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So I made a Microstock Site for Me ...
PaulieWalnuts:
--- Quote from: RacePhoto on January 15, 2011, 23:05 ---As someone else has pointed out, the most difficult part of a sales site, any kind, isn't making it, but getting people to find it. Best wishes to all. I have a site that is supposed to sell a product. Now and then I dabble with it, every once in awhile I get an order. I don't know how anyone finds it?
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The one thing that's interesting about Ktools is it looks like they got some of the SEO right.
The fact that they're using the title in the URL (www.yoursite.com/stock-photo-red-roses.html) makes a huge difference on how Google indexes and ranks the site. This is partly why Google loves blogs. Google then looks for content (URL, title, description, etc). Indexing, content, and search keyword trends are what primarily drive traffic. What people do after they get to your site will then depend on the navigation and images.
I've been using Photoshelter and they still haven't gotten the technical part of SEO optimized so getting a good ranking is pretty hard. I may test Ktools.
Gannet77:
--- Quote from: djpadavona on January 15, 2011, 20:14 ---...And I now have my site up. I decided to go with a theme of sorts. There is some general stock there, but I wanted to concentrate on warm weather themes, food, etc.
http://warmpicture.com
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Like the sites - but djpadavona, you've still got some filler text on your "about us" page!
Good stuff though. Keep us informed as to how you get on!
djpadavona:
Good catch Gannet. I knew I had forgotten something!
cathyslife:
Nice work, everyone! Good to hear, pauliewalnuts, that the SEO is set up correctly on ktools.
Thanks for the heads-up on the rewrite of ktools in the future, fotonaut. But it could take months before that comes about and I think people are anxious now to get things going. ktools' website does say 1 year free upgrades and support, so hopefully if it comes out within a year, the upgrade will be free.
cthoman:
--- Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on January 16, 2011, 06:15 ---The fact that they're using the title in the URL (www.yoursite.com/stock-photo-red-roses.html) makes a huge difference on how Google indexes and ranks the site. This is partly why Google loves blogs. Google then looks for content (URL, title, description, etc). Indexing, content, and search keyword trends are what primarily drive traffic. What people do after they get to your site will then depend on the navigation and images.
I've been using Photoshelter and they still haven't gotten the technical part of SEO optimized so getting a good ranking is pretty hard. I may test Ktools.
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Yeah, that was one of the things I liked as well when I was researching. Congrats to everyone on their stores.
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