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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 03:19 |
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chrisbet
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I thought it might be useful to start a fresh thread on this subject...  As an "outsider" and having no real investment in the current structure I have a couple of observations. 1. You talk about 3 main things - the equipment features, the skills in using the equipment and the results. 2. Apart from the banter, comments in the results are generally related to specific images. I wonder if it would be useful to have some sort of linked gallery thread where, as well as having individual threads like "My visit to Wales", the images therein could sire an independent thread with comments on the image itself. This could then link into the gallery (the existing one or a new one) which showed the latest images and their comment threads. This might get round the issue of someone posting an image to illustrate a technical point or as part of a thread on a project etc. and the thread getting waylaid by comments on the image - these would be housed in the image comments thread. If this suggestion gets any support, I will start looking into the mechanics of achieving it.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 04:21 |
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If I understand you proposal in the penultimate paragraph, it would be having comment threads that were picture centric, rather than the current method of text centric threads with illustrative photos. Is this correct?
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 04:44 |
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chrisbet
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In practice I was imagining a thread like the "My visit to Wales" to be as it is, but each image would have a link / button that would take you to a separate listing with the image at the head that allowed you to comment specifically on that image, general comments would continue as now within the original thread. That would open up the possibility for users to view and comment on images from an enhanced gallery without necessarily visiting the original thread, though their comments would be visible from within the original thread by using the "comments" button. If the concept is interesting, I can see if I can knock up a quick trial.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 04:47 |
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jk
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Are you familiar with Lotus Notes as a product? This has a similar concept where you form side branches to a discussion.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 06:11 |
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chrisbet
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No - never used Lotus Notes but I am glad my concept isn't totally off the wall ...
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 07:25 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:No - never used Lotus Notes but I am glad my concept isn't totally off the wall ... I used Lotus Notes for some years in its infancy and it worked very well. But I do wonder how far we need to go revamping the website given the very limited number of contributors? I am impressed with what's been done already but I feel it's time to consolidate and fine tune what you've created to date. I couldn't help but wonder if the extent of all this software 'live commissioning' (number of forum based threads as opposed to photographic threads on Recent topics page ) might put off some of the current visitors looking for photography subjects? Just my 2cents.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 07:58 |
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chrisbet
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I actually agree and was suggesting that this is for a later iteration of the software and something that might actually attract visitors to the site. Any site that is complex to use will put all but the most ardent off using it. Simplifying the presentation and making it easy to use should be the long term goal. If we can get more google search results for people it will help, a mobile friendly default theme ( the one Google sees as a not logged in user) will boost the ranking. A front page that carries meaningful content will do so also. Simple links off the front page with thread titles and descriptions using the key words that people search for makes it more likely that the forum will appear on the first page of searches - not many people go further than the first page!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 08:11 |
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Just a few stats to think about - I put NDSLR onto Google search console about a month ago. In that time NDSLR appeared in search results over 3000 times but only got 162 clicks. Its average position was 21.6, so top of the 3rd page. It shows that there are only 120 valid pages that have been crawled and are available to the Google search engine.There is only one page that is considered mobile friendly.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 08:32 |
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chrisbet wrote:Just a few stats to think about - I put NDSLR onto Google search console about a month ago. Is there not a case for having another / other domain(s) using potential google catch phrases, that could be pointed at this site? Eg nikon-knowhow.com, how-to-use-my-Nikon.com, nikonfaqs.com. Apologies if that's daft or just wouldn't work that way. 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 5th, 2019 09:31 |
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It might have worked once upon a time but Google are constantly changing their algorithms and these days, to get a decent ranking, you need mobile compatibility and content that matches the search terms. The old tricks of loading keywords into the meta data of the site no longer works - having multiple "phoney" sites would do the opposite to what you want because they would have low reputation and they would drag yours down. The trend is to get links on high reputation sites, so if you get a review on sites on digital photography eg https://www.dphotographer.co.uk/ you would "borrow" some of their credibility in searches.
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