The aperture is the iris of your camera. It controls both how much light gets in your camera and how sharp your photos are. Here is a quick tidbit review of how that works.
F-stop refers to the number you have your aperture set to. A high f-stop (Eg. f22) is a small hole, and a low f-stop (eg. f8) is a big hole. A small hole means that more will be in focus, and less light will get in, while a big hole means that only a small area will be in focus with more light.
Typically a low f-stop is used for portraits and taking photos of single subjects when you don’t care too much about the background, or want a focused image.
A high f-stop is used when you want to see more, like in landscape photography when you want to see more of the background, or even in portraits when the subject’s surroundings matter to the image.
But wait! We forgot the light! For every time you change the aperture, the light getting in is different, so make sure you have your other setting to compensate, and maybe a tripod to make sure you don’t shake when you choose to take a high f-stop photo of that mountain at 8pm.
Given that this site is still new, I came into this guessing that there wouldn’t be that many people reading by blog, and that most of the views would be from people in my class. So, I was pleasantly surprised with what I found with Google Analytics.
In the last week, I have had 6 users visit my blog over 9 sessions, which is less than previous weeks. While at first that looks discouraging, I am also keeping in mind that there was no peer review in the last week, so my numbers would have gone down from the week when more people would have had to visit my site. In addition, I assume that fewer of my classmates have time to browse sites as the semester gets really busy. However, I am super happy with my bounce rate! When I checked this last week, my bounce rate was 52.7% and I wanted to lower that. I can’t believe that my bounce rate went down to 11.11%! This shows that the people who are seeing my site are viewing many parts of it, so I will call this a definite win!
I am not surprised by the ages of the people visiting; I expected most of my audience to be young (especially since may are my classmates), though I am happy to see that I’ve managed to attract people from all age categories!
I was surprised to see that I’ve had viewers from outside Canada. I’m guessing that it is mostly bots (it seems unrealistic that 9 people in China care about my blog), but I am hopeful that some of the viewers from the United States are legitimate people!
Finally, I am happy to see that I am attracting more new visitors while also having some people who keep coming back for more!
There is so much more that I could get into, but those are some of the important things that I noticed!
So, I made a GIF. It was actually pretty easy! I filmed something on my phone, put it on desktop, and used a sceen recorder app I’d downloaded a while back.
After talking so much about Zoom Ettiquette and being perceived and the like, I had plenty to work with.
Ta-da! His name is Bandit, by the way.
And here’s his sister, Onyx, because she deserves love, too. She’s the featured image today!
She doesn’t appear on calls because she’s camera shy.
So, as I mentioned in a recent post, Andrew McLuhan is holding a contest for a Distant Early Warning playing card set. And all we had to do was write all about how fucked things are.
Here’s one of many posts about that. Introducing… my 2020 workspace.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “There’s a lot going on here.”
And, yeah, you could say that. But I swear, every little item here has a purpose.
For example, that entire shelf about my laptop? Fidget toys. A whole bunch of fidget toys. I have squishies, fidget spinners, worry stones, and a whole bunch of other things that keep my hands occupied while I’m on a call. See, I’m neurodivergent, in case you haven’t noticed, and one thing about this is that my body craves movement. Throughout the day, I often get up and pace around my room, letting my thoughts run wild. It’s a lot of fun.
But it’s also not very socially acceptable during Zoom calls. So I fidget.
Below that, you can see my laptop, which is now my central hub for all work, play, and academia. On the left you can see my mic, which I bought to use for recording music and the like but now use every day to talk to my peers, a notebook for notes, and also a little SFU sheet, just so I don’t forget that, yes, all these hours spent with talking heads are academic work.
To the right are my physiotherapy weights and a glass of water, because health is important. I have some joint inflammation, and do daily exercises to keep my wrists functional. I also try to stay hydrated. You can also see my agenda in this shot! Which is, as always, obscenely packed.
Speaking of, I have another call to get to. Until next time!
So, it’s technically Week 11 for my Publishing class, because we started a week late. As Tuesday classes do, because of how the semester is.
But starting tomorrow, I’m in Week 12 of my first semester at SFU.
What? Huh? How did that even HAPPEN?
Anyways, let’s get into it.
TIP: Don’t Set Your Plans In Stone. Clay Does The Trick.
So, I think I officially know what my degree is going to look like.
I’m a Communication and Interactive Arts Major, with a Minor in Publishing.
Hopefully. Fingers crossed.
