A little help please

ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
edited May 15, 2009 in SmugMug Support
I've had my Pro site for over a year now. Yet when I google my name, my website does not show up. My website is www.erbemanphotos.com and my name is Russ Erbe. My name is in the About Me section of my site. So, I figured eventually the webcrawlers would find it and show my website as a result when my name is Googled. How can I make this happen?
Come see my Photos at:
http://www.RussErbePhotography.com :thumb
http://www.sportsshooter.com/erbeman



D700, D300, Nikkor 35-70 F/2.8, Nikkor 50mm F/1.8, Nikkor 70-200 AF-S VR F/2.8, Nikkor AF-S 1.7 teleconverter II,(2) Profoto D1 500 Air,SB-900, SB-600, (2)MB-D10, MacBook Pro

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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,409 moderator
    edited May 6, 2009
    It would help a lot to put info into your bio for searching purposes - including your name. This can be within a div that is set to display: none;. And by bio, I mean your bio box, not a gallery called About.

    Info on that and more at http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Maximize+Search+Engine+Findability. I recommend that you follow all of the suggestions on that wiki page.

    If I search for Erbeman photos, your site comes up first on the page. It unfortunately shows your slideshow parameters on the google page because that's what starts your bio box. Add descriptive text as I noted above and that problem will go away.

    --- Denise
    https://www.denisegoldberg.com ... https://denise.smugmug.com

    Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
  • ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2009
    denisegoldberg wrote:
    It would help a lot to put info into your bio for searching purposes - including your name. This can be within a div that is set to display: none;. And by bio, I mean your bio box, not a gallery called About.

    Info on that and more at http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Maximize+Search+Engine+Findability. I recommend that you follow all of the suggestions on that wiki page.

    If I search for Erbeman photos, your site comes up first on the page. It unfortunately shows your slideshow parameters on the google page because that's what starts your bio box. Add descriptive text as I noted above and that problem will go away.

    --- Denise

    Denise, thanks for your help. I'm not a html guy at all. Here is everything that is in my Bio Box:

    <html>
    ********>
    var ssConfig = {
    AlbumID: '6132213',
    newWindow: 'false',
    transparent: 'true',
    showLogo: 'false',
    clickUrl: 'http://www.smugmug.com',
    showThumbs: 'false',
    showButtons: 'false',
    crossFadeSpeed: '350',
    randomStart: 'true'
    };
    SM.flash.insertSlideshow(730, 533, ssConfig, 'transparent');
    </********
    </html>


    Could you either tell me where and exactly what to add or just type it in so I could copy and paste it back inot my Bio Box? Thanks again
    Come see my Photos at:
    http://www.RussErbePhotography.com :thumb
    http://www.sportsshooter.com/erbeman



    D700, D300, Nikkor 35-70 F/2.8, Nikkor 50mm F/1.8, Nikkor 70-200 AF-S VR F/2.8, Nikkor AF-S 1.7 teleconverter II,(2) Profoto D1 500 Air,SB-900, SB-600, (2)MB-D10, MacBook Pro
  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,409 moderator
    edited May 6, 2009
    Erbeman wrote:
    Could you either tell me where and exactly what to add or just type it in so I could copy and paste it back inot my Bio Box?
    Go to the help page for the slideshow at http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow. Scroll down to the first GOTCHA, Add Text To Your Bio So Your Search Results Look Better - there are instructions and an example there.

    --- Denise
    https://www.denisegoldberg.com ... https://denise.smugmug.com

    Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
  • ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2009
    denisegoldberg wrote:
    Go to the help page for the slideshow at http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow. Scroll down to the first GOTCHA, Add Text To Your Bio So Your Search Results Look Better - there are instructions and an example there.

    --- Denise

    I did this a week ago and it worked well on doing a smugmug search. However, I was not worried about that. I want my website to show up when my name is Googled. It's been a week and it still doesn't. Any ideas of what else I can do?
    Come see my Photos at:
    http://www.RussErbePhotography.com :thumb
    http://www.sportsshooter.com/erbeman



    D700, D300, Nikkor 35-70 F/2.8, Nikkor 50mm F/1.8, Nikkor 70-200 AF-S VR F/2.8, Nikkor AF-S 1.7 teleconverter II,(2) Profoto D1 500 Air,SB-900, SB-600, (2)MB-D10, MacBook Pro
  • PBolchoverPBolchover Registered Users Posts: 909 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2009
    It can take a couple of months for google to update their index.
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