Please Critique my site

Hello everyone, i need a Serious Critique on my site.

My site is almost 2 years old and i still get a very low traffic and register members. so i really need your advice how to get more traffic in my site.

i been posting good content, commenting to other blog related to mine and sharing my links to bookmark etc. but still nothing :(

tunedtech.ca
forums.tunedtech.ca

You've seem to have lost focus of your niche... Half of the front page articles aren't even about cars... iPad, asimo, golf, basketball, etc etc. As such, you've probably lost some niche authority by branching out WAY too wide.

• fix your blog to link to the destination url in the nav bar, not forumdisplay.php
  see also: http://www.vbseo.com/f2/brians-tip-w...ry-301s-38815/
• it looks like you are using your wordpress stylesheet on your forum. Instead of copy.pasting it into source, you should really link it with a link rel="stylesheet" command to save the bloat, even if its a copy
• you have duplicate analytics tracking code. If you're using vbseo's native, you should remove the template edits or other plugins you may be using for it.

These are all small things and won't really do much. Ultimately, you need content. You have WAYYYYYYYYY to many forums for the low amount of threads you have, and thus, your site looks completely empty/un-used and deters new memberships. I would seriously consider re-factoring down to 10 or less forums in total for a site your size. Break out as you get busy in a section. ie, this whole category of subforums Technicals and Performance should really be just 1 fourm. Along the same lines, you're running a .ca TLD.... why bother having 6 forums for Americans? You'll be lucky to attract 6 active american users on a .ca site the same way a .co.uk site would.

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

You've seem to have lost focus of your niche... Half of the front page articles aren't even about cars... iPad, asimo, golf, basketball, etc etc. As such, you've probably lost some niche authority by branching out WAY too wide.

• fix your blog to link to the destination url in the nav bar, not forumdisplay.php
  see also: http://www.vbseo.com/f2/brians-tip-w...ry-301s-38815/
• it looks like you are using your wordpress stylesheet on your forum. Instead of copy.pasting it into source, you should really link it with a link rel="stylesheet" command to save the bloat, even if its a copy
• you have duplicate analytics tracking code. If you're using vbseo's native, you should remove the template edits or other plugins you may be using for it.

These are all small things and won't really do much. Ultimately, you need content. You have WAYYYYYYYYY to many forums for the low amount of threads you have, and thus, your site looks completely empty/un-used and deters new memberships. I would seriously consider re-factoring down to 10 or less forums in total for a site your size. Break out as you get busy in a section. ie, this whole category of subforums Technicals and Performance should really be just 1 fourm. Along the same lines, you're running a .ca TLD.... why bother having 6 forums for Americans? You'll be lucky to attract 6 active american users on a .ca site the same way a .co.uk site would.

Ill will make sure to post blog about my niche this time.

for these 3 things that you listed

• fix your blog to link to the destination url in the nav bar, not forumdisplay.php
  see also: http://www.vbseo.com/f2/brians-tip-w...ry-301s-38815/
• it looks like you are using your wordpress stylesheet on your forum. Instead of copy.pasting it into source, you should really link it with a link rel="stylesheet" command to save the bloat, even if its a copy
• you have duplicate analytics tracking code. If you're using vbseo's native, you should remove the template edits or other plugins you may be using for it.

I dont really quite understand, perhaps you can show me how can i do this changes? please and thank you.


OK. i will make the forum little and i will remove some thread and make it as one for now then change it once it get busy.

for most part, most of our members are from USA and i don't really mind if people joining from other country's because thats how i wanted.
i want this to be .com but then the .com is already used so i decided to used .ca you think it'll be better to change my name instead? maybe www.tunedJDM.com since this is all about jdm cars

I think I'm already critiqued this site ?

On your blog, in your main nav bar, you link the forum for the marketplace as

Code:

http://forums.tunedtech.ca/forumdisplay.php?f=3

instead of

Code:

http://forums.tunedtech.ca/f3/

which adds a 301. The same thing for members ride.

If you want to go 'global' with it, choosing a country specific TLD is not a good idea.

What? on my main nav bar homepage i have the link tunedTECH's Marketplace for my Marketplace
and i have the link Member's Ride for my members Ride. i am not sure why you seeing that one.

If you want to go 'global' with it, choosing a country specific TLD is not a good idea.

So you mean .com is the best choice to go with right? you think it will be better if i change name called tunedJDM.com?

Originally Posted by marco1

I think I'm already critiqued this site ?

Yes i think so. but i need more critiqued to get a more traffic and sign ups.

Right now i am going to hire a SEO to Optimized my Vbulletin, Vbseo and Photoplog pro

Originally Posted by tunedtech

What? on my main nav bar homepage i have the link tunedTECH's Marketplace for my Marketplace
and i have the link Member's Ride for my members Ride. i am not sure why you seeing that one.

On your blog (main domain, not forum subdomain) nav bar.

In the forum they are correct, as vbseo is running on your forum and fixes this. vbseo doesn't run on your blog, so its a 301.

So you mean .com is the best choice to go with right? you think it will be better if i change name called tunedJDM.com?

yes, something .com or .net or .org would be a far better choice.

Yes i go to my home domain name tunedtech.ca and click those link (marketplace and Ride) and they are all correct.

yes, something .com or .net or .org would be a far better choice.

if i change to .com meaning i have to re do all the url with tunedtech.ca and forum.tunedtech.ca correct? or theres an easy way to just change names?

Don't click... hover and look at the status bar.

They END UP at the right place, but not before performing an un-necessary 301.


If you change domains, the best thing to do is to park the old domain on the new domain and make sure you have the www or non-www htaccess code in place, as that will automatically take .ca => .com as well as move nonwww to www (or vice versa).
[How to] Setup www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com (www vs. non-www) - With .htaccess 301 redirects

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

Don't click... hover and look at the status bar.

They END UP at the right place, but not before performing an un-necessary 301.

OH i see it... how do i change this thing? where do i go?

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

If you change domains, the best thing to do is to park the old domain on the new domain and make sure you have the www or non-www htaccess code in place, as that will automatically take .ca => .com as well as move nonwww to www (or vice versa).
[How to] Setup www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com (www vs. non-www) - With .htaccess 301 redirects

hmmm.. do you think this will be a hard to do for a noob like me?

how much it'll cost me if i hire someone to do this?

Hi, I have changed the URL link for my Matketplace and Member's Ride.


What else can you critique my site besides changing the domain name to .ca and doing that [How to] Setup www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com (www vs. non-www) - With .htaccess 301 redirects

Just bought the www.tunedjdm.com domain but i have no idea how to get all the url content from tunedtech.ca to tunedjdm.com any help here? :(

Originally Posted by tunedtech

Just bought the tunedTECH.ca Car Enthusiasts domain but i have no idea how to get all the url content from tunedtech.ca to tunedjdm.com any help here? :(

• You will need to transfer all the files - databases from the old site to the new site.
• Redirect the old pages with 301 redirects : Changing Domains: Directing Old Site to the New Site with htaccess
• Change vBSEO License URL to the new site (That's can be done only via tickets).

agggh.. to much hassle for me :( i decided not to change my domain name and stick to what ive got right now. and im just going to used the tunedjdm.com i bought to redirect to my forum page.

and i already upgrade my vbseo to3.5 so hope this help too..

any other critique for my site? to get more traffic? any input will be much appreciated..

thank you