For a while, I was looking at the Contemporary Arts minor, too, but I think I’ll get by without it. I also was intrigued by the Creative Writing certificate, but I remembered I kind of hate studying poetry and fiction in an academic setting. As for Publishing? Well, thanks to my major, I’m technically almost halfway through a minor already.
I had a whole crisis about it last night. The same way I do about most of my creative endeavours. I think to myself, THIS has to happen THIS EXACT WAY in THIS EXACT TIME.
But really, how often is that actually feasible?
Like, I was going to try querying my novel this year. Ten months later, and I’m up to my neck in more revisions, because I thought of so many ways it could be better.
Do I still want to start querying again? Yes, but maybe sometime in the next year or two. Much like how I still want to graduate, but only now has my degree taken shape.
Be like clay. Have a path, but have it be malleable. It’ll save you a lot of headache.
Unrelated, but I want to try pottery someday. It looks fun.
TRIAL: Non-Evaluative Language
So, this week, I had my second meet with one of the two playwriting cohorts I’m in. Why am I in two? Well, I love excess.
Anyways, this one in particular practices “non-evaluative language.” This means we avoid words like “love,” “like,” “good,” “bad,” “strong,” “weak,” and so on. We’re more about what catches our attention, what questions we have, and so on.
I remember being terrified of this at first. How was I going to know if my work was good if people didn’t say it was good?
But as it turns out, you can gauge a lot from the non-evaluative things people say. It becomes less of a review and more of an excavation, as they get close and precise with their commentary.
And you don’t need an archeologist to say, “Wow, that’s a great pottery fragment” to know they think it’s deeply fascinating, do you? You can see that in how they describe the era it’s from, how it was made, and what it was used for.
Evaluative writing is kind of like that. It’s an excavation of passion for someone’s work. Like, look at how much I got down.
Rec: Yeah, No, I’m Really Fried From Studying So Can I Just Recommend Schitt’s Creek Again?
Genuinely, I am toast. I was up until 3am last night, partially because I’d put off reading Marx for so long. Yeah, it’s gotten to a point where I’m putting off reading Marx. Dire straits, everybody.
So, I think I talked about Schitt’s Creek back when I had the Create/Consume model for my blog, which was a nightmare, and I atone for it every day. But really, this is one of the most sincere, loving, and hilarious shows I’ve ever watched, and an excellent finals-season binge. Considering my midterms-season binge is Bojack Horseman, my standards might be low, but watching this made me feel good. And as a gay person, it made me feel seen. David Rose is probably one of the most relatable characters on TV for me, for better or worse.
Live footage of me watching Schitt’s Creek.
Anyways, I just finished a rewatch with my parents, and the finale never fails to get me emotional. I won’t spoil, but if you want a feel-good show where every line hits and you can’t stop smiling. Also, Catherine O’Hara is there and she’s hilarious.
This is an actual quote. It lives in my brain rent-free.
So, Andrew McLuhan was our guest lecturer today. You know, McLuhan. As in Marshall McLuhan.
Did I geek out? You could say that.
But besides my being a comms student and finding all of that to be inherently very cool, he was also just a really neat guy to listen to and have in our call!
Also, expect a lot more posts this next week and a bit. He said there’s a raffle of sort, and I can enter by making posts about how, in his words, “fucked” things are.
Great news. I’m really good at that.
The prize, for the record, is a copy of McLuhan’s Distant Early Warning playing card deck.
Do I know any card games beyond Go Fish? Absolutely not. But oh, who wouldn’t want a copy of the DEW cards?
Speak it, Marshall.
So, as the title here implies, this first entry is about Zoom ettiquette. Really, it’s about the acknowledgement of it. Humans are social creatures, so we’re quick to create social norms, but isn’t it strange how many new norms a new form of media gives us?
Because really, Zoom is a new medium. Sure, we’ve had Skype and the like, but Zoom holds a whole other connotation. It’s for academics, work, and casual calls alike. It’s not something you do after hours; it’s where you SPEND those hours.
And that comes with a whole bunch of new social rules and norms.
For example: camera on or off? I have some friends whose profs make cameras compulsory. Most of my classes, meanwhile, are our prof speaking to the void, save for maybe one or two brave souls. My prof for this class compared us having our cameras off to “closing a shutter” on her. Which is fair. But also, doesn’t it feel oddly intimate to show everybody the innards of your personal space?
