http://www.buzzsawhosting.com/

Hello,

We're looking for feedback on our current design: http://www.buzzsawhosting.com/. Its written in traditional HTML/PHP, with a vBulletin forum system matched to the rest of the site.

Please leave any comments or flames, on what we can do to "improve" our overall perception you get from visiting the site.

Thanks for your time.

-Chris

Chris that to me looks great - no anoying pop ups or useless flash, which to me is just a bad movie - if I want to watch TV I turn on the TV .

It is quick and precise and gives me what I would want to know>

But you are not optimized for the search engines and you haven't optimized you image sizes plus why not use backgound images and put your text on top it would really improve you search engine ranking!!

Also the name seems a little different and long for a hosting company - I know its great to get hosting in your name - but buzzsaw??

Just my two cents worth.

Regards
Frank

Frank,

Thanks for your comments, first and foremost, "optimized" for search engines meaning? Secondly, we "optimized" the jpg image sizes to get them as small as possible without any negative visual impact. If your referring to the gif's, most, if not all are less than 3kb, im not saying theres anything wrong with getting them to 1kb, but I didnt see the need. I will look into it as you suggest though.

As far as the name, it was a name my partner and I came up with awhile ago and it stuck with us. With the design you see, or just in general have any suggestions?

Thanks again, Frank.

EDIT: Overlooked your comment on the text over images. Besides the three tables on the bottom, I dont see anywhere else we could have utilized text-over-graphics without taking away from any noticable effects on design.

Chris:

Don't get me wrong I like your site its clean and direct but:

You should use text over bg images wear ever possible especially words like free that is what is often searched - just about every gif could be a backgound gif with text over.

It will really improve your web postioning in Google ETC they don;t seem to read image alt tags so give no credit to images!!

Here is a break down of things to do to optimize for search engines:

I used web hosting as primary keyword as that is I know what I would search for!!

Keywords:
You do have Meta-Tag Keywords in your site. These will help your sites positioning in the search engines.

PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are using your keywords ineffectively. You are only using 222 characters when you can use up to 1000. We suggest that you simply add some more keywords into your Meta-Tag Keyword list. The Keywords you are currently using are listed below. For more information on Keyword Meta-Tags Click Here.

You are not spamming your keywords, they will be accepted by the search engines

Your Keywords Are:
BuzzsawHosting
free
webhost
hosting
host
business
personal
site
page
webspace
affordable
customer service
support
low-price
guarantee
trial
affiliate
contact
custom
transfer
high traffic
site hosting


PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are not using your primary keyword in your keyword meta tags. You need to add your primary keyword to your Meta-Tag Keywords list.







Title:
PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are using your Title ineffectively.
You are only using 14 characters when you can use up to 100. We suggest that you use a few more words in your TITLE Tag, and try to use your main keywords if possible. For more information on the Title Tag Click Here.

Your Title is:
BuzzsawHosting

You are using your keywords within your Title effectively, you are using 3 of your keywords in your Title.

PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are not using your primary keyword in your TITLE. You need to add your primary keyword to your TITLE.







Description:
PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are using your Description ineffectively.
You are only using 126 characters when you can use up to 250. We suggest that you make your description longer and try to include as many of your main keywords as possible.

Your Description is:
BuzzsawHosting provides professional, reliable, and affordable web hosting for personal, developer and business clients alike.

You are using your keywords within your description effectively, you are using 7 of your keywords in your description.

PROBLEM SOLUTION
You are using your primary keyword in your Description, but the first occurance of this keyword is in position 64. It is recommended that for best results that you place your primary keyword in the first position in your Description.

Your Primary Keyword usage is:
web hosting 1 times







Body:
You are using your Keywords as follows in the body of your page:
BuzzsawHosting 7 times Good, do nothing

buzzsawhosting 3 times Add to your keywords

free 1 time Good, do nothing

Free 1 time Add to your keywords

webhost 0 times Add to your web page text

hosting 18 times Good, do nothing

Hosting 8 times Add to your keywords

host 10 times Good, do nothing

business 0 times Add to your web page text

personal 1 time Good, do nothing

site 19 times Good, do nothing

page 0 times Add to your web page text

webspace 0 times Add to your web page text

affordable 8 times Good, do nothing

customer service 1 time Good, do nothing

support 1 time Good, do nothing

low-price 0 times Add to your web page text

guarantee 1 time Good, do nothing

Guarantee 1 time Add to your keywords

trial 4 times Good, do nothing

Trial 1 time Add to your keywords

affiliate 0 times Add to your web page text

contact 0 times Add to your web page text

custom 1 time Good, do nothing

transfer 0 times Add to your web page text

high traffic 0 times Add to your web page text

site hosting 0 times Add to your web page text


You are using your keywords within the body of your page effectively, you are using 12 of your keywords in the body of your page.







File Sizes:
Home Page 7.96Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/rght_1.jpg 16.98Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/lft_1.jpg 16.80Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/btmrght_1.jpg 16.64Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/btmlft_1.jpg 4.43Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/logo.gif 3.46Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/chooseus.gif 2.07Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/topfeatures.gif 1.63Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/ourservers.gif 1.61Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/30daytrial.gif 1.40Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/helpdesk.gif 0.80Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/reseller_nav_btn.gif 0.71Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/shared_nav_btn.gif 0.69Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/forums_nav_btn.gif 0.68Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/ouruptime_nav_btn.gif 0.52Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/company_nav_btn.gif 0.50Kb
http://www.buzzsawhosting.com//siteimages/spacer.gif 0.04Kb

Total 76.92Kb

PROBLEM SOLUTION
Your page size is greater than 40Kb.
It is recommended that your home page be no more than 40Kb and the other pages in your site be no more than 30Kb. It is recommended that you reduce your page size, or image sizes, or reduce the number of images used, in order to decrease the overall file size.







Download Time:
Time Taken To Download
On A 14.4Kbs Modem 56.39 Seconds
On A 28.8Kbs Modem 32.01 Seconds
On A 33.6Kbs Modem 27.74 Seconds
On A 56Kbs Modem 22.19 Seconds
On A ISDN 128Kbs Modem 8.96 Seconds
On A T1 1.44Mbps 3.35 Seconds

PROBLEM SOLUTION
Your download time is greater than 20 seconds on a 28.8Kbs modem.
Industry standards say that in general people will not wait more that 20 seconds for a page to load. We suggest that you reduce your page size, or image sizes, or reduce the number of images used, in order to decrease the download time.

Regards
Frank