Photobucket and other photo-sharing sites are gaining more and more popularity all the time. Websites like this let people upload photographs of just about any subject and share it with anyone who has access to the Internet. Many visitors come to photo sharing sites from all over the world. These sites are a useful tool for directing traffic to your own site at practically zero cost to you, apart from a little time and effort. There are several suggestions that can assist you in using photo sharing sites to get more visitors to your website.
Start by giving users the benefit of convenience. Imagine a person who is searching for fishing pictures in a photo-sharing website. An album that focuses on that one topic makes people more likely to find it. This way, when a user types in a keyword to find fishing albums, yours will certainly appear. Arranging the photos according to the niche they belong to will aid in better management of the photos as well as offer convenience to searchers.
Nobody appreciates hunting for an image and turning up dozens of poor-quality or irrelevant shots. Make sure your pictures are superior in all aspects. Walk a mile in your users’ shoes and think as they would when viewing your photos. Your photos will be your ambassador. The people who see your pictures will judge you based on their quality and from there will determine whether or not they want to come to your website. This means you need to upload the best photos you can so you will give your viewers a great first impression. On a similar note, make sure not to include images that are in no way related to your business. As an example, pictures of your garden will not be interesting to the majority of your viewers on a site about building websites, so keep those private.
Another strategy to maximize your photo-sharing experience is to create a memorable and well-defined URL for your album instead of a standard numerical link. A URL or Uniform Resource Locator is meant to assist people in finding your pictures. If you create what is called a vanity URL, you can make it memorable by adding keywords or descriptive phrases. Thus, when a user searches for these keywords either in popular search engines or on the photo-sharing site, a link to your photos will pop up.
For example, if your business is involved in photographing people, and you put those words in your vanity URL, your album will appear in the results when those words are searched. You should strive for unique but popular keywords that will give your album a better chance of a high ranking. For instance www.goodphotos.com/topweddingstyles. The photo sharing site’s URL will be first and your direct link to your album will follow.
By joining groups on photo-sharing websites that are connected to your area of interest or expertise, you become more visible among people who share your interests. When you do this, you will likely get more visitors to your site. You can rest assured that those people drawn to your site because of groups you joined or the photo albums you have created will be more enthusiastic about your product or service than the average random visitor.
Including tags in your photos will also make it easier for searchers to find your pictures. Tags are used to describe what the individual photos are about. Choose tags that are linked to keywords surfers might use when searching for images. With the right keywords in tags, you can assure yourself of getting good traffic for your images.
Although photo-sharing websites host thousands of albums from an equally intimidating number of photographers, it is possible to leverage those websites to work for you. Help your photos stand out. Focus on quality, searchability, and organization to direct visitors to your albums and eventually to your site. It’s not that difficult, now is it?
