Poping my cherry (site feedback Please)

[pocketnut]

I could use some feedback. My site is a no deposit portal veerd more towards the USA player.

Here is my URL www.gowildbonuses.com

please be frank. ....

and ill be ..................THE POCKETNUT

[Doolally]

I like the layout and the colours are fine.

You need spaces in your menu between, "PokerSites" and "LinkExchange." Also, the menu list has been done with graphics instead of text. I think you have two options here, preferably change the text to real text (not graphic) or add an ALT tag to each menu option with the menu item in the ALT text.

I would remove the list of links at the bottom of the pages that link out to the casinos. I can't see any need for them and I doubt anyone would click the links. It seems spammy and doesn't look good.

You also have a lot of links leaving your front page and going directly to the casinos. I'd cut this down a bit and write reviews for all the casinos you've listed there with the links pointing to the review pages.

For a first attempt though, you're definately on the right track. I'd concentrate on sorting out the menu, cutting back on the links and then getting more text rich content pages - building some nice pages for the search engines to devour.

[universal4]

I agree about removing the links at the bottom that go direct to the casino, I was gonna post this yesterday but then got sidetracked helping somebody with something or another and forgot.....lol

I also agree that a slight reduction in the number of casinos linked out from the home page would help a bit.

Maybe do the top 10 or so on the home page....or possibly the top so many....then one or two with a mini reveiw or paragraph like you have for Sarhara Sands and then a few more in a similar fashion to what you have...

Also the Saharah Sands, all text is linked and I think this takes away from being read... I would have the majority of that text NOT hyperlinked....

Rick
Universal4

[pocketnut]

Ive taken out the bottom links and converted my menu to all text. Definitely makes more sense. Also I am recreating my NDB table to all text instead of having banners under the casino column im inserting text links. And adding 2 more columns , deposit method and withdrawal. Should I create a new page ( NDB list Page) and go with your suggestions for my front page. Or do you think that would work as my front page?

I'm going to be lazy here and ask,..What is the code to open my links in a new window. sorry. My fingers hurt..lol I no I need to quit snivelin..


Also do I need a footer? will It help with seo?

THE POCKETNUT

[davenewgates]

The code to open a link to a new window is:
< a href="URL" target="_blank" > Anchor Text < /a >

Putting gif images under the casino column is cool, providing some sort of attraction to your readers. And don't forget to put the important "alt" attribute to every casino banner, similar to < img alt="Bet Phoenix Casino" src="http://www.betphoenixcasino.com/affiliatebanners/120x60bpCasino50.gif" > . Just use the name of the casino to be the value of the alt attribute.

Good to know that you are adding the deposit and withdrawal methods. I think that your no deposit bonus list is OK on the homepage, but in order to have additional pages, I agree to making reviews for each casino. I mean for each casino, provide a short review in a separate page. You may consider putting another additional column, with the link to the review page for each online casino.

Footers can contribute to better navigation, and I think it will be fine to have one on your website, so that whenever a reader reaches the bottom of your pages, they can navigate through the footer. In terms of SEO, it can help your site to make sure that all of your pages are interlinked with each other, thus, allowing the search engines to index all of your pages easily.

[pocketnut]

The code to open a link to a new window is:
< a href="URL" target="_blank" > Anchor Text < /a >

Putting gif images under the casino column is cool, providing some sort of attraction to your readers. And don't forget to put the important "alt" attribute to every casino banner, similar to < img alt="Bet Phoenix Casino" src="http://www.betphoenixcasino.com/affiliatebanners/120x60bpCasino50.gif" > . Just use the name of the casino to be the value of the alt attribute.

Good to know that you are adding the deposit and withdrawal methods. I think that your no deposit bonus list is OK on the homepage, but in order to have additional pages, I agree to making reviews for each casino. I mean for each casino, provide a short review in a separate page. You may consider putting another additional column, with the link to the review page for each online casino.

Footers can contribute to better navigation, and I think it will be fine to have one on your website, so that whenever a reader reaches the bottom of your pages, they can navigate through the footer. In terms of SEO, it can help your site to make sure that all of your pages are interlinked with each other, thus, allowing the search engines to index all of your pages easily.

