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I've created a 3D shopping mall in pure HTML no flash required.
I think I'm right in saying it's the first of its kind in the world.
As you can imagine its almost entirely images and not very much text which presents challenges from an SEO point of view. I'm worried about over Alt tagging if there is such a thing and would really appreciate your input on that.
I feel this idea has potential because most websites have something fun or interesting to attract visitors and then we try to monetise them by placing adverts. Whereas with this site the fun interesting parts are the adverts, so visitors are probably looking to spend some money.
I guess you could call it a 'proof of concept' as it looks simple and repetitive at the moment, but it could look fantastic with more money spent on 3D modelling.
So my questions are:
1 Is this a really good idea or am I delusional?
2 How would you go about marketing this?
3 How do you on page SEO on a page which has very little text?
I think it would be rude or against the rules to post a link, all I can do is give you a clue.
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I would really appreciate any input because I work on my own and you never know if you're been overly optimistic or simply going mad.
[edited by: bill at 5:09 am (utc) on Jan. 7, 2010]
[edit reason] You are correct, no links or clues. TOS #13 [/edit]
1 Is this a really good idea or am I delusional?
2 How would you go about marketing this?
3 How do you on page SEO on a page which has very little text?
Thanks jomaxx for your input,
I don't see the Unique Selling Proposition that makes this a really good idea.
The “mall” idea of having a number of retail outlets in one place clearly works as 6 out of the top ten biggest malls were built in the past 3 years, and just about every large town has one. I can’t find any other working mall online which makes me think that it is a Unique Selling Proposition.
I know Inbound links are very important but they are by definition “off page” SEO not on page SEO.
As you can imagine its almost entirely images and not very much text which presents challenges from an SEO point of view. I'm worried about over Alt tagging if there is such a thing and would really appreciate your input on that.
All images should have an alt tag to make your site accessible to those using a page reader (ie - a blind person).
Hence if you just stick to describing what each image is, you really can't over do it.
Now if you start plugging tons of irrelevant keywords into your image alt tags, that can be considered spammy. But if you stick with creative descriptions, you are good.
