Aaron Here
 

Hey... I like the board... Looks really good.


Only thing I don't like: this page took 10 seconds to load >.>.


Anyway... You guys really do a good job of making members want to join, I read a few posts and found this place really nice.


One thing you need to do, though is raise your google ranking... I had to have somone tell me to join this site :P.


Anyway, Hello.

Welcome to the board, Aaron :-) Yes, we are a nice community, but we're a community taking a much needed break for Christmas! On what keywords would you say we need to increase our rank for?

Give me some keywords and I will tell you the top 10 most highly searched words pertaining to them...

I would say... PHP... Tutorials? You guys would do well to add some tutorial sections.

php
tutorials
community
help
web
coding


what else would you be about?

...In addition:

• Programming
• Databases

Hmmm well, I've done some research into the google adverts so I can help talkphp.com out on that front. If Wildhoney and Karl are interested ofcourse.

I myself am going to advertise on my site for sure. A lot of help came from here.

On topic again, welcome to the board Aaron, now it's official. And about the loading time... eh? :-)

Hi Aaron, welcome to TalkPHP.

Thanks for the keyword tips. ReSpawN, any help in furthering TalkPHP is greatly appreciated, thanks :-)

Alright so here is what I have found. When spiders search your site these are the highest keywords:


talk 21 6.98 %
2007 16 5.32 %
talkphp 15 4.98 %
community 10 3.32 %
time 8 2.66 %
article 8 2.66 %
wildhoney 7 2.33 %
programming 7 2.33 %
thanked 7 2.33 %
member 7 2.33 %
times 7 2.33 %
posts 7 2.33 %
come 7 2.33 %
forum 6 1.99 %
read 5 1.66 %
media 5 1.66 %
tutorial 5 1.66 %
parsing 4 1.33 %
script 4 1.33 %
active 4 1.33 %
file 4 1.33 %
sketch 4 1.33 %
latest 4 1.33 %
discussion 4 1.33 %
members 4 1.33 %
professionals 3 1.00 %
karl 3 1.00 %
beginners 3 1.00 %
class 3 1.00 %
pressions 3 1.00 %
regular 3 1.00 %
posted 3 1.00 %
thread 3 1.00 %
[view 3 1.00 %
simple 3 1.00 %
type 3 1.00 %
sketchmedia 3 1.00 %
experienced 3 1.00 %
forums 3 1.00 %
friendly 3 1.00 %
subtitle 2 0.66 %
walkthrough 2 0.66 %
andrew 2 0.66 %
client 2 0.66 %
cmellor 2 0.66 %
morishani 2 0.66 %
streams 2 0.66 %
rendair 2 0.66 %
articles 2 0.66 %
version 2 0.66 %
discussions 2 0.66 %
development 2 0.66 %
glossary 2 0.66 %
idiot 2 0.66 %
javascript 2 0.66 %
salathe 2 0.66 %
village 2 0.66 %
rules 2 0.66 %
show 2 0.66 %
object 2 0.66 %
associates 2 0.66 %
full 2 0.66 %
formatted 2 0.66 %
document 2 0.66 %
tutorials 2 0.66 %
handy 2 0.66 %
method 2 0.66 %
article] 2 0.66 %
tips 2 0.66 %
matt83 2 0.66 %
advanced 2 0.66 %
cast 2 0.66 %
classes 2 0.66 %
wiki 2 0.66 %
data 2 0.66 %
practical 2 0.66 %
expressions 2 0.66 %
stewart 2 0.66 %


and followed by phrases:


wildhoney 2007 5 8.47 %
talkphp talkphp 4 6.78 %
programming community 3 5.08 %
experienced community 3 5.08 %
2007 advanced 2 3.39 %
regular expressions 2 3.39 %
article] posted 2 3.39 %
practical regular 2 3.39 %
latest article 2 3.39 %
development community 2 3.39 %
talkphp forum 2 3.39 %
village idiot 2 3.39 %
full article] 2 3.39 %
advanced programming 2 3.39 %
talk talkphp 2 3.39 %
2007 streams 2 3.39 %
subtitle file 2 3.39 %
parsing subtitle 2 3.39 %
walkthrough parsing 2 3.39 %
friendly active 2 3.39 %
active experienced 2 3.39 %
forums article 2 3.39 %
professionals talk 2 3.39 %
beginners professionals 2 3.39 %
community beginners 2 3.39 %
[view full 2 3.39 %

and then there are longer phrases

[view full article] 2 7.14 %
professionals talk talkphp 2 7.14 %
full article] posted 2 7.14 %
practical regular expressions 2 7.14 %
talkphp talkphp forum 2 7.14 %
2007 advanced programming 2 7.14 %
beginners professionals talk 2 7.14 %
community beginners professionals 2 7.14 %
wildhoney 2007 streams 2 7.14 %
parsing subtitle file 2 7.14 %
friendly active experienced 2 7.14 %
active experienced community 2 7.14 %
experienced community beginners 2 7.14 %
walkthrough parsing subtitle 2 7.14 %


So, as you can see, you really need to tone down on these words and make your keywords more noticable. Try meta descriptions, as well as banning wildhoney from posting for a little bit xD

(But seriously, one of the biggest problems with SEO is that the admin is mentioned way too often.)

Welcome to the community :-D nice list there lol

Thanks for the list, looks like you put a bit of time into it :-)

In all honesty SEO wasn't out first priority, but now that TalkPHP is up and running OK we really should commit some time to it.

We've got a mod called vb SEO to install which I hope to do over the next day or so, hopefully that will help.

Kinda-bump

Annnnyway... With all the PHP developers here, why don't we have some kind of non-forum-oriented thing that people would want to join for/link to?

A good idea would be to make more articles and get them listed on other sites.

Good-Tutorials / Photoshop Tutorials + Flash Tutorials
Photoshop Tutorials, Flash Tutorials and More! P2L Tutorial Search
Digg / All News, Videos, & Images
and thats about all I know... Social bookmarking is a plus.

oooh and:
Village Idiot never said hi to me :(