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?

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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

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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?

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Hi Aaron, welcome to TalkPHP.

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

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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 nice list there lol

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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.

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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 :(