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...]
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...]
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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...]
Today's post is by Guest Blogger - Michael Shilling (because I have no idea about Google Wave and Michael knows a lot) - Enjoy -- It may be still in beta and there are defiantly a few bugs which need to be worked out but Google Wave is a wonderful tool to have at your disposal. It does seem … [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...]
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...]
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 … [Read more...]
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...]
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 … [Read more...]
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...]