Please see my wedding photography website for a full list of courses: Business Courses for Photographers … [Read more...]
JPEG, PNG or GIF? And what about compression?
April 7, 2010 By 3 Comments
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...]
Backlinks
March 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
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...]
Understanding the extensions (.co.uk & .com)
February 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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...]
© – simples….it’s 2010
February 16, 2010 By 4 Comments
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...]
What’s on your homepage?
February 3, 2010 By 7 Comments
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 … [Read more...]
Your photos & SEO
January 27, 2010 By 12 Comments
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 … [Read more...]
Remember your site is for your clients, not for Google
January 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
Hi All - this is what I'm calling a "Quick Hit". These are going to appear more regularly than the weekly main articles and will be simple hints and tips that can be followed up quickly. One thing that we see a lot of when browsing the internet is an overly keen use of keywords in the text of the … [Read more...]