Definition of in limbo
1: in a forgotten or ignored place, state or situation
2: in an uncertain or undecided state or condition
Eternity, in Google Limbo
The Dance of Sitemaps
Since I figured out what was wrong with the sitemap for my blog site, I’ve been getting more posts indexed. But Google is still fiddling with the other sitemap, the one for the photo gallery, and can’t seem to decide what to do with it.
Continue reading “The Dance of Sitemaps”Google Takes It Back
About a month ago, Google Analytics notified me that my site would now be indexed “mobile first”. I soon found out that this not good news.
moreSmugMug via a subdomain
In a previous post I explained why I decided to point my domain to a blog, and put my SmugMug gallery on a subdomain: because that should create better ‘authority’ for my domain, and possibly better indexing and search ranking of my images. And with a pitiful domain authority score of 3, and hardly any indexing, I had nothing to lose.
Continue reading “SmugMug via a subdomain”SmugMug and SEO: crickets chirping
Like many photographers, I have a SmugMug gallery, hooked to Google Analytics (GA) for hit tracking. My photos have keywords and descriptions, in the hope that they turn up in Google searches like “Minneapolis photography” or “Minnesota birds”.
And for well over a year, GA consistently told me I’m seen less often than Bigfoot. Basically, it’s crickets. SmugMug is a solid operation but like any gallery site, it has pros and cons; one of the cons is that you’re not likely to come in view of Google’s all-seeing eye.
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