Posts Tagged ‘yahoo’

Stop using Google

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Google offers a lot of wonderful tools. I recommend you take time to review all the tools Google has available for your business - Google products.

Unfortunately, I think too many people become comfortable with the Google brand and use their tools as a default without investigating what other companies might offer.

Take time to explore other resources.  Below is a list of a few of the services that compete with Google products.

Search – http://www.yahoo.com

Search – http://www.bing.com

Search – www.altavista.com/

Web Alerts – http://www.socialmention.com

Web Alerts- http://topikality.com/

Documents – http://www.zoho.com/

Analytics – http://web.analytics.yahoo.com/

Maps – http://www.bing.com/maps/

Blogging – http://www.wordpress.com

Email – http://mail.yahoo.com

Email – http://www.mail.com

Browser – http://www.firefox.com

Calendar – http://www.famundo.com/

Video – http://www.vimeo.com

Phone – http://www.ringcentral.com/

Photo sharing http://www.flickr.com

What else would you add to the list?

Search Engine Optimization for Photographers : Podast 123

Monday, October 18th, 2010

This week: Search Engine Optimization for Photographers?

  • New Media Photographer: A photographer who publishes to the web.
  • Time: 30:00
  • Podcast hosted by Rosh Sillars
  • This podcast is about new media, social media and digital marketing for the photographer.
  • Topics on this week’s show: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) audio podcast, Insights for search, Google, Keywords for photographersWebmaster tools, Google doesn’t index websites, Google Places, yogile.
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The links say it best

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Click on these links for some interesting information:

Matt Cutts shares how you can adjust the code in your embedded YouTube videos to start at any point in the timeline. http://su.pr/1ucMjE

Aaron at Socialphototalk.com warns his readers: Please Don’t Use HootSuite; Ow.ly is Dangerous http://bit.ly/at5Ju4

Google recently acquired Picnik, a popular online photo editor.  It is the same one integrated into Flickr. Flickr is owned by Yahoo. For more information, go to Google’s blog at  http://su.pr/2Jwp19.

Learn more about search refinement, related to location, from Google at http://su.pr/1HF5PK.

Read Jack Hollingsworth’s touching post, I am husband. http://su.pr/2aLcEI.

Mitch Joel has an interesting post and video, Print is not dead, on his blog.

You can’t go wrong following the wisdom of Seth Godin:  Try different.

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Sixty-six ways to promote your blog

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

1.) Comment on other blogs.

2.) Share your new posts on Twitter.

3.) Share your old posts on Twitter.

4.) Use http://su.pr to keep track of clicks and make it easy to Stumble your posts.

5.) Use Digg to promote your posts.

6.) Be a guest blogger.

7.) Champion other bloggers.

8.) Create videos for YouTube.

9.) Create a Facebook fan page.

10.) Write an e-book.

11.) Submit your blog to directories.

12.) Create support blogs.

13.) Use link bait to encourage links to your site.

14.) Use signature links in your blog comments where acceptable.

15.) Start a forum.

16.) List your blog in your e-mail signatures.

17.) Link to other blogs often.

18.) Thank everyone who comments positively about you or your blog.

19.) Use exciting headlines or titles.

20.) Use important key words in your titles.

21.) Don’t forget to use internal links.

22.) Create a newsletter.

23.) Advertise your blog using AdWords.

24.) Advertise on Facebook.

25.) Tag your photographs well for image search.

26.) Use a site map.

27.) Set up a social network through Ning.

28.) Interview a guest on a podcast.

29.) Ask to be a guest on related podcasts.

30.) Create a Squidoo lens.

31.) Create a business card for your blog.

32.) Create a Polldaddy survey

33.) Create a press release and send it to locations like PR Web.

34.) Use the promotion tools available through Feedburner.

35.) Offer to speak to groups related to your blog theme.

36.) Use categories and tags effectively.

37.) Answer questions on Yahoo answers.

38.) Share relevent links on LinkedIn.

39.) Attend conferences.

40.) Attend local Tweetups.

41.) Offer an RSS e-mail option.

42.)  Ask your readers for testimonials.

43.) Write an article for traditional media.

44.) Create T-shirts with your blog name.

45.) Create a blog promotion contest.

46.) Submit how-to articles to sites like Ezine.

47.) Post often; the more you post, the more traffic to your site.

48.) Use Tweetmeme to make it easy for people to tweet your posts.

49.) Offer e-cards through Fomoto. Make sure to watermark your blog name on the photo.

50.) Make sure your Permalink names relate to your post.

51.) Ask related bloggers to trade links.

52.) Use link shorteners to test headlines in social media.

53.) Promote your best blog posts with a unique ad on your blog front page.

54.) Trade commercials on other podcasts.

55.) Pull your blog RSS feed into your Facebook account for automatic updates.

56.) Enable Trackbacks.

57.) Claim your blog on Technorati.

58.) Create and use images from a flickr account. (I like the Flickr Widget plug-in for WordPress.)

59.) Create a public Google wave about your blog where others can share ideas.

60.) Create smart phone application for your blog.

61.) Offer an award for top people in your blog niche.

62.) Create a flickr group for your followers.

63.) Display a best of gallery of your flickr group images.

64.) Establish a call-in line for people to ask questions.

65). Create a LinkedIn Group.

66.) Create a list of 66 ways to promote your blog.

Rosh

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Should you care about image search optimization?

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Are you missing out on photography income opportunities? Photography buyers use many sources to find images to support their marketing and editorial needs. Many photographers are overlooking the benefits of organic search results.

Magazine editors often e-mail or call me requesting prices on images they have found on my blog or through image searches.

The only way they know these images exist is because I’ve properly labeled them or the wording around them.  IMG_9432.tiff doesn’t pop up very well in a search for a celebrity, a local businessperson, or a historic building.

Remember: Google cannot see the 1,000 words your images represent.

This is why labeling your images is so important in the process of image search optimization (ISO).  Make sure the title is clear and represents the image you are displaying.  Use ALT tags. Although they offer minimal support for page and Web site search engine optimization, they can play an important role in image search.

Don’t forget to add a sentence or paragraph, where possible, close to the photograph.  Offer as much relevant information as possible to help people find your images.

I believe photographers underestimate the number of paying customers using standard Google, Bing and Yahoo image search functions.  Images and videos are becoming more common within standard search results.  I find my images displayed all the time on the front page of Google for common search queries.  I’m grateful for the additional search advertising.

If you photograph well-known people, landmarks, or news events in your region, you need to take advantage of all the opportunities these advances in search technology are providing you to sell your photographs.

Rosh

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