Link Building with Goolge Alerts
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 positions.
Google, has many tools to help us with this including Google webmaster tools and… Continue reading Link Building with Goolge Alerts.
How to check your backlinks?
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 photography sites from an SEO/Usability point of view (not the photography) – so… Continue reading How to check your backlinks?.
Potential Issues with Flash based websites (part 2) – the iPhone/iPad
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 six:
You may, or may not, know that the iPhone, iPod Touch and the… Continue reading Potential Issues with Flash based websites (part 2) - the iPhone/iPad.
Bing Bing!
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 a 3 Billion dollar advertising campaign, of which 3 million will be spent on… Continue reading Bing Bing!.
Backlinks
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 information… Continue reading Backlinks.
Potential Issues with Flash based websites (part 1)
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:
Both sites are very elegant and really show off the best of the work of both of these great photographers.
I think everyone… Continue reading Potential Issues with Flash based websites (part 1).
Understanding the extensions (.co.uk & .com)
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 both result sets:
As a rule… Continue reading Understanding the extensions (.co.uk & .com).
What do your visitors see?
In these days of multiple browsers and massively differing screen sizes, have you ever wondered what the average person actually sees when they open up your website?
Well, Google (isn’t it always Google these days?), has come up with an intriguing tool call Browser Size.
“Google Browser Size is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google. For example, the “90%” contour means that 90% of… Continue reading What do your visitors see?.
What’s on your homepage?
As wedding photographers, there is a dilemma in how to build the homepage of our websites.
Our instinct, and creative mind encourages us to have our lovely big photos on the homepage and little else. However, the little nagging SEO demon in our head reminds us that Google and the other Search Engines really really need some indexable, meaningful content on the homepage.
Very broadly speaking, the two… Continue reading What's on your homepage?.
Your photos & SEO
Your photos have a direct impact on SEO.
As photographers, images form a very focal part of our websites (or at least they should).
We are all aware of the importance of text and key words in our sites with regards to Search Engine Optimisation.
There is a whole world of SEO that can and should be applied to our images too.
The processes of optimising… Continue reading Your photos & SEO.
Use WordPress? Care about performance? Cache your pages
If you use WordPress for your photography sites – and a LOT of you do, then you will probably be aware of plugins and widgets.
Google have recently started to introduce Website Performance as part of their ranking algorithms. So, if your site is not performing very well in terms of page loads then you may well find Google penalising you for this.
One of the quickest and… Continue reading Use Wordpress? Care about performance? Cache your pages.
Remember your site is for your clients, not for Google
One thing that we see a lot of when browsing the internet is an overly keen use of keywords in the text of the site. I’ve noticed this seems to be happening a lot on wedding photography sites that I visit.
The rule of thumb should be to build the text on your website for your target audience. Continue reading Remember your site is for your clients, not for Google.
