Please review my Forums

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    MzKh, Jun 3, 2010 IP
  2. hydn

    hydn Peon

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    #2
    Looks good. TOO many leaderboard banners at the top even for guests.

    At the footer I get this:

    That wont exactly help seo
     
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  3. MzKh

    MzKh Peon

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    #3
    Those are paid banners, couldn't run without cash. LOL

    I see, so shall I remove these keywords?
     
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  4. hydn

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    #4
    if 4 - 10 more visitors stick around on your site longer because they didn't run from the banner over-kill you'll actually make MORE $$$ from only 1 leaderboard banner. However, your "leader"boards are leading into 3 other banners and not content.

    But that's just my opinion I could be wrong yea :)
     
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  5. MzKh

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    Actually those aren't paid to click or pay per impression banners. Those are actually sponsorship banners, check out the advertisement pages and look at the rates. Quite high, eh? Well, I am not generating revenue by being clicked on those banners or by generating impressions, I am just getting paid to have them on my site so couldn't help removing them but yeah, won't be more than 5 banners. How about the SEO? Do you have any advice for the SEO for my forums? Thanks alot though! Appreciated your advice!
     
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    etc Well-Known Member

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    #6
    nice forum. looks like its a very busy forum :Di'd probably put the Advanced Forum Statistics below the forumboard as people are accustomed to seeing the board itself than this stats that they know nothing about during thier first visit
     
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  7. hydn

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    #7
    as per keywords they belong in meta tags only or of course "content". Its debate-able but Google devs are not stupid and I'm pretty sure the google spider is setup to ignore and/or even penalize use of keyword blobs as content.
     
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  8. hydn

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    #8
    Yes you are referring to CPA affiliate ads example: http://forexnetclub.net/partners.htm

    Ever thought about rotating the ads then, instead of showing all 4 at once? This is proven to increase CTR in most cases. Users will have to click to take action even though its not CPC
     
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  9. MzKh

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    @hydn

    Guess you're right. Just removed those extra keywords from the footer. Thanks, mate.

    @etc

    LOL Absolutely, well yeah, quite busy. I see your point, a fine idea. I have moved the statistics below the forum board so that the board would be the first priority for the public vision. Thanks.

    Anymore improvements guys?
     
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  10. MzKh

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    hydn, yes you're right. Rotating the ads would do much better. I have had thought about rotating but I have already sent the invoice to these advertisers. Well, yeah, as their advertisement campaigns expire, I would definitely consider rotating the future advertisement banners. :D
     
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  11. MzKh

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    I have noticed my site is not being indexed further by Google for a while now. It's been a month that the number of Google indexed links for my Forums haven't changed and have hold still. What could be the cause, does anyone know anything about this?
     
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    #12
    Great domain name.
     
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  13. MzKh

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    Thanks, mate. Registered this one for it is keyword enriched but lately I have been facing some problems regarding it's SEO for I am not being indexed. I wonder why. :/
     
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    #14
    it's loading forever. try to fix that issue.
     
    fishmania, Jun 4, 2010 IP
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    #15
    Your forum is really nice, I`d like theme but maybe there is too much ads under header. Also, I registered with username : GetAnswer.net
    Thanks for sharing ;)

    - Fusie
     
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    #16
    Same with others... it has to many ad banner...
    It makes your forum load very long :(
     
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    #17
    How do you mean your forum load very long?? You mean on my forum or you mean on all forums with a lot of ads??
     
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  18. MzKh

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    #18
    It doesn't take more than 10 seconds to load the page. Perhaps you guys need a new connection. Just a thought eh..
     
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  19. MzKh

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    #19
    As I said, can't help it, the ads would stay there for they're the only reason for the forums life. Well, I need to strengthen the SEO of the forums. Wondering if there's a shortcut. ;)
     
    MzKh, Jun 5, 2010 IP
  20. MzKh

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    #20
    There has been an update in the PR on June 3rd, my forums was unranked but update to PR-0 on the 3rd of June. I had many inbound relevant backlinks but my PR didn't increase. I wonder if that was a real page rank update or perhaps just a fluke or maybe just to penalize some websites cause I heard some of the webmaster stating their Page rank decreased on 3rd June. Haven't heard anyone saying they had a increase in their PR.
     
    MzKh, Jun 5, 2010 IP