If you really want to get someone's attention online, a simple link might do the job faster than sending an email or using a contact form. Why? Because it's human nature to be curious - for instance, every time I notice a new inbound link to EmptyEasel, I just have to go see what's up on the. . . read more
If you want to sell your art online, you need to help people find it. In this article I'll be comparing the two most popular methods for getting people to visit your website - search engine optimization (SEO) and paid advertising.. . . read more
There are three main types of artist websites you'll find online: HTML, JavaScript or Flash websites. What you WANT is a plain HTML site, but keep reading because I’m going to quickly explain each type of artist website and why it makes such a big difference to the search engines.. . . read more
Unlike some of my past SEO tips, today I’m going to share a free online tool that you can use to find out where Google is ranking your art website for various keywords and search terms. It’s called SEOdigger, and it's a fantastic SEO tool for optimizing your website or art blog. . . . read more
Here are some tips for choosing a domain name and creating good page URLs for your art website or art blog. Search engines pay special attention to domain names and URLs, so picking a good domain name is pretty important.. . . read more
In the next few paragraphs I’ll explain two methods for immediately drawing attention to your blog posts: the first is pinging and the second is simply smart social networking.. . . read more
As I mentioned on Sunday, today's article contains a very easy tip for artists looking to boost their rankings in the search engines. All it takes is the ability to highlight keywords in a text editor or blogging program and then click bold or italicize.. . . read more
Today's article is on optimizing the anchor text of each link within your art blog or website. When done right, anchor text optimization helps a lot with search engine rankings—in fact, I'd say it's one of the most important things you can do to optimize for search.. . . read more
By now we know there's more to having your art found online than just putting up a blog or website. Here's another SEO tip for artists that may help: write unique "meta descriptions" for every article or artwork you publish online.. . . read more
Most of you art bloggers probably know by now that getting more inbound links from other art sites will directly affect your website's rank in Google. What you may not know is that you have the power to improve your own rankings with your own links.. . . read more