Hey there, I'm looking for some tips to better improve/optimize my sites. I'm not new to the web industry, but not one of those big earners. There is always someone who knows more out their right? And learning is a never-ending cycle. So I won't be frowned upon for asking for a little bit of help would I? Ok, for those of you who would like to submit constructive criticism. Thank you, for those of you who may think it's worthless. Thank you for viewing the thread anyway. http://www.animeseat.com - The site is basically an interactive anime/manga community. Been around for around 2 months, marketing strategies. Ive posted alot at other bigger anime/manga forums, with the link in signature. Ive had/got about 10-15 sites with PR6 or so linking to the homepage, the site is currently PR0, but expect PR5. Rank 418k in alexa, and gets decent hits from google. Submitted to over 400+ directories, has had little paid posting. The forum is still quite small, would love to know some tactics to maxmizie userbase/discussion. http://www.andy-roddick.org - Ok, just purchased this site. All traffic is organic, the site has DMOZ listing. It makes around 100$ from google a month (from what I know), I'm still waiting for the site to get onto my server, I'm basically just thinking of adding a bigger image gallery, attract more users. Would love to know some way's to reach bigger sporting audience. Site is PR4. http://www.allsouprecipes.com - Again, purchased. Traffic again organic, small link exchange. PR5, dmoz listing, makes around 120$ monthly from google 50 from TLA. Again waiting to be moved onto my servers. Want to stick to soup's so no means of expanding to wider range of recepies. Basically want some tips on how to expose this more. http://www.seducejuliet.com - Personal blog, submitted to most blogging sites, never really promoted a blog... content is good? Completely lost here. I own more sites, but I know where I'm going/what I'm doing with those. Any tips & C&C would be greatly appreciated.
The soups should be submitted to cooking-type directories. Also, if you are into cooking yourself, try posting a bit in cooking fora - for instance when someone asks about a certain soup - post a link to that soup on your site. Being active on fora can also help you get an idea on what information might be added to your site.