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OK, so I think I got it.

Thanks for the help!

Brent

I just had to read this over 6X to try to understand, as this is all new to me, and I am not familiar with the terminology.

So I am going to try rephrasing what you said, please tell me if I have this correct.  I put question marks where I am not sure.

For example sake, lets say "Fine art photographer" is a broad competitive keyword that I eventually want to dominate, and "red tulip photography" is a narrow keyword.

With my root domain page, use fine art photography in the title, for keywords, meta tags, etc.  Don't use "red tulip photography on root domain page????

Create sub pages and blog posts on "red tulip photography".  In the alt tags in the pictures of red tulips, use "fine art photography"

When I am building links (for example on DMOZ.org or some other directory) link to my main page, but in the description use "red tulip photography"??????

Am I ever looking at going back and changing inbound links that I am able to?  For example, if I started out on DMOZ .org with "red tulip photography", once I start getting more authority, do I go back and change it to "tulip art photography", then eventually "art photography"?  Change the URL as well up toward my main page?

Thanks Richard, this is all fascinating!

Brent

Richard,

• "Start long tail on Title and page copy, but direct on image alt tags."  This is interesting, and entirely backward from what I figured I would do.  I figured that my main home page would be geared toward the general, like "fine art photographer", but then in the individual blog posts, I would get long tail in the page titles and alt tags.  Have you had experience with this, or can you explain the thinking behind it?

• I do like the idea of segregating the site by keywords, but are there good examples out there of sites where the sub pages rank top in their keywords?  I guess there are on the real long tail of things, but is it conceivable that I could have one subpage rank on the first page in Google for "erotic photography", and another subpage on the same domain rank on the first page of google for "fine art photography"?  i would think that Google would be unlikely to do that .... but that is a guess on my part.

Thanks

Yeah, great and compelling content is a given, but I have also learned from experience that it has to get out there so people can see it .... that is why we are all here right

I love the idea of 'nicheing' myself, but concerned about the consequences later on if I want to continue from there.

Alan,

That is my big concern, for example that I would do all this work to get on the first page of art photographers, but then if I want to tackle photoblog, all the links pointing to my site reference art photographer, and I am kind of stuck in that hole.

This is why I am asking now before I start.  You have had experience with something like that?

1.  I like your thoughts on photography vs photographer.  It is fascinating though how unintuitive some of the keyword results are.

for example why do so many more people search for erotic photographers, than erotic photograhy????  This seems so backward to me.

3.  I expect that my blog posts would get very deep, for example individual people, or subjects.

Your first sentence is working toward answering one question I had ... is this an ambitious project, or is it eminantly doable ????

I am new to SEO and absolutely fascinated by the whole process.... this is fun!

I am a newish photographer, and I am bringing together my blog with my static page to one URL, and am going to be using wordpress.

My goals are a little different than typical.  What I am looking for in my web site is not sales, but viewership.  I want people to find my site, then keep coming back to my blog to follow what I do. Hopefully I get lots of people put my feed in their reader, or sign on to my email list.

In looking at keywords, I found the below info from google as far as global monthy searches:

photography blog 110,000
photo blog 823,000

black and white photographers 135,000
black and white photography 110,000

fine art photographers 60,500
fine art photography 49,500

abstract photographer 14,800
abstract photography 14,800

erotic photographer 60,500
erotic photography  3,600

editorial photographer 12,100
editorial photography 6,600

Questions:

1. Photo blog is where the big numbers are, and this is eventually what I would like to be known for ... but the competition here is much stiffer than that for lets say 'fine art photographer'.  The top listing in photo blog has a domain authority of 78 as opposed to 47 for fine art photographer.  Given the importance of being high in the rankings, would it be better to try to dominate some of the long tail first?  But if I do, is it then hard to switch to photo blog and come up high because I have all the link and keyword 'baggage' on my domain from the old attempts at optimizing for 'fine art photographer'?

2)  How would people suggest handling photographer and photography, in terms of keywords, and using the terms in directories, etc?  Pick one or use both?

3)  Is this too many keywords to focus on at first?  General thoughts to approach?

Thanks!

Brent

I am new to SEO and absolutely fascinated by the whole process.... this is fun!

I am a newish photographer, and I am bringing together my blog with my static page to one URL, and am going to be using wordpress.

My goals are a little different than typical.  What I am looking for in my web site is not sales, but viewership.  I want people to find my site, then keep coming back to my blog to follow what I do. Hopefully I get lots of people put my feed in their reader, or sign on to my email list.

In looking at keywords, I found the below info from google as far as global monthy searches:

photography blog 110,000
photo blog 823,000

black and white photographers 135,000
black and white photography 110,000

fine art photographers 60,500
fine art photography 49,500

abstract photographer 14,800
abstract photography 14,800

erotic photographer 60,500
erotic photography  3,600

editorial photographer 12,100
editorial photography 6,600

Questions:

1. Photo blog is where the big numbers are, and this is eventually what I would like to be known for ... but the competition here is much stiffer than that for lets say 'fine art photographer'.  The top listing in photo blog has a domain authority of 78 as opposed to 47 for fine art photographer.  Given the importance of being high in the rankings, would it be better to try to dominate some of the long tail first?  But if I do, is it then hard to switch to photo blog and come up high because I have all the link and keyword 'baggage' on my domain from the old attempts at optimizing for 'fine art photographer'?

2)  How would people suggest handling photographer and photography, in terms of keywords, and using the terms in directories, etc?  Pick one or use both?

3)  Is this too many keywords to focus on at first?  General thoughts to approach?

Thanks!

Brent