Like, for one example: I’m an out lesbian, but there’re some occasions where I’ll keep that to myself. You know, because homophobia still exists. While in class today, I at one point moved my laptop to the floor to capture footage of my cat (I’ll do a whole article about Cat Cameras later). As I moved, you could very clearly see the pride flag I have on my wall.
I don’t know why, but that kind of struck me. That’s what made me realize, “Oh hey, these people are totally in my space. That’s weird.”
There’re definitely worse things to have accidentally appear on camera, but still.
Anyways, I actually already wrote a whole article about students and cameras, so these are just some of my thoughts. I wonder what we’re going to do when we can meet in real life again. Will it feel strange, total strangers having an unrestricted view of us? I think so.
But hey, c’est la vie. I’m already hyping myself up to be perceived by others again.
Hi everyone! Today on this process post, I am going to be super honest about everything going on, how I am feeling and just the struggle life has been through these hard times.
Our guest lecture Andrew touched on this topic and really sparked something in me. Everyone in the lecture was also sharing their stories of how this semester was going for them and it was nice to hear that we were all in the same boat.
School on its own is exhausting and every semester we all go through the same thing. The cycle of papers, assignments, tests over and over again for 3 months straight is tiring and mentally straining. But there are some pros. Going to campus to see your friends, going to school events, talking with your classmates and much much more.
But with the times we are in, this isn’t possible. Instead of your commute from the bus stop to your classroom, it’s from your bed to your desk. Your classmates are your roommates, your parents or no one. Your friends are through a screen and spontaneous meetups are no longer a thing. All of this on top of regular school life is mentally challenging me and as far as I know, all of my classmates.
Zoom Fatigue is real. My eyes are sore from staring at a screen all day during my classes and all night when I am doing my homework. My back is sore from sitting down all day, with short walks between my kitchen and my room every now and then. This is tough both mentally and physically and a lot of people are going through it.
It’s nice that professors and TAs are very understanding of what is going on. I can tell everyone is trying their best and we are all working to the best of our ability. Students aren’t the only ones who are suffering so we shouldn’t forget the teachers.
To sum up this rant I will leave you with this: I am tired, I am unmotivated, and I really want this pandemic to be over with. I miss my friends, I miss regular life but I know that won’t be back to normal unless we all do our part. SO PLEASE, do your part and stay safe We will all get through this together.
COVID has been a scary thing hasn’t it? I was reading a friend’s post online about how this pandemic has been a shared traumatic experience and this is consciously and subconsciously affecting all of us.
Recently I’ve been feeling discouraged. I’ve been feeling like things are continually getting more bleak and less joyful. Maybe it’s because of the rain or the shorter days, but I think it’s also due to the underlying fear a lot of us are feeling with the looming numbers of COVID-19.
So how do we deal with fear? Do we run away and pretend it’s not there? Do we get angry and blame the people around us? Or do we confront it and try to find what’s really going on within our soul?
This podcast from Bridgetown Church features Tristen Collins, a therapist in Portland, Oregon, and she talks about how fear can often hinder us from living a life that is free and filled with joy. Take a listen to hear Tristen’s definition of fear, what fear looks like in different individuals, and how we can address the fear in our lives.
Tristen Collins shares about fear and learning from our emotions.
This presents a Christian perspective on fear and how God views emotions, but it also presents practical advice on how to address our fear and begin moving past it.
Throughout the podcast, Tristen reminds us that all of our emotions are good and valid, even though not all of them feel nice. She quotes Mr. Rogers who said, ‘There’s no should or should not when it comes to having feelings. They are part of who we are, and their origins are beyond our control.”
Tristen emphasizes that all our feelings are valuable, and what we do with them will affect the rest of our lives.
There’s no should or should not when it comes to having feelings. They are a part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control.
Mr. Rogers
I hope this podcast brings you peace today and reminds you that there is healing from the pain we are currently feeling.
This week I worked on building my art Instagram. Over the course of 3 days, I posted 3 photos a day from my series GIRLS!. Once the entire series was online, I promoted the page on my main Instagram. My friends also promoted the account for me. Shortly after my friends and I promoted the account, I gained a following and received likes on my posts. At this time, my account still read ‘COMING SOON’; however, the next day I changed the bio to ‘PRINTS 4 SALE’ and posted a pricing list for my photos. To price the photos, I did some research on various platforms on which people sell prints, and contemplated the monetary value of the work I put into the series and cost required to produce the prints. The prices are Angel Numbers as to fit the aesthetic I have online.
