Thread: brokers site

ichooserealty.com
would like some feed back on my company's new website please let me know thanx

Your homepage needs a title tag. That is how search engines will find you. The homepage also needs more keyword specific content so the search engines will find your site.

Your title tags should be placed under the head tag at the top of the page.

I also do not like the "intro" page or the flashing words. Most people will just skip the intro anyway. The flashing words are not necessary either, they just distract from the content.

Thank you for the info Els. I will let her know that. Im not quite sure how much she knows about site design amd internet stuff i just met her a couple weeks ago. Also im not sure if she is done with it yet but i will definetly pass the info on thanx again. Any info on search engine submission and online advertising for specific state would be greatly appreciated.

nbeaman -- Definitely dump the "Flash Intro" as that's no longer popular and will actually drive visitors away from your site -- "Simple" is far better today, as people are in a hurry and want information within seconds.

You might also want to correct the 121 warnings in your code:

line 48 column 54 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&acnt"
line 48 column 68 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&action"
line 48 column 91 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&button"
line 48 column 109 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&fr"
line 48 column 114 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&tm"
line 48 column 158 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&acnt"
line 48 column 172 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&action"
line 48 column 185 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&dir"
line 48 column 195 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&pn"
line 48 column 204 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&ts"
line 48 column 316 - Warning: nested emphasis <b>
line 57 column 48 - Warning: missing </font> before <table>
line 71 column 27 - Warning: missing </font> before <table>
line 75 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 79 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 84 column 72 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 85 column 27 - Warning: missing </font> before <table>
line 89 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 93 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 97 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 103 column 27 - Warning: missing </font> before <table>
line 107 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 111 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 115 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 119 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 123 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 127 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 131 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 137 column 27 - Warning: missing </font> before <table>
line 141 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 145 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 149 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 153 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 158 column 71 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 159 column 27 - Warning: missing </font> before <table>
line 163 column 82 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&ZKEY"
line 163 column 88 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&action"
line 163 column 111 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&button"
line 163 column 129 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&tm"
line 163 column 133 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&linkout"
line 163 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 167 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 171 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 177 column 27 - Warning: missing </font> before <table>
line 181 column 1 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 202 column 47 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 202 column 274 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 202 column 274 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 202 column 455 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 202 column 455 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 202 column 623 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 202 column 623 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 202 column 811 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 202 column 811 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 202 column 976 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 202 column 976 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 202 column 1170 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 214 column 129 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 219 column 60 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 220 column 171 - Warning: <blink> is not approved by W3C
line 221 column 214 - Warning: <blink> is not approved by W3C
line 221 column 274 - Warning: nested emphasis <b>
line 227 column 309 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&action"
line 227 column 322 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&dir"
line 227 column 333 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&pn"
line 227 column 341 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&ts"
line 227 column 355 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 235 column 135 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 235 column 27 - Warning: missing </font> before </td>
line 237 column 40 - Warning: <blink> is not approved by W3C
line 241 column 71 - Warning: <blink> is not approved by W3C
line 248 column 273 - Warning: discarding unexpected </font>
line 248 column 675 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 248 column 630 - Warning: missing </font> before <p>
line 248 column 881 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 248 column 881 - Warning: inserting implicit <font>
line 248 column 590 - Warning: missing </center>
line 249 column 14 - Warning: discarding unexpected </div>
line 41 column 1 - Warning: <br> isn't allowed in <table> elements
line 41 column 1 - Warning: missing </table> before </body>
line 40 column 1 - Warning: missing </div>
line 37 column 1 - Warning: <body> proprietary attribute "leftmargin"
line 37 column 1 - Warning: <body> proprietary attribute "topmargin"
line 37 column 1 - Warning: <body> proprietary attribute "marginwidth"
line 37 column 1 - Warning: <body> proprietary attribute "marginheight"
line 47 column 5 - Warning: <td> proprietary attribute "background"
line 48 column 130 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 51 column 5 - Warning: <td> proprietary attribute "background"
line 51 column 102 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 56 column 5 - Warning: <td> proprietary attribute "background"
line 58 column 1 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 69 column 1 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolor"
line 83 column 1 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolor"
line 101 column 1 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolor"
line 135 column 1 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolor"
line 157 column 1 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolor"
line 175 column 1 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolor"
line 187 column 5 - Warning: <td> proprietary attribute "background"
line 191 column 5 - Warning: <td> proprietary attribute "background"
line 192 column 8 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 196 column 5 - Warning: <td> proprietary attribute "background"
line 196 column 116 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 209 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "height"
line 212 column 5 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "height"
line 214 column 9 - Warning: <td> proprietary attribute "background"
line 219 column 11 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "margin"
line 227 column 238 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 227 column 514 - Warning: <td> attribute "valign" has invalid value "center"
line 71 column 27 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 85 column 27 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 103 column 27 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 137 column 27 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 159 column 27 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 177 column 27 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 202 column 1170 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 202 column 1167 - Warning: trimming empty <p>
line 235 column 182 - Warning: trimming empty <p>
line 248 column 335 - Warning: trimming empty <p>
line 248 column 338 - Warning: trimming empty <p>
line 248 column 457 - Warning: trimming empty <p>
line 248 column 522 - Warning: trimming empty <font>

Thanks for the feedback e8mc i will let my boss know.

I agree, dump the flash. Flash slows down a websites index page. Also, the search engines will not read your index page.

Hi,

I heard that you should keep the content on the main page.

Instead of the flash page.

you may need to talk to your designer and see what his ideas are.

As far as the site goes it looks very nice.

Thanks

Hi I agree with the previous posts. Skip the flash intro. Otherwise the footer looks nice.