Review: planetstrange.co.uk

[magicman]

Your opinions on this announcement/ review site appreciated.

Would you use it?

[Bernard]

You have the www. and non- www. versions of your domain resolving. You should redirect the less desirable version to the desirable version.

Having "Publish a Post for $5" prominently displayed tells the whole world that your site is basically paid link advertising (which Google is looking to discount), so no, I would not use your site.

Also, it looks strange having the aviva & seo book graphics in a separate column from the blog roll. It squeezes the blog content too much and is distracting to the eye.

[bochgoch]

I don't get it ... SEO advice followed by children entertainers?

As Bernard says you need to be less obvious about selling posts.

Certainly strange....

[magicman]

Thanks for your comments.

Yes, I need to sort out the redirection.

The whole point of the site is that webmasters submit posts about their sites, which are reviewed before being published. (Inclusion is not guaranteed).

I suppose it is a bit like a directory, except links to sites are within the body of the text. Maybe I need to make this more obvious?

Bernard, are you saying that Google will be able to detect this from the site and will penalise it?

I have to say I don't agree that using the middle column for advertising is distracting, but we'll see what other people say.

[Bernard]

Originally Posted by magicman

Bernard, are you saying that Google will be able to detect this from the site and will penalise it?

http://www.searchbistro.com/index.ph...,-Prelude.html

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002028.html

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/

[waffles]

It is.

No, I wouldn't use the site. I'm not going to pay to have a post somewhere for some indeterminable amount of time with the potential for it to be surrounded by utter crap.

[magicman]

OK, thanks for your input.