Google+ Oddities Part 2

Oddities Part 2

I just wanted to add one more thing to my earlier post about the strange ways of Google+. One of the most annoying things about G+ has got to be the way they require you to post. I understand their theory and principal of sharing certain things with certain circles and communities. However what I don't agree with is that if I want to share with multiple communities I can't and on top of that when I go through the process of sharing with multiple communities it shows up every time in my feed. For example if I share a photo with 10 different groups the same photo will show up 10 times in a row in my feed. This is just not a problem for me that is annoying on my own feed, but also annoys me when I look at someone else's profile and have to scroll and scroll just to get to their next post, because G+ finds it necessary to show me that they shared the same pic with 10 different communities. 

So my advice for G+ is.... STOP IT!! 

I really don't have much time to get into the next subject on my hit list, which would be about the way G+ handles pictures, I'll save that for part 3.

Google+ and its oddities

Google+ and its Oddities 

Okay first of all I'll just say that I'm not going to go too deep into this, since it's 11:22 pm and I don't plan on being up for much longer. With that being said let me start with Google+'s number of views thingy (that's the scientific name :) ) I only have 112 or 113  followers on G+ but it says that I now have over 281,000 views, Wow! you'd think if this were true I'd have more followers. Instead it makes me feel like a zoo animal (if it's true, and I think not) people just come by and look at you and then keep walking day after day. Hell if 10% would have added me I'd be doing pretty good on the old internet. 

That takes me to my next point, I don't understand how some people have such a large amount of followers. There are a few types of these people, 1. People who just post random things they find on the net (looks like Tumblr users to me) 2. They have a lot of followers and yet haven't posted anything in over a year or more, or they've posted like 10 things over 2-3 years. Like I said I'm not going deep into this right now, but I may come back and edit this post to add more, but for now that is enough on the followers thingy (again its scientific)

One more thing before I go, another funny thing about Google+ is that Photographers are some of the most popular people. Now that is just awesome since I love photography and design in general. Well just a few things I felt like saying today, and to the few who read this I say thank you! 

A nice little article about SEO

Hello everyone, today I just want to share this article I came across on Zite, here that gives some tips about what photographers should do to increase their visibility on the web. To be a little more specific to help your site show up higher in the search results on Google. One of the tips involves linking, which I have done here, although they will not be linking to my blog( because I have the exact problem they talk about, and that is not being known, I'm trying to work on that) but that's okay hopefully someone will read this blog, and in turn link back to my blog ( hint hint) anyways give it a read, I really think it has some useful pointers and is not too awful long of a read.

No Bueno

No Bueno

Well I put out some flyers, around town haven't received one nibble yet. I am going to design a new one and try again, but time is running out on my idea of freelancing instead of getting a part time job. School starts on May 19th so after that it will be too difficult to keep up my efforts. I paid for an on Facebook for my side company Photo Saver (check it out and like my page please) which got me a lot of paid views but not one single person contacted me about it. I think that in the case of that page I need to educate people a little more on the services I provide. So I will continue to try, because I will never give up, however there is some good news, the weather here is finally starting to improve, which has given my motivation a boost.

The Next Challenge

Well well well, the 30 day challenge has ended now it's time for a new one. Although this challenge will not have an actual updates, unless of course I land a job. So I just gave away my challenge which is to get my first design job. I've printed out a few flyers just to test how well they work, if I don't get any response from this first small batch, I will redesign the flyer and run another test until I nail the one that gets the most attention. I have ordered business cards from Vista Print ( I know that's kind of lame but I'm broke) the really bad thing is my wife was convinced I didn't need a backside to my cards. Okay she doesn't get it! (I'm a designer with a janky business card) But what am I going to do it is her money that I'm buying these things with. I will say this, as soon as I do get a few paying jobs, I will order some proper business cards!

That's all I have for now its not much I realize that, but to the few people who may read this, I thank you! Stick in there with me, and one day I will have some better news, I'd love to share my experience's and projects, I just have to figure out how to get the ball rolling.

B&W Photo Challenge Day #30 - Finally I Need a Drink

I Need A Drink

So this is it #30 in the 30 day black and white photo challenge, it only took me about 2 months to complete ( thank you Mother Nature!) I took this photo with my cellphone, and I thought this would be a good ending photo for this little experiment. I have learned somethings, mainly that I am not a dog and I need some color in my life! I do love love B&W photos but I know that I would go crazy if it was the only pictures I could take (good thing it's 2014) I struggled to complete this task and I didn't get to use all the cameras I planned on using, although I did post pictures that were taken by some of my old cameras, so I guess it evened its self out in the end. Anyways I don't know what I'm going to next but I do know that it will be something in color! 

B&W Photo Challenge Day #29 - Outside the Palace

Outside the Palace

This a shot of one of the statues outside of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. I took this photo with my cellphone. Vegas is an awesome place not because of the reasons most people give, but for the fantasy it makes you feel like you're in.