Mustangevolution gets a redesign

Let me know what you think guys! Spent all tonight getting her done. I may add a few more things in but the layout is done!

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Thanks!

I like the car icons, but you have not carried that across to the threads icons.

Whats up with the onpage optimization??? You need the synergy between the search phrases in the title, meta description twice, h1, then opening paragraph. When you dont have it, you kill your potential for rankings on Google.

My formula for having an opening paragraph in the navbar works pretty well, keeps everything together and follows the right formula.

And what about the footer links to the archive??? And why are not using it as a sitemap, rather you are showing the "archive" copies of the threads. You really need to have a sitemap, otherwise its really hard to get good link text and Google PR to the threads. Too many clicks.

Originally Posted by T2DMan

I like the car icons, but you have not carried that across to the threads icons.

Yea not gotten that far yet. My graphic skills... suck

Whats up with the onpage optimization??? You need the synergy between the search phrases in the title, meta description twice, h1, then opening paragraph. When you dont have it, you kill your potential for rankings on Google.

Totally got lost in that heh.

My formula for having an opening paragraph in the navbar works pretty well, keeps everything together and follows the right formula.

That just looks too out of place to me

And what about the footer links to the archive???

I ran them for a long time and nothing changed index wise in Google. They cluttered up my site to much to me so I took them off.

And why are not using it as a sitemap, rather you are showing the "archive" copies of the threads.

I make too much money off the archive to not use it.

You really need to have a sitemap, otherwise its really hard to get good link text and Google PR to the threads. Too many clicks.

I know Juan had mentioned something a long time ago about having an option to generate a seperate sitemap page for those like me who wish to monetize the sitemap.

Thanks for feedback, I got more than I bargained for heh. Was really just looking for comments on the mainpage sense that was what I redesigned.

If you really want your archive pages to get indexed well and ranked well, then footer links to the main archive pages will help this heaps.

Just had a look at the seo of the archived thread pages, and they are actually seo'ed not too bad. Great title, meta description, even an h1, but not that great an opening paragraph. You could do something a little better there, but again, its not too bad.

I just hate the concept of you working so hard on graphics, then having people go to your forum and all they see is the archived pages. $ are a funny thing what they do.

Can I get some feedback on my SEO for my main page here? Ford Mustang | Mustang Forums for Ford Mustang Enthusiasts

Just the mainpage not the forum

Originally Posted by BamaStangGuy

Can I get some feedback on my SEO for my main page here? Ford Mustang | Mustang Forums for Ford Mustang Enthusiasts

Just the mainpage not the forum

I really l'ked the new homepage. It doesnt look like vbadvanced and has a clean nice look.