Review: http://www.ewebdevelopment.net

My website has been around for about 3 months. I am still no where to be found in the SERPS. Anyways, i would appreciate it if you could comment on my site structure and see if you have any pointers in how I can optimize it more for my keywords. Thanks in advance!

WEBSITE: http://www.ewebdevelopment.net

Regards,
Brian

P.S. - i'm constantly working on backlinks, so primarily concentrate on optimization. Thanks again !

Because of the js and tables, your main content is far down in the code. Put the js in an external file, and at least put your keywords in the alt tag of the logo. That should get your kw up a little higher in the code.

Is that true search engines will only read up to 4 tables and then stop?

I think i can make use of this tip too. Could you please give me some more info on how to do this?

Thanks a lot

Simply take all your js function code and save it to something like myjscode.js (name it whatever you want, as long as it ends in .js). Don't put the script tags themselves on that page.

Then, just link to the file on the page you want the javascript by using:

<script language="JavaScript" src="myjscode.js file"></script>

put that in the header portion of the page, and it will be available for use farther down the page.

I have already put most of my js in external files except for the rollovers. I should probably do that.

I'm interested about the tables though, in my website i have many tables embedded within tables. Is this very bad for SEO?

well, let's put it this way - it doesn't HELP. it adds code bloat, and pushes your important text down in the code. however, a few million websites are designed the same way, and i'm sure some of them rank well. so, i wouldn't consider it a major faux pas, but certainly it is one more thing that is not helping your seo efforts. however, it is not always feasible to do a complete redesign without tables (although i never use tables for design anymore - gotta love css). so if you stick with tables, then find other ways to get your keywords up at the top of the code.

Well my keywords are at the start of my body tag in a H1 tag - so i think this will help.

As for tables... i did some investigating and many of the top 20 ranking web design companies are using just as many if not MORE tables in their coding than me, so i think i'll be alright.

I think having coding that validates helps too when using a lot of tables.

IF i ever redesign my site i will deff. use CSS next time.

I was just looking at the major sites such as CNN, AOL, etc. and they all use many many tables. I think i'm fine w/ my table use.

Sites like CNN and AOL are world leaders in their feilds and get millions of visitors a month. You aren't and you don't. When you break 100k unique visiters then add all of the tables you want but until then I would follow the advice given above.

I have tons of table as well and have been working on reducing them as much as possible while keeping the layout as is. I have trimmed many of my page file sizes in half which means it loads faster for the user and it helps raise my copy closer to the top.

If it's good for the user then it's worth it IMO

UPDATE: I ripped a lot of text out of my page and pretty much condensed everything. Now instead of filling up nearly two pages i'm just a little over one. Hopefully it it less confusing for the viewers now.

Still don't know if i like the top image header all blue. Think i shoudl throw in some color?