Criticize my site - Give me some advice

From a quick look the titles of the posts aren't keywords which is bad for SEO black hat or otherwise. You need keyword oriented titles to make sure you are going to rank for what is important. Your content is almost wasted with the titles you have now. Are those pages unique content if so do a over haul of changes to the names. Decent name but unless you are trying to rank for terms with the term page rank in them it is not a very good choice.
 
i didn't read what others said so excuse me if i repeat anything others said, in my opinion the text is too big and so it makes it harder to browse through your posts which you don't really have things categorized and the site is only 3 colors. Domain can be misleading because its called pagerankworld i would think i was going to find seo relevant info but there's alot of various IM based info so the domain doesn't exactly co-respond with what ur site is about.

either that or im just high.
 
You know, I used to work from my bed, but then I realized I was watching more tv than working, so I changed my unused 2nd bedroom into an office, and that's when I started being able to concentrate a bit more at building my business. As my handle implies, I am a writer at heart, and that is how I started working online. I later jumped into linkbuilding and then full blown SEO, and - unfortunately - that's when I found out that being a writer doesn't pay the bills as well as the latter does unless you "know someone" and can get your foot in the door behind that someone.

Actually.. A really big problem I have is procrastination, like I said.

Maybe that's why I can never seem to get started on work till after I watch a TV show on netflix or read a blog post from something that interests me.

I don't really have anywhere to make an office currently, but to be honest, that would be really helpful for my productivity. It is what it is for now.

From a quick look the titles of the posts aren't keywords which is bad for SEO black hat or otherwise. You need keyword oriented titles to make sure you are going to rank for what is important. Your content is almost wasted with the titles you have now. Are those pages unique content if so do a over haul of changes to the names. Decent name but unless you are trying to rank for terms with the term page rank in them it is not a very good choice.

Well... I wasn't sure whether or not to go full SEO for the titles. I want engaging content, and I would rather sacrifice some SEO for a boosted user-experience.

Maybe I need to find the happy medium, because the posts where I do 100% optimization end up ranking way better, but I feel like that takes away from the value of the content to the actual readers. Hmm... Need to think on that one.

One other thought I had --> I'm thinking about opening up a JV to look for 1-2 partners who can help author and promote the site. Would probably require them to prove they have IM experience and that they make serious money online, but I just realized that if I can accomplish this much in ~4 months.. how much further would I be with a partner or two?

i didn't read what others said so excuse me if i repeat anything others said, in my opinion the text is too big and so it makes it harder to browse through your posts which you don't really have things categorized and the site is only 3 colors. Domain can be misleading because its called pagerankworld i would think i was going to find seo relevant info but there's alot of various IM based info so the domain doesn't exactly co-respond with what ur site is about.

either that or im just high.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand this brings me to my final problem.

Originally I was going to make it into an SEO only site. But about a month ago I realized I was interested in the full-range of internet marketing, and I just couldn't sustain myself on purely SEO posts.

I'm hoping it doesn't become a larger problem in the future, that's something that really worries me. I'm hoping I can just build the brand up as the name of PageRankWorld.. rather than having to strictly abide by the SEO name.
 
I really like the cleanness of the website! Perhaps a small decrease of font size on those h2 tags, other than that I really like it. Good luck in the future with your blog Brandon.
 
First this not a website,it's blog, second your website name is too long,for example "facebook" is now fb.

"googlemail" now "gmail"

Third give your customer good reason to come back

Umm, I don't quite understand what you mean.

Do you mean I should change the domain name, or just refer to my website as something like PRW. Like a nickname?
 
Hmm fair enough, I'm not the most photogenic person haha, tried taking a photo like 50 times before I got to that one haha.

I don't really have a camera other than my laptop/cell phone.
 
Umm, I don't quite understand what you mean.

Do you mean I should change the domain name, or just refer to my website as something like PRW. Like a nickname?

I think he means something like "PRWorld" although that could mean many other things like Public Relations.
 
I think he means something like "PRWorld" although that could mean many other things like Public Relations.

That was my problem... PRW could work, but idk. I don't love it.

Maybe something else... not sure.
 
The site looks nice! The only thing is that on bigger screens your background image is not stretched.
 
The post titles font size is too big in my opinion.
Pokes your eyes, makes you scroll more, etc.
 
Ok so main things I need to do are decrease the size of the title H2 tags on the main screen and maybe change the colors a bit.

The background is a hard one for me since I'm working on a 13 inch MBP, with a 1280x800 resolution.

any chance you could take a screenshot of it for me if you are working on a 1080p or higher screen?
 
Looks a bit blank in middle sections maybe try throw in some small images here and there.
 
Looks a bit blank in middle sections maybe try throw in some small images here and there.

Hmm, solid idea.

I try to add in images when I can, or when I have like screenshots of a program/software.

I personally hate when people use stock images just to have a picture in their blog, but like it could be a post about SEO and the picture is of some random mountain landscape.

Just seems weird to me.
 
Okay, I went and took a look for you.

The impression I got was sort of... paradoxical, maybe? The color scheme and layout theme says "I take my life very..very..very very very seriously" but then when I read the content it has a really light hearted and youthful tone.

I also noticed the contrast between the subtle colors but REALLY HUGE font size for your Post Titles.

Where's all the "Attention, You've Won" shaky animated gif banners with alternating windows-palette colors flickering back and forth between bright green and bright orange?! THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VISUAL ELEMENT!

Alright, I'm just giving you a hard time (please don't put anything like THAT in there!)

BHW member Jasonlf was telling me about a monetized captcha service by minteye. To solve the captcha, it shows a swirled image and you slide a slider bar to straighten it out (the image is an ad). Maybe you could put that on some of those "Continue Reading" links to "protect your blog posts from bots".

The content on the site is awesome.
 
Okay, I went and took a look for you.

The impression I got was sort of... paradoxical, maybe? The color scheme and layout theme says "I take my life very..very..very very very seriously" but then when I read the content it has a really light hearted and youthful tone.

I also noticed the contrast between the subtle colors but REALLY HUGE font size for your Post Titles.

Where's all the "Attention, You've Won" shaky animated gif banners with alternating windows-palette colors flickering back and forth between bright green and bright orange?! THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VISUAL ELEMENT!

Alright, I'm just giving you a hard time (please don't put anything like THAT in there!)

BHW member Jasonlf was telling me about a monetized captcha service by minteye. To solve the captcha, it shows a swirled image and you slide a slider bar to straighten it out (the image is an ad). Maybe you could put that on some of those "Continue Reading" links to "protect your blog posts from bots".

The content on the site is awesome.


Two things:

I am trying to get across a lighthearted and youthful tone, I want to convey honesty and openness to my readers with my personality.. I don't want to seem all serious.

Maybe I need to spruce up the design a bit... but one of the main things I was trying to get away from was exactly what you mentioned.

I didn't want pop-ups, flashing banners, any of that crap.

In the future I want to only make money from my site in the form of legit affiliate income, from 100% honest reviews. I'm going to get rid of the adsense banners soon too.


So what would you recommend me to do? Make the site more colorful? I just don't want to compromise on the honest aspect, I'm not going for the usual internet marketing crowd that is 'selling a dream,' I want legit marketers to get value from my site.
 
Update ---

Redid the design:

1) New Logo
2) Changed Colors
3) Made the headlines smaller
4) Rearranged site navigation
5) Updated Opt-in Box design
6) Got rid of sidebar opt-in, added viperbar plugin


What do you guys think?

Next on my list is a better profile picture, for the sidebar, a bit more colorful/personalized design.

And then onto the social media site designs.
 
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