Please review my Work Guide blog... I'd appreciate your advice

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by pulandit, Jul 15, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi!

    I have just started a work guide blog for career, interview, resume and business writing. I've done all of the onpage SEO thing and submitted this blog to around a thousand directories. I get somewhat 30 to 40 visitors per day (max), but I feel like something is really wrong with my site since the traffic ain't converting into clicks, and we all know that no clicks mean no income.

    I would really really appreciate your suggestions and constructive criticisms.
    Here is the site:

    http://workguides.net
     
    pulandit, Jul 15, 2009 IP
  2. goscript

    goscript Prominent Member

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    Are you publishing unique content as well?
     
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  3. pulandit

    pulandit Greenhorn

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    Some are my original articles.
    But some peeps kept spamming my blog comments so I had to delete them.

    Then, there were some guys who actually read our guidelines (I think it was over a month ago), and said they will be happy to share some articles as long as they get to post their names and websites. I posted those, then CopyScaped it... found out they were "spinned", and they all point to their respective sites (around 10, I think). I didn't mind though since it ain't our original articles anyway.

    Are those bad?
     
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  4. Kosmix5

    Kosmix5 Peon

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    This is just a personal thing, but when I get hit in the face with google ads at the top of the screen I won't bother reading the rest of the page.
     
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  5. pulandit

    pulandit Greenhorn

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    Should I remove the leaderboard and replace it with something else? Or should I trash the whole <div> tag for that?
     
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  6. Kosmix5

    Kosmix5 Peon

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    Can you shift your ads down the right side and raise your content?
     
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  7. pulandit

    pulandit Greenhorn

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    You mean, change the leaderboard then, create another 250x250 box on the right?
    Yes, I can do that. Not sure what it would look like afterwards.
     
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  8. 2advance

    2advance Well-Known Member

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    Nice header background color, looks attractive ad suits for the title. Overall good..
     
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  9. pulandit

    pulandit Greenhorn

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    2advance,

    Thanks. But how come my visitors ain't clicking those ads?
    Are my ad placements too bold or does it have something to do with the niche?
     
    pulandit, Jul 16, 2009 IP
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    netdriver788 Well-Known Member

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    Good blog with interesting content and ads are well placed.
     
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  11. SEKr

    SEKr Peon

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    I wish to have such a this website for more.
     
    SEKr, Feb 17, 2011 IP