). Get a good basic book like Elizabeth Castro's excellent 'HTML for the world wide web' and work your way through it. It's not rocket science and you might develop a skill that will give you an alternative to the factory...

Good Luck!

[Fabinator]

June 6th, 2007, 10:07 am

It seems to be off line at the moment....

June 6th, 2007, 10:18 am

My husband has now stepped in to try and solve the problems we have with all the errors on w3c of my website but we are both scratching our heads as a simple border that we added to the homepage with text telling people the site will be back on line real soon has errors in it?
Why does dreamweaver do this?
As i have said previously we are just factory workers and we do not really understand html coding but thought that was what dreamweaver does for you, sort the coding out.?
I think its going to be a long journey to get my website 100% correct free of errors.

Emma

[righteous_trespasser]

June 8th, 2007, 4:59 am

A good way to make a sitemap for google is by using a third-party application like GSiteCrawler ... it's free, and it does all the work for you ... then you can go to http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools where you must log in with your gmail or google account details (or create one for you) and from there you can add your sitemap view how google sees your site, see the errors google found etc ...