"I have a flash website. Can I get it to rank higher for a certain phrase?"
"Do you prefer a single large image on the home page, or a grid of thumbnails?"
"I would love to get your thoughts about pop ups? Would you recommend them to post your current offer via them or would you just include you offer on your homepage in a prominent place?"
"What is the code to create an "anchor" link on a page? In other words, if I want to create a link to a different part on the page (to avoid people having to scroll to a specific section), what HTML code do I need to use?"
"How do I get more traffic to my site & generate more leads if I'm just starting out"
Thanks to Blair, Maria, Angelica, Marian and Mike for this month's questions. Check out my answers below, and jump in with your own thoughts by sending me a message or leaving a comment below.
I'm afraid any SEO effort would be in vain with a Flash website. I touched on this topic in my SEO guide (take a look at point #11 here).
Using a tool like browseo.net you can simulate what Google sees on your site. You do have the SEO title and meta-description there, but other than that Google can't read into flash, and just sees "This content requires Adobe Flash Player…".
Unfortunately, rebuilding your site on a more modern platform (like WordPress or other services that use HTML5) is the only way to make better SEO inroads that you want.
I think showing larger thumbs like this (instead of a single static image) can showcase your full range of work, instead of visitors putting you into a "bucket" based on that single homepage image.
So the homepage could act as a portfolio "best-of", being placed first in the navigation. Here's a photographer doing just that: whitedoor.co.nz (notice the first menu item called "Overview").
First of all, it depends on how the grid is build. Some sites shrink the thumbnails appropriately so they fit 2/row, here's an example from famous photographer Joe McNally.
Secondly, with a little CSS knowledge, you can restrict the number of images that show up on small screens (to 5-10 for example), so the page doesn't become too long.
And finally, even if the page would still load 1 image per row, and it will be a longer page of photos one below the other, I'd argue that that's not worse than seeing one single image. At least mobile visitors can scroll to see a selection of the photographer's best images (to get a better feel of their specialties) instead of seeing just one single image.
Regarding pop-ups, I'm of the opinion that websites should be reader-focused, not website owner focused.
Interrupting visitors with subscribe pop-ups only serves the site owner, and it's a practiced advertised by various online marketing "gurus". They always boast about hugely increased conversion rates, but they never share the dark side of those stats: people leaving the site because over distraction and over-promotion. You never hear that side of the story.
mentioning your new services/products/galleries on your homepage as regular inline content.
only using exit-intent popups (most plugins/widgets allow this, only loading the popup when the mouse movement indicates that the reader is preparing to leave the site). Here a good WP plugin for exit popups.
asking people to subscribe/click at the end of blog posts (instead of annoying pop-up covering the screen or sliding-in somewhere).
if your new offer has its own landing page (like a new photography project, service etc.), add it to your navigation menu.
As a conclusion, make sure your new content is easily accessible, but don't shove it in people's faces. If the quality is high, they'll explore it on their own.
The actual link at the top of the page points to #destination(so the area you want to reach below, preceded by a "#" character).
Adding an ID (or name) parameter to that specific section down the page.
These can also be used to link to other pages (and automatically scroll down to a specific section on the page). More on anchor tags here.
Full question: "I'm a new wedding photographer – I've shot just the one wedding so far so I don't have a lot of variety of images. This is reflected in what I have available to put on the website and also in what I can blog about.
Currently, I'm trying to improve search results – I don't show up in a Google search at all at the moment – through site optimization, blogging etc. I have various social networks all linked up and active, and I'm running a Facebook ad to drive traffic to the site. It doesn't offer any kind of promotion as I don't really have anything to offer a deal on as far as I can see.
It's such a crowded market (wedding photography), it's very hard to get significant results quickly.
I think you're doing a great job with trying to differentiate yourself with your site (in the documentary wedding photo niche). You're doing things right with the blog too, it's probably just a matter of time, of consistency before you see more results.
With Facebook ads, the conversion rate for simply bringing people back to your homepage is very small, you can expect to see big results from that. I recommend only using FB ads to drive people to a landing page with a giveaway (some sort of guide, course, ebook that you create based on blog posts etc.). Alternatively, you can just drive them to your best blog posts so they can read something actionable directly.
With 0-50 daily visitors, it's hard to see results. Think of it this way: even the most successful people in the business with highly-optimized sites aren't seeing more that 1-2% conversion rates on their sites (no. of visitors per desired action). So it's a numbers game. That's why I understand your struggle to get as much traffic as possible, but that will come on its own after you've been consistent with your content for a while.
