Photography Web Tips

How can I tell if I have dropped in Google Ranks?

Kevin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:20:51 +0000

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 that I think [...]

Where do I rank in Google?

Kevin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:33:31 +0000

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 seeing. Our results are [...]

Meta Keywords : Don’t do it!

Kevin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:21:41 +0000

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 it. Simples. I have now [...]

Google +1 For Photographers

Kevin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:11:45 +0000

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 Button? According to [...]

WordPress Plugins for Photographers

Kevin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:27:11 +0000

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 posted [...]

Google Search Algorithm

Kevin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:27:19 +0000

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 the organic [...]

Google Places for Photographers

Kevin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:24:16 +0000

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 opinion. Most people will search for [...]

Web Font Embedding

Kevin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:34:27 +0000

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 emails from other photographers is [...]

Link Building with Goolge Alerts

Kevin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:04:28 +0000

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 [...]

Research: How much do you spend on your website?

Kevin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:58:40 +0000

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 online etc) – rather than the [...]