Additionally, I added this pricing list with a link to @dimsumdyke to my GIRLS! post on this blog.
I decided to scrap my art Facebook as it was too hard to maintain two separate platforms for promotion.
This week, I will continue to promote my art account on my main Instagram, and will expand to other platforms for promotion. I’ve started on Instagram as that is where my largest queer following exists; however, I also belong to various queer Facebook groups in which I may be allowed to self-promote.
I initially had no idea how to make a gif, but Giphy.com made it fairly simple. I wanted to create something that represented how I am feeling given that Black Friday is in 3 DAYS and will likely be an absolute nightmare for me as a retail worker.
I wanted to make something that looked sort of ominous while still being funny, which is why I used a sort of blurred filter and static sort of effect on the words. The original clip is from Glee, and I accessed the clip from here.
Today, I am going to go over some statistics that Google Analytics provided about my website. Google Analytics is an amazing add-on service that provide users with information about their…Continue readingWeek 11: Google Analytics Analysis
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With adding my google analytics plugin to my site it has helped a lot with how to design my website as I’ve seen how to create it for my audience I have of film junkies to see what attracts the most of them to it. with the analytics it helped show me what time of the day was most popular for my site and with that knowledge it helped with what time to post at so my readers can get the most recent post right when they open my site. also with the knowledge of of analytics it helped show me what my readers are looking at the most on my website so with that I tried to organize my site to fit there needs so every page will be like the one that’s the most popular. google analytics has helped my site a lot with organizing it better and make it easier to navigate for my readers and even me.
with reading my 3rd peer review my classmate did on me I realized that I still suck at grammar as I’ve been going through now most of all my post and doing my best to fix them all up. as I realized I still had a lot of mistakes but at least they are small ones and not so big and I can fix them up pretty easily so my audience that I have can read my post much easier.
Also with my contact page as I’m now trying to just start over it to have an area where my audience can just submit there own information there instead of just having my email where I could get spam and try to stop that quick. these peer reviews have helped a lot with my site so I can get some outside advise for what to fix or what to add to my site as just hearing that’s it good from me as I see now is not good enough
With entering the tenth week I went back and re watched one of my favorite movies of all time wit my two favorite actors Matt Damon and Robin Williams where this film is a drama romance and when I was younger for some reason I really connected to this movie as the character Matt Damon played as and wanted what he has when I grew up where I wanted his life he had. I will tell you why this movie to me is one of my cult classics and why everyone should watch this film.
When going into this movie you will be on a rollercoaster of emotion of happy funny and sad where I was always feeling connected to Will hunting who was played as Matt Damon where everything he was going through where the film made me feel emotionally connected as if I was Will through his good times and bad where you wanted yourself to help him get out of the position he was him and live his life.
With Robin Williams in this film he played such an amazing part as Matt Damon’s therapist where he played a character closed to the dead poet society teacher where many parts of this film he will make you cry especially that one part which i wont say but you have to watch to see. where he makes you really open your emotions for this film witch every scene Robin Williams is in.
With this weeks film I went with a comedy heist movie that came out at a time that got taken out of the spotlight because of the Movie baby driver cause they where quite similar in the plot of the story’s. But after watching this film to me it is way better than baby driver in every aspect an i will tell you why this is a great comedy heist movie.
When going into this movie it already had two great actors that have been in a lot of different movies’ who are Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, witch Channing Tatum I’ve seen him in a lot of different comedies like 21 jump street which he can play that kind of role. but with Adam driver at the time I’ve only seen him in star wars as Kylo Ren and after watch him play Clyde from West Virginia he showed everyone that he is such a great actor and his performance to me blew me away
This film captivated me in a lot of ways and how it was filmed was really cool where I was hooked from the start with how funny it is and then it can bring in normally the serious parts to. i wish this film was advertised more to get more out there to the public cause i dont think many people know about this movie and they should as it has every great quality of a great comedy with a serious tone.
This week, we focused on the topic of advertising and revenue. I was always fascinated by how people made money off the internet. The first time I found was when one of my best friends signed up for Google Ads for her Tumblr account. over the summer, she made well over $1000 and I was shocked by how that was possible from sitting on your computer all day.
It is interesting how many connections are involved in one ad click and where the money is dispersed. Some people may not be in favour of this idea where as, some may love it and use it to their advantage. I guess it depends on what perspective you are looking at it from. From a seller’s point of view, it must feel nice to make money just by someone clicking on a link in where some clicks may even be accidental. However, from a consumers perspective, I understand some may be bitter or petty that someone gained money from their actions online.
