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Google search - no results

stanozstanoz Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
edited November 14, 2005 in SmugMug Support
I recently did a Google search for my site www.capecodphotoimagery.com using words like "cape cod photo" and it returned no results.
Any suggestions????
Thanks,
Stan

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    amcamc Registered Users Posts: 84 Big grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    stanoz wrote:
    I recently did a Google search for my site www.capecodphotoimagery.com using words like "cape cod photo" and it returned no results.
    Any suggestions????
    Thanks,
    Stan
    Do your Google search for just capecodphotoimagery and you will see your site!

    Drew
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    stanoz wrote:
    I recently did a Google search for my site www.capecodphotoimagery.com using words like "cape cod photo" and it returned no results.
    Any suggestions????
    Thanks,
    Stan


    Hi Stan,

    Keyword the heck out of your photos. Google will find you!
    Andy

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    flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    stanoz wrote:
    I recently did a Google search for my site www.capecodphotoimagery.com using words like "cape cod photo" and it returned no results.
    Any suggestions????
    Thanks,
    Stan
    No results?? I get about 2,880,000 results!:D
    The fact that your site is not one of the first ones, has more to do with Google's ranking of your site. I don't know how to influence that.

    When i googled this: "capecodphotoimagery" i got a hit to your site.
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    stanozstanoz Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited November 14, 2005
    andy wrote:
    Hi Stan,

    Keywork the heck out of your photos. Google will find you!
    Thanks Andy---just one question what is "keywork" and does this refer to the keywords for photos on my site?
    Thanks again,
    Stan
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    rainforest1155rainforest1155 Registered Users Posts: 4,566 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    stanoz wrote:
    Thanks Andy---just one question what is "keywork" and does this refer to the keywords for photos on my site?
    Thanks again,
    Stan
    That's what Andy meant - add keywords to your photos and galleries. :):

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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    rainforest1155 wrote:
    That's what Andy meant - add keywords to your photos and galleries. :):

    Sebastian


    yes, i fat-fingered that repsonse - "keyword" is what I meant :D
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    Smugmug has done something recently I think that makes google really love the keyword search. I get tons of hits from this alone. Let me see if I have any right now

    ...

    Yup. Try googling this this: photography and glass sculpture

    See what you get. See how it takes you to a keyword result page? I've already had a couple of sales based upon this. If you're not using keywords on all your photos, you are truly missing out.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    Mike Lane wrote:
    Smugmug has done something recently I think that makes google really love the keyword search. I get tons of hits from this alone. Let me see if I have any right now

    ...

    Yup. Try googling this this: photography and glass sculpture

    See what you get. See how it takes you to a keyword result page? I've already had a couple of sales based upon this. If you're not using keywords on all your photos, you are truly missing out.

    I'm Feeling Lucky!
    Andy

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    marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    Are keywords worth anything on a password protected gallery (just to get the site higher up in the google rankings)?
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    marlinspike wrote:
    Are keywords worth anything on a password protected gallery (just to get the site higher up in the google rankings)?
    Nope. But why not create an unprotected samples gallery (or several) and keyword the heck out of it?
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
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    jfriendjfriend Registered Users Posts: 8,097 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    password protection negates benefits of keywords
    marlinspike wrote:
    Are keywords worth anything on a password protected gallery (just to get the site higher up in the google rankings)?
    When I've inquired about this before, it has basically seemed like keywords are of no benefit at all when you password protect the gallery. They won't be indexed or searched by smugmug, they won't be indexed or searched by Google and they can't even be used within your site by someone who has supplied the password credentials to that forum.


    Since I shoot several large school events and have to password protect the photos, it bums me that I can't get any benefit from keywords because those are the very large galleries that could benefit the most from them. The last time i asked if we'd ever see full support in password protected galleries, I was given almost no chance that this would change (though I'd love to be proven wrong).
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