Tips for Helping Photographers Use the Web Correctly
One of the questions I get asked a lot on my Business Courses for Photographers is: How do I know when I have dropped down in the rankings in Google? Well, with all the recent shenanigans going on at Google, specifically with the Panda updates, Matt Cutts has released a very informative video … [Read more...]
So, just where do I rank in Google? Google is making so many changes to the way we search - and all positive in my opinion. They are "humanising" search, so to speak. However, this means that when we search Google we are often being given skewed results compared to what others are … [Read more...]
Many people ask me what I put in the meta keywords for posts. Well, the answer is - nothing. Ziltch. Zero. If you are spending five minutes considering you meta tags, you'd be better off spending five minutes considering a better page title or more engaging page content instead. That's … [Read more...]
Google. Plus 1. Plus One? Plus what? That's what I'm hearing from most photographers in the UK at least when I mention the Google +1 button. In this post I'll try and explain a bit more, and how you can implement it on your photography website too. What is the Google +1 … [Read more...]
OK - once again, sorry for the delay in posting anything of note here recently. A very hectic schedule involving weddings, opening a new photography studio and a new baby son have gotton the better of this website but I do promise to be much more active here going forward. So, last year, I … [Read more...]
Google made one of the biggest changes ever to its search results earlier this month, which immediately had a noticeable effect on many Web sites that rely on the world's biggest search engine to drive traffic to their sites. The main tweak, aims to drive better content driven sites to the top of … [Read more...]
You may have noticed some changes to Google recently. At the end of October, Google rolled our "Place Search". According to Google, this is a new algorithm that combines the organic results with Google Places results. So, what impact does this have for photographers? A massive impact in my … [Read more...]
I recently made some big changes to my wedding photographer website. Most of the changes were under the hood for SEO purposes, some were architectural layout and flow of the site, and some were visual changes. The most noticeable change, and the one that has resulted in me getting several … [Read more...]
Having our photography website appear organically at the top of Google is something we are all try to achieve for our chosen keywords. Given that that our sites are often image heavy, rather than text heavy, then we rely even more on inward link buildingas a way of achieving those higher … [Read more...]
I recently put a very similar poll on Twitter asking the same, and the results pretty much astounded me. So, I'm posting the same question here. It's completely anonymous so please answer if you can. I'm refering to physical money spent on your website (web design, SEO services, marketing … [Read more...]
Firstly, I must apologise for the lack of posts recently. I’ve been taken a bit by surprise by how busy this wedding photography season has been so far. I'm well and truly into the season now, and its time to start taking more attention of this blog. By the way, I'm going to start reviewing … [Read more...]
I've had several emails recently (did you know you can contact me if you have specific questions? - go on, don't be shy) about which file format to use when it comes to generating images for your photography based website. There are actually many different types of image formats, but the three … [Read more...]
Yesterday, after being confused once again by the "quarterfinal" system on Masterchef, I decided to get out my trusty iPhone and do some browsing of local wedding photographer sites. I knew which sites I wanted to visit, and of the ten that I visited I was greeted with the following screen shot on … [Read more...]
You've probably all heard of Bing by now. Microsoft's re-born search engine and tools. Have you checked your web stats? Have you noticed the usage of Bing as a source of referrals increasing? I have, and it will increase much more over the next three months. Microsoft are about to start … [Read more...]
Friend-of-the-blog Keith Adams recently asked that I do a post specifically about Back links and the benefits to SEO etc., As it happens, good blog-friend Jason D Moore has just posted an article that explains it all very succinctly. Take a look at: SEO for Bloggers: Links on his site for more … [Read more...]
Recently, I posted a poll asking which blogging tool do you use? The results (to date), are 73% using Wordpress, 25% using Blogger, and 2% using other tools. As promised in that blog post, here are a list of all the Wordpress plugins I use on www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk� Akismet - … [Read more...]
Flash based websites can look absolutely stunning; some of my favourite sites in fact are Flash based. Two of my favourite ones currently in the UK are: Crash Taylor SMW Photography Both sites are very elegant and really show off the best of the work of both of these great … [Read more...]
You know when you use Google - have you ever noticed the radio buttons beneath the main search that says "search: the web | pages from the UK"? Well, research suggests, around 1 in 3 people (in the UK) select the "pages from the UK" option. Have you tried? - make sure your site appears under … [Read more...]
Very very quickly this morning as I need to get my albums into Jorgensen before the prices go up ;-). I did some reasearch a few years back about how people generally tell how recently updated a site is. Over 70% of the people interviewed said that they look for any "Site last updated:" style … [Read more...]
A very quick poll to see which is the most commong blogging tool that you guys use? I'm going to run a run-down of my favourite plug-ins for the winning engine next week. -km (Listening to: Paper Gangsta: Lady Ga Ga) … [Read more...]