Hi guys, I spent a very very long time recently re-writing the website i took over a couple of years ago. It was written with tables within tables within tables and was just nasty all over. I've tried to re-write it to be as SE friendly as possible and changed all the nasty tables into neat CSS. I believe I know a bit about SEO (still got quite a way to go to be an expert however) but none of my changes have seemed to affect my rankings in google. My question is does site design improve your SEO rank in search engines? Surely google having to go through so much badly written code is worse than going through neater code? And if it does, I dont get why my rankings in google searches haven't changed a great deal. Also yahoo and MSN just seem to neglect me lol. Any ideas on why that might be? If ur wondering, the link is the villa one in my signature.
Matt, Not sure if Site Design really matters to Google, compared to link popularity. anyway, to simplify your CSS Development, you can use Blueprint CSS - Look at it here http://code.google.com/p/blueprintcss/
Site design is for people, SEO is for Search Engines. Nice looking site, by the way. Hope its useful. On page SEO looks good, you should try to get as many as you can quality backlinks. Cheers
Design does not matter for better ranking, attractive design will help to generate lead. It just makes website neat . Ya code and content ratio does matter in terms of loading the website. If you have proper content with proper placements of targeted keywords in page and some relevant links then ranking will improve.
Hi MattC1983, You've got a great site and you're definitely targeting an exotic part of the world with your site. The issue is not the design or the quality of your behind the screen work. Google likes links and you're currently rated as warm rather than hot. Your page rank is in the neighborhood of 3/10 or 3 of a possible 10. The biggest player I could find to compare was an 8, which only means there's lots of competition. Your best focus would be gaining backlinks. You've got a few now, just under 250 or so. You can blast that away with a half dozen well written articles. Your destination is virtually unknown and underexposed on the Internet. This is perfect for promoting through articles. This is not a fast fix, however, with a little creative writing and article submission over the next 30 days you'll definitely start the ball rolling. I'd also suggest coupling the articles with a jump start by way of a press release campaign. This is a 1-2 punch that will start building momentum...and a list you can use to really add some fire. Google & Yahoo will wake up once you get started. I'd be happy to pitch in with an article for you. Just reading your webpage made me want to know more about destinations in Cyprus which seems to be a beautiful part of the world. Just PM me if you're interested in my article offer. I've always found forum members to be helpful when I needed it and I like give back when I can. Just let me know. Ciao, Doc Rich
Thanks guys, alot of helpful comments, have to say i thought it would make a difference if there is less code to go through, but point taken, i guess i was wrong so glad i asked. DionDev - wouldnt say there was anything wrong with tables as such... Its all down to preference, i like divs because they seem cleaner both code wise and the look and feel of a site. But I will use tables in the right place, for example keeping forms in line. Feel like i want to start a div vs table debate
Nice looking site, by the way. Hope its useful. On page SEO looks good, you should try to get as many as you can quality backlinks.