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| iWebBuddy's Forum Review - Awesome.omgForum.net Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:37 am by Marc
Graphics :
Logo :
This has to be the worst logo I have ever seen while doing a web review. Try to aim for something that matches the theme of the forum. A logo that is pink, black or red should do well ( combined together will be great ) . Am sure there are graphic designers out there that can assist with creating this logo for the forum.
Marks - 1/10
Forum's Template :
Am not a fan of the forum's template. There is a website called hitskin, where there are a lot of great free forum templates for forumotion forums. Try searching for a nice one, or the defaults are always a great option.
This default theme is simple, clean and easy to navigate around.
( View full sized image? )
But, if your not a fan of the defaults, then you can use hitskin to search for a nice skin.
Now on to the navigation menu. I like it, but it is too small. Newbies to your forum might think it is hard to click the right button link, or they might not even find it at all. This will also annoy the people that likes to click a button quickly to redirect to another page.
Also, what is wrong with the icons of the forums? You should get or request some new icons, because people will not be able to tell if there are new posts, or old posts.
Marks - 8/20
Overall Marks For Graphics = 9/30
Meta Tags :
There is a strange meta tag on your forum. This must be forumotion's doing.
- Code:
<meta name="EdStopWord" content="forum, blog, sexe, sex, amour, love, rencontre, rencontres" />
I have never seen that meta tag before, but I never learnt what it does.
Now, on to the basic meta tags.
Try not to use CAPs. It makes the reader think that your shouting at them. And, try to be more clear.
Your meta tags :
- Code:
<meta name="description" content="A site where you can- show graphics you made, show poems or storys you wrote, make clubs, trade WW idems, and everything else that YOU thinks AWESOME!" />
Try this :
- Code:
<meta name="description" content="Allawesomeness Forums is a place where you can share graphics, poems, stories and WW idems with others. Come make clubs and join in on the fun which this forum has to offer" />
And I took a look at your keywords as well.
- Code:
<meta name="keywords" content="Awesomeness, Totally awesome site, best site ever!, awesome, cool, graphics, you, made, show, poems, or, storys, you, wrote, make, clubs, trade, WW, idems, and, everything, else, that, is, awesome" lang="en" />
Try to keep the keywords on the content itself. You said that the forum was the 'best site ever'. Not even a high PR6 site is the best site ever. And it's really hard to get a website to PR6. It's a lot of hard work and time.
Here's an example of a good way on how to use keywords in meta tags :
- Code:
<meta name="keywords" content="awesomeness, tv, music, movies, games, webkinz, promotion, forum packages, reviews, interviews, artwork, role playing " />
If your having problems with finding the right keywords, then ask a question in the right forum :
> Keyword Finder - Ask From Members
Marks - 5/10
Overall Marks For Meta Tags = 5/10
Content :
Main Content :
I see there are a lot of great forums to chat in. RPGs, graphics, entertainment, ect...
But, there is one downfall. You just opened the packages, reviews and the interviews forum, and you do not have examples of your previous work. That's a problem since you do not have any reviews or interviews completed so far. If you show others your work, then they will request from you.
Also, this is more like a 'fun' forum, more than a 'service' forum. Your meta tags gives these details away to easily. So, traffic on search engines will visit your forum to chat, talk and have fun, but some of the content are services, which is false information, allowing others to click on a link. I suggest this should be fixed as soon as possible.
Marks - 15/40
Organisation :
There are a lot of stuff that is out of order on the forum. First, let's start with the "Promotion" category. Why are the 'Packages' , 'Reviews' and 'Interviews' forums located in that category?
Also, why not add 'Our Stuff', the category to your 'News And Announcements' forum as topics. And, the forum called, 'Fun', should be called, 'Discussions' because it's based more on discussions more than just one word. Or 'Entertainment' would do fine as well. The 'Blogs' forum has to be moved if this is done. This will allow you to add the 'Ask Sparta' forum in the discussions forum.
Marks - 5/10
Overall Marks For Content = 20/50
Activity :
Forum Activity :
The activity on your forum seems fine for now because the forum looks new. But, it will be hard to gain traffic because the name of the site is called, 'Allawesome' , and there are a lot of competition on google for that name. The best way of keeping up to date is by purchasing a domain name, or renaming the forum.
Marks - 4/5
BackLinks :
Okay! So, it's really bad when you don't get first place on google when searching for your forum :
> Results when adding /index
> Results when removing /index
You only have one link when searching for your forum on google, that's on the first page. There are others with the link, but not the forum. This is good for building backlinks, but the site isn't well developed to start building backlinks yet, so the backlinks will increase the traffic on the hosts site, instead of yours.
Marks - 1/5
Overall Marks For Activity = 5/10
Grab this review for your website or forum :
- Code:
[font=Georgia][size=24][center]iWebBuddy's Forum Review - [url=http://allawesomeness.omgforum.net/]Awesome.omgForum.net[/url][/center][/size]
[size=18][b][u]Graphics :[/u][/b][/size]
[b][color=green]Logo :[/color][/b]
This has to be the worst logo I have ever seen while doing a web review. Try to aim for something that matches the theme of the forum. A logo that is pink, black or red should do well ( combined together will be great ) . Am sure there are graphic designers out there that can assist with creating this logo for the forum.
[b]Marks - 1/10[/b]
[b][color=green]Forum's Template :[/color][/b]
Am not a fan of the forum's template. There is a website called [url=http://en.hitskin.com/]hitskin[/url], where there are a lot of great free forum templates for forumotion forums. Try searching for a nice one, or the defaults are always a great option.
