Is this a good website design for attracting google and readers
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hi, we are looking at re-doing our website and would like to know if this site is a good example of attracting traffic and google. what i mean is, they only have the title of stories and not much content, please take a look and let me know if we can learn any lessons from this site or if they should be adding more content
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so if u had a news site would u go the way the sun does by having an introduction with a picture or would u reduce the pictures and go with headline titles instead
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I think some of the same still applies - it depends on how competitive your keywords and industry are, how frequently you update your content, blogs, etc. Also, the main page has a lot of links which isn't unusual for many website. If you click through, the pages have deeper content.
For my industry I wouldn't do this set up as my terms are more competitive and subject matter is very different. But my site is very product/sales specific, not news-like or gossip like the one you mentioned. Google has very different expectations for those types of sites. If you have a newsy site then I could see the appeal but if you don't then I wouldn't recommend it.
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will be having a long read of your link thank you
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sorry i did not make myself clear, what i mean is, content is king and google will come back to your site if you have new content, so what i am trying to say is, if you have a site where you are only showing the titles showing, then surely this is not enough content for google to see changes.
I like the way it is set out as i always read this site but on a technical side i am just wondering if it works in googles favour or not in terms of seo
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Nice to meet you, too! Yes, amazing timing for Rand to share this resource
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Great answer Andrea! Diane, Rand talked about exactly this concept during his Mozcation presentation Wednesday (nice meeting you there Andrea). What works for one site may not work for another. Use this as a resource to get some ideas as to what to test, but then test and see if it works for you.
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You know, it's hard to say because it could be apples to oranges of what your site is about and what that site you shared the link to is about. You have to design for your audience and fashion/manufacturing/educational/travel, etc. all have totally different sets of user expectations.
Rather than compare yourself to one site to mimic it, it may be worth looking at UX data and CRO tips and other factors to help determine what to do: http://unbounce.com/conversion-rate-optimization/544-conversion-rate-optimization-tips/
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