L. A. landmark

L. A. landmark

The geo site domain name market is heating up as always, and vigilantly marketing photographers in the microstock arena would be wise to take note. As new domain name owners for predominantly geographical appeal site domain names start mounting their websites and minisites, photography for would-be geo portals  need photos.

The affiliate code and Google Adsense click fees and advertisements bring revenue to the website owners. The above image, for example, would be good for a downtown Los Angeles website or geo name site. Keyword tags related to the geo site ensure search engine results and visual appeal for the website.

For zip code driven, content rich websites, any geo portal needs tag-rich keywords relative  the image files to complete a competently managed geo website. These photo files need not be massive yet should include decent resolution and visual appeal. Site plans should assess adequate meta tags per html page.d.

Many web site owners for geo sites purchased the domain name of a city or state due to demographic date projecting advertising profits from site visitors in that range of shoppers/browsers. This is a predictive traffic model on which many geo domain name acquisitions are made. Wise and savvy photographers with portfolio riches should tap these geo site name holders when they find them for profit and referral business, as well as potential client commissions.

Many geo sites are merely parked due to lack of development. this makes outstanding marketing opportunities for minisite developers or microstock photographers of that geographically relavant image file content.  Their site content will be enhanced by low cost legal images of that area or locale. The geo site will also look familiar to local residents coming by to take a look.

The keywords for a sites operate around home site general topic words like house, home, design, yard, value, property, etc. Microstock images for such a portal would equate to those subject word descriptors. if the microstock photographer has been following along this blog, they should have a vast gallery of keyworded or tagged photo files to call upon to marekt as a gallery link to webmasters or site designers.

The geo site market is a vastly untapped micro stock platform.

What’s a geo site? Simply a geographically based website portal with news, advertisements, features, listings, forum members, and announcements for the geographical are it relates to.

Banner creation and feature story accents as well as avatars and forum footer images can be made from micro stock image files captured at geographical locations, then vended to the domain name owner whose website bears content of the same locale.

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