Originally Posted by jdegerstrom

Hi, UKSharon,

I followed your profile link to get your URL and then tested the PR ranking at URLTrends.com and your site rank may not be PR3 according to their report at this link:

http://www.urltrends.com/viewtrend.p...w.fumbug.co.uk

There are basic design requirements for favorable ranking, and you could improve your chances with some minor work. Here are 8 elements that may need review:

1. DOCTYPE Statement
2. Page Title
3. Proper HTML Code
4. META Description
5. META Key Words
6. First Paragraph of the Home Page
7. An Extra Page of Just LINKS
8. Backlinks to your site

As one example (#2 above), your complete http domain is the "title" on your home page which loses value with search engines. For the <title> tag you should go for key words about what you do (what someone might put in a search box looking for your product or service) rather than your www domain or company name. Most SE's give significant value to your page title in deciding how to index your site.

The others could use varying degrees of improvement, also.

You can get details at W3C.org on items 1-5. Let us know if you have questions about any of the others.

Cheers,

Jim