Review of Attorney Links

Well, I've just registered for Digital Point ... so I'll dive right in.

My site is Attorney Links (http://attorneylinks.googlepages.com/). I could give you an introduction, but perhaps it's best just to let the site speak for itself.

What do you think of the site (content, design, navigation, ad placement, etc.)? How can I improve it?

 

probably Reviews > Website would have the best forum for posting this.
Anyway, I found no content on homepage, just some links and Adsense Advertisements. Another thing, add some meta tags to help search engines to crawl your site.

 

Thanks, Abhik.

I see now that posting on "AdSense > Placement / Reviews / Examples" was a newbie mistake. I'll restart the discussion over on the "Reviews > Websites."

 

Oops, another newbie mistake! I didn't realize that I can't post on "Reviews > Websites" until I've met certain guidelines (forums.digitalpoint.com/faq.php?faq=dp_faq#faq_posting_guidelines), such as 7 days as a member.

Oh well ... I'll spend the week learning more about Digital Point and viewing other members' sites. In the meantime, please feel free to post comments about my AdSense placement / examples (or other aspects of my site) in the current thread.

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In reply to Abhik: What content would you suggest for the homepage? I suppose that I was thinking of the links as the content. However, I'm open to suggestions.

Also, do you know of a good discussion of metatags? I'm familiar with metatags, but hadn't thought to use them. I believe that Google ignores metatags. However, I'm not sure offhand how other search engines treat metatags, or what the optimal metatags are.

 

nice niche to think about

 

I suppose that it is a good niche. I chose it because I know something about it, and thought I could be helpful while making some AdSense revenue.

On the other hand, I know of some established sites on similar topics that use AdSense. So there is competition. What I hope to do is be more of a meta-directory -- a directory of directories -- rather than directly compete with these sites.

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I'd like Attorney Links to look more professional; but since this forum is about ad placement and examples, I'll focus on those issues. I feel that the ads blend fairly well, in terms of both location and appearance. (Has anyone noticed whether they "blend" in terms of subject matter? I'm trying not to view the ads more than necessary.) I suppose it's all right for the content and the nearby ads to have slightly different colors and fonts. However, some people might disagree.

I might experiment with making the referral button a different color. Firefox is associated with orange; an orange referral button would certainly stand out against a blue site. Perhaps I can include some orange (or other contrasting colors) in the ads as well.

In any event, I'd be interested in your opinions.

 

Could this site be a model for a redesign of Attorney Links?:

http://confinder.richmond.edu/index.php

I wouldn't copy the specific content or design, of course. But the basic concept seems good.

Constitution Finder, like Attorney Links, is fundamentally a set of links. However, it's more professional-looking and adds some text. I think I'd want to have more content (in addition to links). But at least this amount of content is a start.

There are no ads on the home page of Constitution Finder. However, there's plenty of space for ads around the content and links.

Does this kind of redesign make sense to you? How many ads -- and what kinds of ads -- would you suggest on a home page like this? Where should ads go on other pages of a site like this?

 

What content?

 

A fair question. The current content -- if you want to call it that -- is the value of collecting and organizing these links. However, I do need more content than this.

I'm not exactly going to go back to the drawing board. But I am going to reduce the number of ads; increase the utility of the site; and spruce up the design.

I hope that you'll come back to the site in a couple of weeks to see the improvements.

 

D-Scott, you have more than enough talent to write good content just by judging what you have written in this thread.