What does the alt attribute do? Just trying to learn all of this crap. that's why I ask. And only add this to my Banners? I don't mean to be full of probably obvious questions. But I like to be thorough and informed so that I can be sure I'm doing things rite. So I don't have to restart something that took me hours cause I wasn't clear on what I was advised to do.

By the way thank you for all your help..Everyone who has taken the time to help a newbie like me. I do realise that you all could just say "figure it out yourself like everyone of us did," I cant thank you enough.

THE POCKETNUT

[davenewgates]

Well, about the ALT attribute, all that it does is to give an alternate text for the images. Speaking SEO-wise, search engines cannot read images as they are. Instead, they look into that alt attribute to know what the image is all about. The contents on your ALT attributes are credited by search engines, so it is always a good practice to have it.

You can add some descriptive texts in that ALT attribute to fully describe your image. For your casino banners, you can put it like this in each image (using the first banner as an example):

< img src="http://www.betphoenixcasino.com/affiliatebanners/120x60bpCasino50.gif" alt="Grab $50 No Deposit Bonus at Bet Phoenix Casino" />

Just change the bonus amount and the name of the casino. Or you could just simply put the name of the online casino as the ALT attribute, like what I had posted earlier (and which is already on your site). Just don't spam the tag. During the early days of SEO, this attribute is somewhat abused, putting in so many keywords that are not necessarily there, just to manipulate search engine ranking.

Well, I see that your banners are from your casino affiliate, right? Though their codes are pre-generated for you, you can still tweak them a little and add/modify the ALT attributes on each banner when you put it in your site.

Good luck to your site..

[FictionNet]

I'd initialise the description tag from 'go wild no deposit casino bonuses' to 'Go Wild - No Deposit Casino Bonuses' - it'll look better if it's used by a s/engine.

There's a huge blank space at the bottom of the home page - make it look like you're hiding something spammy in there (not that I could see anything).

Remove or make invisible your hit counter.

Use correct language, ie. "Yes you heard rite, "FREE CASINO MONEY" should be "Yes, you heard right - FREE CASINO MONEY"

Use a spell checker - I saw some mistakes, ie. 'rouge' instead of 'rogue'

Cloak your links - if you don't understand what I mean, just say - we'll be happy to explain and it's really easy to do.

I would rename your 'linkexchange.html' page to something else - no reason to tell Google exactly what you're doing.

Add description tags to ALL of your pages and make them unique.

[baldidiot]

Just come quick observations:

1. The titles in your table of bonuses dont line up with the content (specifically software, USA OK and More Bonuses). Also you seem to have used two different font sizes.

2. Text link for betpheonix and mayan fortune are a different colour (white) to the rest of the table.

3. You have a typo in your no deposit bonus text, it should read "a lot" not allot.

There is allot of good info you need to know

4. On your link page the anchor text you specify other sites to use is:

gowildbonuses.com is a No Deposit Casino Portal.We cater to the U.S.A & the Bonus Hunter

This text helps to tell the search engines what your site is about, and I'm pretty sure people dont search for U.S.A (with the full stops) the would write USA or US.

[WorldRefer]

Hey there

I like your site, great start.

I think you address all the SEO issues rather well and you have lots of relevant content, promos, sites and links.

I like your logo too and the positioning paragraph at the top. I think you might want to add some more color and images, as the entire site is all black. You seem to have a theme going at the top, but it doesn't carry through to the entire site. I like the character and font you have for the logo. Try and continue that theme. For example, some graphic frames around the links and content. If you want to continue with a "court jester" theme, then add some things that will "brighten" or "liven up" the entire site. Go for a medieval theme? Just a thought. Go Wild in my opinion!

Maybe even some flash?

Anyway, I always like to see a unique "theme" carry through the entire site so it keeps it memorable.

Robert
www.worldrefer.com

[HBKKH]

I suggest adding some colour and the brand images to the main no deposit table. Also, if you add some calls to action box in your table. like "click here" or download now" it might help with deposits.

[pocketnut]

Thanks to everyone for all the input. please keep them coming. Ive fixed a lot of the little things but haven't had time to fix the major prob. I want to start a banking page and a why play online casinos article. But my job has been working my ass off. This is good considering we were only working 2 days week for the last 5 months. Ive fixed the typos and the allot use that "allot" in my writing. And all the tables are lined up. and so on....


thanks again,

THE POCKETNUT