When a Photograph is Not Worth 1,000 Words – SEO Tips for Photographers – Part IPosted by drfl on August 5th, 2009
When I began this blog I initially thought that I might write articles that would benefit other photographers with some of my past knowledge of technical items. Before I began, I researched the best way to market my work through my blog online. Overwhelmingly, the advice was that other photographers would not be who would ultimately purchase my work. Instead of writing articles for other photographers, the sources said that I should write items that would market my work to those who would buy it, keeping the articles short and simple. So, taking this advice I put away all my technical ideas and went to work on simply showing off my work – uploading a photograph and then speaking about it. Ultimately, I think this has merit, but as you will see through this [technical] article, I now believe that there is perhaps benefit in balancing articles such as this with displaying my images (so if this doesn’t interest you, please return next week). As a result, I am now authoring this to give other photographers a better understanding of what is needed to increase their standings in the search engines.
Why should I give away my “secrets”? I wish I could say it’s completely altruistic, but while there is a bit of that, the main reason is that I have come to realize that very few photographers work in my niche markets, and my hope is that other people will reference this article on their websites and blogs.