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Making Your Photography Website Effective
The curiously named Burns Auto Parts has a great article about photographers websites - essential reading if you have or would like your own website.
“Generally speaking, forget about the fancy Flash animated intro. These are particularly disliked, as evidenced by the survey ABs’ responses: 17% said they “always hate them” and 70% said they “bother them but it’s not too bad as long as there is a ‘skip’ button.” When 87% of your target market is at some level bugged by a part of your marketing, dump it. In fact, you might want to skip any use of Flash. It can be a memory hog and many people don’t like to have the plug-in on their machines at all. Flash can even crash some computers, especially if it is not done just right. And, contrary to some claims, it does not provide any real protection against someone using your images illegally (i.e., downloading the image from your site). So, think hard about using Flash, and if you do, make sure you have an HTML version of you site clearly available from the main page.”
Website: Photographers’ Websites – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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#1 Barbara
Now why would a guy with such a boring site be an expert on art websites? Not buying this one.
10:50 pm - Monday, April 18, 2005
#2 phule
Barbara,
Because the topic is "effective" not "how much worthless eye candy can I jam onto a single page."
2:26 pm - Tuesday, April 19, 2005
#3 Barbara
Sorry, I did not find his site effective. I wish him good luck, but its uninteresting. Presentation is important. Especially in the visual arts. Worthless 'eye candy' is one thing, effective visual presentation is something else. If he can show a balance of that in his site I would be more inclined to accept his point of view. I am not dismissing him, just saying he has not proved his point.
5:25 pm - Tuesday, April 19, 2005
#4 phule
Sorry Barbara but you are completely wrong.
2:57 am - Wednesday, April 20, 2005
#5 Sailesh
If you look that their reference sites - the two I clicked on are 100% flash. It looks a case of "Don't do what I say", which is going to loose creditbility. The sites looked ok, simple and direct with strong content.
6:53 am - Wednesday, April 20, 2005
#6 PAtrick
My website is clean and easy to get around. The hardest part is attracting visitors there. We at cameramad.com (Nikon dealers in the main)are at a loss how to do this when all we really want to do is give our products to the world to appreciate as much as we do...IE: do you want an Optach camera strap or a Nikon one that is supplied with your camera at point of sale? Anyone with any know will know what I mean...but! Bless you all.
9:17 pm - Tuesday, October 25, 2005
#7 Barbara
Its not a matter of right or wrong, its all perception. You have to be able to first attract visitors, then keep them.
To attract - you need something for the search engines to grab - keywords, and lots of them. Do an internet search to find advice. But do be careful about paying a lot of money for help.
11:13 pm - Tuesday, October 25, 2005
#8 Patrick
Barbara, you truly are a star and your advice is invaluble...just wish I could sit down with you here in England over a glass or three and chill out, chatting to you and listening to more of your expert advice,
I thank you, Patrick cameramad.com
Please note: We do not even try to compete in price with some online retailers (who advertise their goods at staggeringly lower prices than our’s), knowing as we do that our goods are of genuine UK stock and guarantee (and not likewise grey-area cheaper imported products from afar) and do in general arrive with you direct from their manufacturer very rapidly, indeed.
11:51 pm - Tuesday, October 25, 2005
#9 Barbara
Goodness, Patrick. Talk like that will sweep a girl off her feet....
But seriously, being seen is tough. There are some free sites that will do some minor coding for you and that will help. Other than that, you will have to pay someone to get you on the path. Try this one- http://submitexpress.com
3:43 am - Wednesday, October 26, 2005
#10 Patrick
Barbara, I am truly, only an imperfect man with a perfect heart...and always speak in consequence, the truth. Thus your kind words are accepted here with likewise gratitude as mine to you were intended in original. And! all the way across the Atlantic! Sincerely, too, I, and many of us this side of the water, right now are praying that the hurricane weather experienced in your back gardens isn't too severe as we are so regularly informed to understand that it is in New's bulletins, over here. Your day is my night, xx from England!
4:38 am - Wednesday, October 26, 2005