Hey @mudcat36 ,
i have like 7-8 years experience in webdesign and the whole stuff you need to know about this topic.
If i can recommend you something, then put your website asap into the maintenance mode. Your Theme is bad chosen, the categories at top are kinda "weird" and the colors are a bad choice.
This is what you should do:
-maintenance mode on
-change your wordpress theme (hueman is great and seo optimized)
-minimize your categories and links at top
-Check your posts:
https://steemitnewbieresteeminitiative.com/2018/02/22/weekly-recap-for-newbieresteemday-2nd-edition/
This is a completly broken site.
-Your url is so long, i forgot about it after 1 minute :(
Every fact i mentioned is something google hates.
Check one of my old projects
http://www.lifehack-abc.de/
@mudcat36
Thanks for putting in all the effort!
Unfortunately, I too have some experience in webdesign and WP, and I can only agree with what @deradministrator is advising you.
(Hueman is indeed a great theme. I combine it with Siteorigin's widget bundle for ease-of-use)
Why not get newbieresteemday.com?
https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/results.aspx?domain=newbieresteemday.com
(If I would still be in marketing modus, i'd buy it and sell it to you for a much higher price - lol)
Damn it, SteemIt community. Why are you so great? I could be making some cold, hard cash here... ;0D
Indeed. Thanks for for giving it a look @simplymike. As you are such an active member of our efforts on Steemit, I may be reaching out to you after this post for advice as I implement suggested changes. If you'd like you can reach me by email at [email protected]
It would allow for off platform brainstorming and allow you to perhaps offer advice and guidance. Thanks again for stopping by and for the advice. :)
Completely agree with this. Find a shorter domain name and sort permalinks out on the site. I suggest you look at some premium themes, there are thousands out there and will make the site look much more professional.
It is a premium theme as I have a business package, but you are definitely correct in your observation. I will need to find a more fluid and sleek theme. Luckily I have you guys help with this so don't hesitate to offer further suggestions if anything comes to mind.
That is amazing feed back and thank you for taking the time to provide it. I definitely will be taking it on board. I am going to wait until the end of this post though as I am going to wait on everyone to see the site and offer all of their suggestions as well. Then at the end of the post I am going to collect all suggestions and implement them. Yours will be at the top of that list as they are such incredibly good ones. Thank you again. I rely on informed minds like yours in this in hopes of creating a better site.
Btw, nice work @deradministrator. Clean and neat. 👌
Haha thank you =) You too.
You learn unebelievable much if you work for a web provider in the third level support.