Coming up with titles for your artwork is tough—no question about it. Do you go with something simple that describes the image? Do you spell out...
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) For Artists Website tips to help your art rank higher in Google
Do you have your own artist website? If so, then these articles are for you!
You see, we believe every artist with a portfolio site should know at least the basics of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). By making a few SEO tweaks to your portfolio website, you can make it easier to find online and reach more people with your art!
(Don't have a website? No problem! Check out our SEO-friendly artists websites at Foliotwist—created specifically for artists who want to sell more art online.)
Here are EE's most popular SEO tips for artists:
What is Search Engine Optimization (And How Can Artists Use it?)
How to Increase Traffic to your Art Blog by Describing your Artwork for Google
How to choose a Domain Name (and page URLs) for Your Art Website or Blog
The Easiest SEO Tip for Online Artists: Using Bold and Italic Keywords
Deep Linking Techniques for Art Bloggers (and Artists with Online Portfolios)
Want more SEO help for artists? It's all below.
One of the best ways to understand how Search Engine Optimization works is to see how it actually affects your website. Today, I’m going to explain how to do that.
Today I want to share a fairly simple outline that any artist can use to schedule their search engine optimization efforts. It doesn’t matter if you just started your blog or website, or you’ve been blogging for years
Today, I want to talk about an important SEO (search engine optimization) technique that may not immediately be apparent to online artists. As you probably already know, SEO is about using words correctly
For those of you who have your own art blog, or personal art website, you know how important it is that your webpages show up in Google and other search engines. After all, if you’re not searchable, it’s going to be tough for people to find you.
SEO is overrated! At least, that’s what I used to think, until I saw with my own eyes how I sold some of my art because of search engine optimization. Here is one example of how SEO worked for me
Are you seeing a dip in traffic to your art website or art blog? It happens every year, starting around Thanksgiving and extending through the end of December. If it’s your first holiday season with a new website, it may cause some concern. :)
If you’re an online artist with your own website or art blog, and you’re interested in search engine optimization (SEO for short), you should probably ALSO know a little bit about PageRank.
SEO, or “search engine optimization” is a term that encompasses all the different techniques you can use to help your website become more visible in Google, Yahoo, or any other search engine.
With blogging, some things that seem simple and natural (like how you write the titles for your blog posts) are actually fairly complex and VERY important to the success of your blog.
We all know that if someone searches for a word or phrase in Google which closely matches the information on your website, then your website will be one of those that Google displays in their results. Keyword targeting is simply the act of researching and then placing specific words or phrases into your website that you’d LIKE to rank well in Google for.
When you start your own art blog, it's important to network with, comment on, and link to blogs that are already highly regarded by search engines. There's a great method for finding those blogs, but unfortunately, most folks don’t realize it’s available.
Google Analytics is a free web stats program which allows anyone, including online artists and art bloggers, to track the number of people visiting their website each day and to see where those visitors are coming from.
Did you know that the date-based archive system that you find on most blogs can hurt your chances of ranking higher in the search engines? Compared to blogs that use a category archive to organize older posts, date-based archives are much less effective, and here's why:
In today's article I'm going to talk about a seldom-used SEO technique that can be very effective for artists with their own art blog or online portfolio - but first, let me start off with a question. . .
Take a look at your online portfolio or art website. If it contains a splash page, it's a whole lot harder for visitors to find your site through search engines - which doesn't help your chances of making a sale.
Today I won't be explaining a normal search engine optimization technique for artists, or for that matter, an SEO tip at all. Instead, this article is about the proper mindset an SEO-savvy artist should have if they truly want to see more people finding their art online.
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 other end.
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.
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.
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.