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.
JPEG, PNG or GIF? And what about compression?

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 most common and relevant ones are: JPEG, PNG & GIF.
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.

