I received a question recently from someone who wants to write a money-making website, but is passionate about a topic that lends itself more to pictures than to words.
In a nutshell, the guy is a photographer.
I don’t think that need be a problem. But to get a ton of search engine traffic, he will have to add more to each page then just an image.
The same goes for writing a site about your paintings, your jewelry or even your favourite recipes.
When the focus of each page on your website is primarily visual, it will help your search engine results if you also add a decent amount of text to each page.
What can you write about? Tell the story behind the image.
If it’s a photo, tell the story behind the moment you took the photo. Where were you? What time was it? What went wrong that day? What went right?
The same applies to a page with a photo of a handmade pendant. What inspired that piece? When did you make it? What materials were used?
By adding a story to each image, you’ll be making the page more interesting for your readers, and you’ll be helping Google decide where and how high up to include your page in search results.
Also, be sure to complete the image Alt tags. This will help Google identify the topic of the image and then include it in its image search results.
And...upload your images to Flickr, with links back to your page.
Then...look for other site and social media communities where you can share your images and interests.
Bottom line: Yes, you can create a money-making website when your topic is primarily image-based. Just be sure to add some good text to each image page. It will help a lot.
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