Hey there
Here's a snippet of your code:
<td width="25%"><a href="images/021.jpg" target="_blank" name="021"><img src="thumbs/t_021.jpg" alt="021"></a></td>
1. The thumbs opening in html won't fly at most places, as has been discussed. Neither will "target=_blank".
2. It is much better, I am almost postive I have read, to use width="200", than width="25%". I am not awake and my brain cannot remember exactly why. I think it is due to how your table will look in different screen resolutions. Try searching this board for a post by GG having to do with Table Design Tips. That may have been where I read it, I don't know. One thing is for sure, if the browers is told precise width, it doesn't have to...calculate...the percentage, and thus loads faster.
3. This is an example of what George was speaking of. Here's a snippet of my code:
<td align="center"><a href="092004bdsm04.jpg"><img src="092004bdsm04t.jpg" alt="Whip" name="" width="120" height="180" border="0" align="middle"></a></td>
See how my thumb sizes are specified? That is what George was talking about. Again, the browser doesn't have to figure out what size they are. I've told it. And, btw, the size I've told it matches the size they really are. Some people try to use html to size their thumbs. It's a bad idea. You get a gold star, because I checked the size of your image properties, and you did not.
Okay, now look at my alt tags. Look at yours. Which one do you think a SE likes better? I will show you, to remove any doubt that spiders read alt tags.
This is one of my galleries on google:
Fetish Babe In Solo Edge Play
Long legged latex babe, Latex and sunglasses. Long legs in black boots, holding
chain. Raven haired fetish babe, Fetish babe shows huge tits. ...
www.thecorrectionalfacility.com/gal77/gal77.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
If you go to the URL of the gallery, you will see that google is pulling my alt tags to use in the description. So you really need to take advantage of that opportunity. I know it can be a pain in the ass to do on every gallery, because you must produce tons of galleries. But that little bit of effort might get you some valuable SE traffic.
Alright, next example.
Your meta tag keywords: <meta name="Keywords" content="Quality gallery's provided by
www.innocentx.com - For all your porn needs
">
Meta tags from the above referenced gallery: <meta name="keywords" lang ="en-us" content="edge play, nudity, latex, knife, fetish wear, dungeon, boots, shaved pussy, tattoo, big tits">
Now, I am not even close to being the Queen of Meta Tags. But I think you can see how you can work with your own tags to make them more valuable and produce better for you.
Alright, let's talk actual gallery appearance now. I'm in agreement that there is nothing wrong with a super clean design. You don't have to have flashy graphics to sell porn.
Surprise, surprise, I do have some other comments though.
First of all, less *is* more. You have way too many pictures on this gallery.
http://www.innocentx.com/files/pics/...03/gallery.htm I get listed very regulary and I never have used more than 16 pics. Your job is to tease and coax the credit card out of the wallet. Don't give them so much that they can have a payment-free whack off.
As to thumb placement: This is my personal preference and it has worked well for me...but I don't like to see a mix of thumbs like you have them. You can (and I do) mix horizontal and vertical thumbs. But make a pattern out of it. Like a row with vert, vert, vert, vert, horizontal. Next row horizontal, vert, vert, vert, vert. amd so on and so forth. Hope that makes sense. Don't just randomly put them up there. I don't know how comfortable you are with image editing, but just because your big pic is going to be a horitizontal pagination doesn't mean your thumb has to be. As more if I'm not making sense on that. (Or on anything else)
You get more gold stars because your images in this gallery flow. You don't have her clothed, then nude, then clothed again.
Lots of builders do that.
You'll find that your top banner really isn't going to do you very much good. Surfers are trained to overlook them. Banners do work when you have like...
seductive text
banner
more sexy talk
Sense?
You have text, and that is great. Text is our most closest bestest friend. (Hint: use spell check) However, you might want to try some different font colors and faces. You dont' have to go all wild and make it ugly, but you do need to draw the eye. Default font in black text isn't the best visually appealing thing you can do.
Consider the placement of your text as well. Odds are, a surfer isn't going to hang around and read your text *after* he's seen all your pics. He's outta there. But...
if you really sexy up the text and scatter it through your gallery, why, he just may read it. Use your text as part of the commercial, don't place it where it appears to be an afterthought.
I'm a personal fan of the bottom text link. You've told them what you want them to do (click here) and that is great. Change the font (using header tags if possible) color and size. This needs to be eye-grabbing!
Are you a US webmaster? If so, I don't see any 2257 info. I'm not one of those sky-is-falling 2257 people. I figure I will worry about it when they knock on my door. However, I do believe in due dilegence and protecting my on ass in a reasonable way. I started putting a 2257 link on each gallery I build. I also have a database with all my gallery info, but that is another post. ( and one I don't have time to make.
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Overall, you have made a decent page. It needs tweaked, and the same could be said of every one I build.
You'll get better and better at it. While I would never advocate stealing code, you can't beat cruising listings to get your own ideas.
I know some of the things SE geared things I've said you should do seem nitpicky. With TGP competition so fierce, the tendency is to build/submit/build/submit/build/submit, and not think about the bigger pictures. Sure, today you are trying to get a gallery together. But you never know. Tomorrow you could be building a hub of galleries. Or you could be doing one of a zillion other things that would make you wish you had really taken the extra time to optimize your gallery. They don't have to be masterpieces. But they should utilize every tip possible to bring you traffic.
Take care!