This week I interview Dan Corrigan. Dan is a search engine analyst for a large Metro Detroit ad agency.  He’s also a certified adwords specialist.  Dan and I talk about SEO for the photographer, adwords and analytics.
I announce this week’s New Media Photographer photo media edge award winner. (I’ll post on the blog Tuesday.)

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In podcast number 18 I talk about how photographers are standing up to companies trying to take away their rights.  Recently Google and Yahoo changed both policy and code to accommodate photographers’ objections. 
I make an announcement about a new award for new media photographers starting with next week’s show.  I also share details about the [...]

Sometimes it seems like we live in a Google world.  If you are looking for an alternative to Google Analytics or for new web site comparison and search tools,  compete.com is a good option.
It seems like more bloggers and web masters are turning to compete.com everyday.  Give it a try and let us know what [...]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO): Title Tags
I feel this is old news and basic information that everyone should know.  Unfortunately, I see too many web sites still breaking the rules and photographers are loosing opportunities.
The web site title tag is a very important part of the quest for a top search engine ranking.  Sadly, many web [...]

Web site optimization is important.  But, if no one is looking for what you’re site is optimized for, then what is the value?  You may be number one in rubber ducky photography, but how do you know there is demand via the web?
What is the world searching for?
Google has a great tool called insights for search. 
The [...]

This week I talk about the series of the “rise of the new media photographer” and what is coming up later this week. 
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Today I make some comments about my blog posts on Twitter and Web-based photography editing sites.  But, the focus of this podcast is to wrap up the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) series.  I decided not to write a final post.  I’m much more comfortable sharing it in a podcast.
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SEO for photographers.
Where you place your words and how they are emphasized makes a
difference.
Key words placed near the top of the web page take priority over words
place at the bottom of the page. Words emphasized in bold and with
<H1> tags offer higher value then plan text.
Google wants your key words, but they only need to [...]

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I know it may seem that some of the secrets are obvious, if you have
been around SEO for a while, but what is correct is correct. I will bring
this all together in the fifth segment. I think the [...]

SEO for photographers
So far I’ve receive good response about this series. Feel free to link to
the posts that resinate with you.
Today is secret number 2: Your title is your first touch.
The first thing people often see in search results is the title tag. Note:
Google indexes pages not web sites. The title tag is considered very
important. [...]