This default theme is simple, clean and easy to navigate around.
[img]http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver_magenta/mini_screenshot_en.jpg[/img]
( [url=http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver_magenta/mini_screenshot_en.jpg]View full sized image?[/url] )
But, if your not a fan of the defaults, then you can use hitskin to search for a nice skin.
Now on to the navigation menu. I like it, but it is too small. Newbies to your forum might think it is hard to click the right button link, or they might not even find it at all. This will also annoy the people that likes to click a button quickly to redirect to another page.
Also, what is wrong with the icons of the forums? You should get or request some new icons, because people will not be able to tell if there are new posts, or old posts.
[b]Marks - 8/20[/b]
[b][center][size=16]Overall Marks For Graphics = 9/30[/size][/center][/b]
[size=18][b][u]Meta Tags :[/u][/b][/size]
There is a strange meta tag on your forum. This must be forumotion's doing.
[code]<meta name="EdStopWord" content="forum, blog, sexe, sex, amour, love, rencontre, rencontres" />[/code]
I have never seen that meta tag before, but I never learnt what it does.
Now, on to the basic meta tags.
Try not to use CAPs. It makes the reader think that your shouting at them. And, try to be more clear.
Your meta tags :
[code]<meta name="description" content="A site where you can- show graphics you made, show poems or storys you wrote, make clubs, trade WW idems, and everything else that YOU thinks AWESOME!" />[/code]
Try this :
[code]<meta name="description" content="Allawesomeness Forums is a place where you can share graphics, poems, stories and WW idems with others. Come make clubs and join in on the fun which this forum has to offer" /> [/code]
And I took a look at your keywords as well.
[code]<meta name="keywords" content="Awesomeness, Totally awesome site, best site ever!, awesome, cool, graphics, you, made, show, poems, or, storys, you, wrote, make, clubs, trade, WW, idems, and, everything, else, that, is, awesome" lang="en" />[/code]
Try to keep the keywords on the content itself. You said that the forum was the 'best site ever'. Not even a high PR6 site is the best site ever. And it's really hard to get a website to PR6. It's a lot of hard work and time.
Here's an example of a good way on how to use keywords in meta tags :
[code]<meta name="keywords" content="awesomeness, tv, music, movies, games, webkinz, promotion, forum packages, reviews, interviews, artwork, role playing " />[/code]
If your having problems with finding the right keywords, then ask a question in the right forum :
> [url=http://www.iwebbuddy.com/keywords-f16/]Keyword Finder - Ask From Members[/url]
[b]Marks - 5/10[/b]
[b][center][size=16]Overall Marks For Meta Tags = 5/10[/size][/center][/b]
[size=18][b][u]Content :[/u][/b][/size]
[b][color=green]Main Content :[/color][/b]
I see there are a lot of great forums to chat in. RPGs, graphics, entertainment, ect...
But, there is one downfall. You just opened the packages, reviews and the interviews forum, and you do not have examples of your previous work. That's a problem since you do not have any reviews or interviews completed so far. If you show others your work, then they will request from you.
Also, this is more like a 'fun' forum, more than a 'service' forum. Your meta tags gives these details away to easily. So, traffic on search engines will visit your forum to chat, talk and have fun, but some of the content are services, which is false information, allowing others to click on a link. I suggest this should be fixed as soon as possible.
[b]Marks - 15/40[/b]
[b][color=green]Organisation :[/color][/b]
There are a lot of stuff that is out of order on the forum. First, let's start with the "Promotion" category. Why are the 'Packages' , 'Reviews' and 'Interviews' forums located in that category?
Also, why not add 'Our Stuff', the category to your 'News And Announcements' forum as topics. And, the forum called, 'Fun', should be called, 'Discussions' because it's based more on discussions more than just one word. Or 'Entertainment' would do fine as well. The 'Blogs' forum has to be moved if this is done. This will allow you to add the 'Ask Sparta' forum in the discussions forum.
[b]Marks - 5/10[/b]
[b][center][size=16]Overall Marks For Content = 20/50[/size][/center][/b]
[size=18][b][u]Activity :[/u][/b][/size]
[b][color=green]Forum Activity :[/color][/b]
The activity on your forum seems fine for now because the forum looks new. But, it will be hard to gain traffic because the name of the site is called, 'Allawesome' , and there are a lot of competition on google for that name. The best way of keeping up to date is by purchasing a domain name, or renaming the forum.
[b]Marks - 4/5[/b]
[b][color=green]BackLinks :[/color][/b]
Okay! So, it's really bad when you don't get first place on google when searching for your forum :
> [url=http://www.google.tt/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fallawesomeness.omgforum.net%2Findex&aq=f&oq=]Results when adding /index[/url]
> [url=http://www.google.tt/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fallawesomeness.omgforum.net%2F&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=]Results when removing /index[/url]
You only have one link when searching for your forum on google, that's on the first page. There are others with the link, but not the forum. This is good for building backlinks, but the site isn't well developed to start building backlinks yet, so the backlinks will increase the traffic on the hosts site, instead of yours.
[b]Marks - 1/5[/b]
[b][center][size=16]Overall Marks For Activity = 5/10[/size][/center][/b]
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[b][center][size=20][color=green]Overall Marks For [url=http://allawesomeness.omgforum.net/]Awesome.omgForum.net[/url] = 39%[/color][/size][/b]
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