Till then, the site isn't actually useless either. Even if it's still not yet generating leads on its own, the site still acts as a portfolio piece: people that have heard about you through referrals, still go online to check you out and see your site. If you showcase high quality and consistency on the site, they'll trust you more and possibly also book a wedding.


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Industry Expert Seeks New Biomanufacturing Plant in the North of England
The director of the National Horizons Centre, a £22.3m national center of excellence for the bioscience industries, says a new U.K. biomanufacturing plant should be built in the north of England to bring vital investment and skills to the region. Jen Vanderhoven, PhD, believes the north is the ideal location for a new plant.
Vanderhoven, a former vice president of FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, adds that building the plant in the north would also fit with the government's "Levelling-Up" agenda.
"I would love to see a new biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the north. It's not just that it would bring 250 to 300 highly-skilled, highly-paid jobs to the region with salaries two or three times the national average," she says. "It's also because the north does biopharmaceutical manufacturing really well. It has the skilled workforce, the history of manufacturing, and it would make economic sense as it would be cheaper to manufacture in the north.
"Areas such as Cumbria and the Tees Valley have key skills and knowledge embedded in their workforce through their historic links with major multinationals such as GSK and ICI…the National Horizons Centre [which is part of Teesside University] is in a position to work with partners from across the U.K. and beyond. However, it would be fantastic to see a plant like this in a northern location."
With its base in Darlington, with access to rail and road links, the Centre is "right at the heart of the north and in a perfect location to provide the skills and training needs to provide the skills and training to a biomanufacturing plant."
Vanderhoven was previously the manager of a Government-funded Industrial Biotechnology Network where she worked with more than 150 bioscience companies and academics across the U.K. to help co-author the U.K. National Industrial Biotechnology Strategy to 2030.
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Rolex Middle Sea Race 2011 sees serial sailors back for more!
'It's all wind, or no wind', is how one overseas competitor once described the annual Rolex Middle Sea Race, which saw its 32nd edition start in Grand Harbour today, Saturday 22 October. Given the erratic stormy weather that can buffet the Islands this time of year, and the depths to which temperatures can plummet in an instant, it is clear even to landlubbers that Malta has some very challenging sailing to offer. The 2005 race saw only eight boats make it back within the time limit. Let's hope the storms that just hit Rome don't get much further south!
The Rolex Middle Sea Race is up their with its two namesakes in world-class, offshore classics – the Rolex Fastnet Race and the Rolex Sydney to Hobart. It is a race that sorts out the pack so to speak, as it is renowned for its grueling 606-nautical-mile course that makes a loose triangle round Sicily, passing the Aeolian Islands, dropping down to Pantelleria and Lampedusa and back to Malta. Ted Turner is widely reported to have said that this race has the most beautiful course in the world. Passing Stromboli at night and catching its volcanic glow is always a highlight, if crews have time to cast a glance that is.
Some 81 boats are registered to take part this year, in various classes, and about 18 nationalities are represented on the list. Many crews have already had more than a taste of things to come having sailed more than the 606 nautical miles just getting to Malta for the start. A past British competitor said that while he knew how to read the Atlantic with its fairly understandable fronts, the mid-Med was something else, as weather was unpredictable at best.
So, perhaps the home teams, knowing these waters as well as they do, have an advantage? Well, only eight of the fleet give Malta as their country, although Maltese sailors are found as crew on others. As the Rolex Middle Sea Race site says: 'The foreign contingent is substantial and remarkable. Few other races around the world could match such statistics. Equally interesting is that for so many of the outsiders this is not their first time competing. Even more intriguing, many are serial returnees'. Expect stiff competition then.
This year sees 2010 overall winner Andres Soriano on the 21-metre mini-maxi Alegre (GBR) (photo above); 2010 line honours winner, Igor Simcic's 30-metre Esimit Europa 2 (SLO); and two-time Rolex Fastnet winner, the 21–metre Rán 2 (GBR), owned by Niklas Zennstrom. Each year's Rolex Middle Sea is up for grabs as no one can really predict the winning combination of weather, crew, crewmanship and yacht even if there are some firm favourites at the bookies.
If you're keen to see the staggered start, head to St Barbara Bastions, Valletta, or thereabouts for 11am on Saturday 22nd for a bird's eye view (earlier in fact, as parking and pole viewing positions will be scarce). If you'd like to see the first boats back, the fastest makes it in around just under three days. Check the Race Tracker for up-to-the-minute info.


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