
SmugMug: Where Photography Goes To Hide
I’ve been trying for a long time to get my SmugMug gallery indexed by Google. And I’ve concluded that on SmugMug, photos have less visibility than the Loch Ness monster on a dark night.

Smugmug and Google: The Taste of Failure
For about 2 years now, I’ve tried to get Google to index my 700+ photos on Smugmug (and blogged about it, starting here.). At the start, I had 38 photos indexed. Today, after learning a few things about SEO, creating a blog, and jumping through lots of hoops, I have exactly 10. I can’t convey the taste of failure in print – but this is what it looks like:

The ‘duplicate content’ myth
No, Google will not ‘penalize’ your photos if your descriptions of them contain quotes from Wikipedia.
Continue reading “The ‘duplicate content’ myth”Sitemaps to Nowhere
I’ve related (starting here) my long struggle to get my photo work indexed by Google – an uphill battle. But recently, I tangled with sitemaps and eventually made a breakthrough.