If I’m being completely honest, I’m not much of a numbers guy. I got by pretty well in mathematics in high school, but the second I realized I no longer needed it I left it behind and never looked back. If I’m reading about goals, assists, greens in regulation, serving percentage, and so on, I’m good to go.
But even in sports, when it comes to all the advanced statistics that have become prevalent in today’s world (e.g. Corsi or Fenwick in hockey), I tend to get a little lost. It’s not that I don’t want to understand what they mean, but my brain just doesn’t work like that.
So, when it comes to Google Analytics I have to admit I’m pretty clueless. However, I’m able to understand the basics that appear as soon as you open Google Analytics. Below is a picture of my data that has been collected to date since I first installed Google Analytics on my site on September 21st.
With 66 users total since then, I’ve only averaged just slightly more than one user per day, so obviously traffic is incredibly low which only makes me more confident in my decision to not want to monetize my site yet. Considering a good chunk of the visitors to my site are probably people in the class conducting peer reviews or Jaiden and Suzanne, the true number of ‘public’ visitors would only be more underwhelming.
In class this week, Suzanne mentioned that an ideal bounce rate is below 50% so it appears I have some work to do in that regard as well, but thankfully it’s not outrageously high and it is based on a relatively small sample size so far.
I hoped by creating a Twitter account and hashtagging my tweets with links to the posts I would draw some more visitors in and it seems to have helped a fair amount. Based on the screenshots below, 24 of my 66 visitors have come from Twitter, which accounts for 36.36% of all users so far. Part of that success is likely due to my retweeting those tweets from my personal account where I have over 1000 followers.
However, as you can see, the bounce rate from my Twitter referrals is very high at 88.0%, so it hasn’t exactly been a huge success story so far.
One thing that had bothered me up until lecture this past week was the fact that occasionally I would visit my website without being logged in to WordPress and would therefore register as a visitor to my site. Thanks to Suzanne showing us how to add filters, however, I was able to filter out my IP address so now I can visit my site without worrying about skewing the numbers.
I’ll continue to play around with Google Analytics in the coming weeks to familiarize myself with it in hopes that it will actually be useful for me as my website grows.
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry. Photo credit: Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images.
One season removed from being named the NBA Champions, the Toronto Raptors will have a new challenge to contend with this upcoming season, courtesy of the Canadian federal government.
The Raptors released a statement penned by president Masai Ujiri on Friday, confirming the team’s upcoming absence from Toronto. It reads in part, “The Raptors worked diligently with public health officials at the local, provincial and federal level to secure a plan that would permit us to play our 2020-21 season on home soil and on our home court at Scotiabank Arena.”
Ujiri maintains that conversations were productive, but due to the public health crisis and the Raptors’ urgent need to find a home for the upcoming season, the decision was made to make Tampa their temporary home. As a result, the Raptors will be playing just over 80 miles down the road from the NBA bubble where they spent two playoff rounds this past summer before bowing out to the Boston Celtics in a seven-game series.
NBA teams and fans have poked fun at the Raptors’ slogan, “We the North,” for several years now, pointing out that the Trailblazers (Portland, OR) and Timberwolves (Minneapolis, MN) actually play their home games further north than Toronto. Of course, the defining point of the Raptors’ argument is that they play for and represent the entire country of Canada, but their new home is prompting some to suggest a new slogan.
While the location clearly makes sense for the Raptors for several reasons, it’s difficult to ignore the irony that the only team further south than Tampa is the Miami Heat. In that regard, an adjusted slogan might be warranted. With NBA training camp being less than two weeks away, Toronto was in a hurry to find a home in the US, so what’s most important right now is that they got that done.
It remains to be seen whether Toronto will have to play all 36 of their home games this season in the US or if they’ll be able to make the transition to Toronto at some point this winter. If the Raptors are looking for advice on how to settle in to a temporary home away from home, however, they can look no further than the MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays who were forced to play in the US this past season at the hands of the Canadian government.
Masai Ujiri said in his statement that the team will continue to work with public health authorities and the federal and provincial governments as they prioritize “planning for a safe return to play in Toronto.”
As of right now, the NBA has not released an official regular season schedule for any of its 30 teams, but the start date is tentatively set for December 22nd, 2020.
The Canadian Football League is among professional sports leagues to have taken the biggest hit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to having their entire 2020 season wiped out, the league also requested and was denied $150 million in financial assistance from the federal government in April, before also being denied a $30 million loan in August.
