This was a guest post for Fisheye Connect blog. “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Similarly, if a photographer takes a photo and no one is around to see it, does it mean it isn’t art? Fortunately, we don’t need

Do you care about being found online? If you have a website, you need to be on Google. Ranking well on Google could mean a lot of traffic to your website, thus more business. If you’re not found on search engines, then you simply don’t exist. And I do not mean Googling yourself. I’m n

This is a guest post for The Photo Life. Unlike the US Declaration of Independence, when it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), not all links are created equal. In fact, some are virtually useless in building your PageRank (PR) – Google’s way of ranking websites. PR

Do you care about being found online? If you have a website, you need to be on Google. Ranking well on Google could mean a lot of traffic to your website, thus more business. If you’re not found on search engines, then you simply don’t exist. And I do not mean Googling yourself. I’m n

If you think about search engines, they are nothing but smart computers trying to make sense and organize the web. However, they’re not smarter than humans … not yet at least :P So, let’s talk about one of the most basic components of the web – URLs (the web ad

Ever see images on Google or Bing and wonder how these search engines pick which to show? Before I continue on the components that help images be found on Google (or other search engines), do not delude yourself with personal search results. Those results are skewed. I wrote a whole p

Have you ever Googled to see where you rank? We all have. A lot of times, we might even be #1, but it’s all a lie! I’m not really on the first page of image search results for “photography.” That’s nearly impossible. Notice how I have “650 personal

Two months ago, a reader commented on my site regarding my pricing e-book and needing more traffic. To answer Brady’s dilemma, there are a few ways to generate traffic. Social – Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. Word of Mouth – friends, photographers, vendors Search

In the recent past, PageRank (PR) was the crucial factor in determining a website’s importance, thus influencing its placement in search results. Real-time information was then factored into the algorithm with the rise of Twitter and Facebook’s “like” button. A

Happy Wednesday, Good news and bad news. Good news is that many people were able to take advantage of the workshop and videos. Bad news is that all good things must come to an end. The SEO DVDs will still be available, but the $200 discount is going to end today at 11:59PM PST. Discou