[RESOLVED] SEO ranking

[gazzwi86]

hey there.

Right, ive added javascript to make my site readable, pages to invite a google crawl and used metadata to try and up my rating but nothin!! i still do appear anywhere high on googles rankings.

any ideas how to up my ranking????

[KDLA]

"ive added javascript to make my site readable"

What do you mean? Javascript doesn't have anything to do with readability.

[gazzwi86]

google analytics javascript so it can be read. i read in a mag using such tools make it easier for the site to improve its ranking

[KDLA]

I've had it installed on many of my sites, but I can't say that it has increased their visibility.

[LeeU]

google analytics javascript so it can be read. i read in a mag using such tools make it easier for the site to improve its ranking

GA is for YOU to use so YOU can do things to improve the rankings.

Don't worry so much about the search engine rankings. Make sure that you provide content for your visitors. Did you build the site for them or Google?

[gazzwi86]

its mainly because the client wants a high ranking. the site is:

http://www.lastalla.co.uk

Its a Italian restaurants site with a php back end to update it. any feedback would be appreciated but my main concern as ive said is the google ranking...

[KDLA]

Well, after looking at your code, I can give you some suggestions:

- Use semantic coding (headings, paragraphs, lists) for your content. The current structure is nothing but divs with many page breaks.
- Use alt tags for your images. Not only does this help the visually impaired, but the alt tags are read by spiders
- Use the correct format for metadata

<meta http-equiv="Authentic Italian Restaurant, Bournemouth, Wallisdown, food, cheap, good, cuisine, licensed, pizza, pasta, panini, spagetti" content="Authentic Itallian Restaurant, Bournemouth, wallisdown, food, cheap, good, cuisine, licensed, pizza, pasta, panini, spagetti; text/html; charset=UTF-8" tag="Authentic Italian Restaurant, Bournemouth, Wallisdown, food, cheap, good, cuisine, licensed, pizza, pasta, panini, spagetti"/>
You've got the syntax for the tag incorrect. (Reference: http://www.webdeveloper.com/html/html_metatags.html)
- Put keywords in your title to make it relevant
<title>La Stalla Italian Restaurant - Bournemouth</title>
- Anticipate how people will find your website, and use the keywords accordingly (replace text in parentheses): Italian, food, restaurant, (Street), (City), (Area), (Country), authentic, etc. You've listed lots of dishes, but not much about the area, which is what many people will type because it's more important that the place be in their area.
- Lastly, work on the quality of the website, including the content. Right now, the site looks like one of those the client "just wanted to have because everyone else has one." It doesn't have much content, and there are empty pages ("Gallery"), making the site look uncomplete. Instead of trying to replicate the menu look, instead list the dishes and provide photos.

Good Luck -
KDLA

[WebJoel]

You have got a lot of CSS' "px" where this is HTML, and use of "px" is invalid (but assumed) :
Example:<img id="Pic5" src="Images/Pasta.jpg" alt="picBar" width="183.3px" height="118px" /> And, -what's with the point-three pixel? My computer doesn't do anything smaller than "one pixel" increments... :confused:

I'd get rid of the "picBar" for the alt="", and tell me what the image IS... is it spagetti, sauce, dogfood?? "picBar" tells me (and SEARCH 'bots) absolutely nothing helpful. :o Assume that I am blind, or am using a browser with images turned OFF. People using handhelds & cellphone often turn images OFF to speed page-loading & reduce online-times/costs... these are your customers. And, people with these high-tech gadgets are your target market... they'll be the ones surfing via web-phone for a place to dine with clients/fam, etc).
Serve them useful, semantic text on your/the site... and then serve them delicious Italian food in the restaurant! :D

[gazzwi86]

Thanks guys, ive made the changes you've suggested and added a Sitemap.xml. I may have missed one or two 0.3px issues but its displaying fine to my knowledge.

just would like to thank you lot. i think its finished, with the exception of some google or facebook ad's. I awaiting a crawl from a google spider but it should be fine. If you notice any issues let me know...

thanks again...