Unlike other sports leagues which have been able to resume play without fans in the stands thanks to lucrative TV deals, the CFL doesn’t make nearly enough money from broadcast partners. The nine-team league relies heavily on the presence of fans in the seats, with ticket buyers providing the greatest source of revenue.
When the CFL officially ruled out the possibility of a shortened season on August 17th, it left many questions to be answered about the future of the league. But two days shy of what would have been the 108th Grey Cup in Regina this weekend, the league has officially rolled out its plans for the 2021 season on Friday.
To kick things off, the B.C. Lions and Calgary Stampeders will face off in Calgary on May 23rd for the first game of a three-week, two-game preseason for each team. The contest won’t count for anything in the standings, but the significance won’t be lost on the fact that it will be the first CFL game in 546 days by the time the players take the field.
As an all-Canadian league with an 18-game schedule, all nine teams are already quite familiar with the other teams in the league. However, in order to minimize travel across the country, the CFL will is implementing more divisional games than normal.
The B.C. Lions, for example, will play Ottawa and Montreal two times in 2021 but will only face Toronto and Hamilton once each. In 2019, they played all four teams in the East Division twice. Similar tweaks will be made to the schedules of all nine teams to keep teams closer to home during the season.
Still, the season won’t be without some exciting inter-division matchups. Hamilton and Winnipeg will square off on June 10th for opening day in a rematch of the 107th Grey Cup that saw Winnipeg come out on top 33-12.
The regular season is set to conclude on October 30th with a handful of rivalries. The Toronto Argonauts will host the Montreal Alouettes while the still-unnamed Edmonton Football Team will wrap up its season in Winnipeg against the Blue Bombers.
The CFL Playoffs will begin on November 7th, while the 108th Grey Cup will take place one year from tomorrow on November 21st, 2021 in Hamilton, Ontario. It remains unclear if fans will be permitted into the stadiums by the time action is set to begin this spring, but for now Canadian football fans have a tangible date to hold onto which is a step in the right direction.
You can check out the full 2021 season schedule here.
So, last week, I kinda went off about comparing and contrasting different analytics tools in different social media forms and stuff.
Today, we looked at Google Analytics in particular. Y’know, the analytics tool attached to this very blog.
I learned a lot of things: just how many visitors I get, how long they stay, that I have a middle-of-the-road bounce rate, what a bounce rate is, and so on.
What I enjoyed the most was probably the audience behaviour tab, which showed exactly which paths site visitors took. It’s weirdly satisfying, following users on their little adventures. Like watching someone tour around a gallery show you’ve put together!
One of these paths belonged to a Ukranian bot! Fun, right?
It’s wild being able to access some of the other things, too. Like the exact type of smartphone someone is using.
We also talked about Google, because that’s inevitable in any talk about analytics and SEO. Google, as my prof said, is the “queen bee” of the latter.
And, to be fair, SEO is a big deal. It’s worth talking about. It gets you where you need to be. You can learn what keywords are being used in your kind of content a whole number of ways, too: comparing to other sites in your niche, using specialized cites, and probably more.
Now, my blog is a hot mess (I’ll get into why in either an upcoming process post or my next essay. Get excited, I talk about vulnerability and mental illness), but I imagine I’d use phrases like “art tips”, “writing tips,” “emerging artist,” or “art advice”… things along those lines. Heck, I might try adding them to my home page.
And of course, another nifty trick with SEO is getting a lot of link activity with reliable sources. Get that network flowing. I link sources here pretty liberally to whatever I’m talking about, so I’ve got that down. As for other places linking me? Well, maybe someday. A gal can dream.
But let’s look back at Google. Again, it’s SEO royalty. There’re other search engines, but really, do you want to pick getting into Bing’s good graces over Google’s?
Also, there’re lots of ways to get INTO Google’s good graces. If you used Google Plus (haha, remember that?), or using the link shortener, it’d help you out in the long run.
Another direct quote from my prof: “You want to make Google happy. You want it to reward you.”
Do you ever think about how wacky Google is? Like, really, it’s THE monopoly. And it’s always expanding what it does. It’s a search engine, a social media, a phone, it has apps… it’s insane.
I guess we allow it because it does its job just that well.
(Save for Google Plus.)
One day, maybe, it won’t have all the power it does.
If that happens, maybe using Ecosia will be a bit more commonplace.
We will all get through this together.
