FPeter — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:20:14 +0000

Hi, I agree with what the others have said, your title tag could do with some work, remove the adverts and concentrate on more content.
Overall the website looks good,well done.

Some research on keyword phrases may help also instead of just words.

Tanin — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:21:00 +0000

Hi Alan,

I am new here also. However, when I try to visit you site, it seem that it take some time to load... or is it because of my PC is slow : )

I think if you can make it faster. it may help the visitor from slower PC like mine...

Best regards,
Tanin
pet-cockatiel.com

Tudor.b — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:30:08 +0000

I don`t know why, but the site doesn`t have a very professional look! Try to bring the menu items closer...and loose the vertical line

Megan — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:48:41 +0000

You've done an okay job with your layout here. You've got a navbar and a content area and a consistent look for every page. What you really need is a good logo that appears on every page. If you're really serious about this you'll get a professional do that for you. You might be able to do something passable yourself but professional designers have a lot of in-depth knowledge about branding that will be really beneficial. Putting that into a nice header design would go a long way to improve your site design.

Make sure your page titles are filled in on every page. I'm currently on a page with no title (Parrot / Bird Cages). Titles are also very important for the search engines.

The shopping section is well layed out and the cart works well. It would be nice if the checkout was more integrated into the rest of the site. I may, for example, decide that before I finalize my order I should check and see if you have any accessories I'd like to order.

Overall not a bad job. A little refinement is needed in terms of graphic design. Check out books by Robin Williams - her "... for non-Designers" series is really good.

andy206uk — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:38:02 +0000

Loose the google ads. It's pointless advertising other companies on your own website. Also, move the advert from the top of the page to where the googleads are, this way people will read the whole page before finding a link to click to go somewhere else.

Try adding more content... Google loves lots of text to read!

alangj — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:36:09 +0000

OK. It was very late last night and I'm now in gear to participate fully!

Suzanne — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:05:42 +0000

Hi, Alan, welcome to TWF. As I'm sure you can see, this is a community, not a service, and while we're as excited as you about your new site, we'd really appreciate it if you took a moment to give some reviews to others here. It may help you with some changes to your site before anyone even comments!

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