Photo hosting sites - Search visits - SEO compared

If you are looking for a search engine friendly photo hosting site yiu might have a look at the statistics from alexa.com. Alexa computes traffic statistics from a lot of sources and are regarded as a great source for information by many webmasters. See more at About the Alexa Traffic Rankings.

You do have to be careful when evaluating statistics. Here is an example: (both sites claim to be SEO friendly)
Seach visits (percent) -  Zenfolio vs. Smugmug

Parameter handling in Google webmaster tools - Suggestions to my Smugmug site

Parameter handling now in Google webmaster tools

It can be found under "Site configuration" - "Settings"

This new Parameter handling filter shows the importance Google places on duplicate content and the problems many websites face with regards to displaying the duplicate content accessible via different URLs.

Parameter suggestions on my Smugmug site.

Smugmug is my photo hosting site and it looks like Smugmug has a big problem with duplicate content.
This is what Google webmaster tools is saying about my Smugmug site:

Photos from Nepal - Kanchenjunga base camp trek

Photos from Nepal - Kanchenjunga (Kangchenjunga) base camp trek.

Kanchenjunga (8.586 meters or 28.169 feet) is the third-highest peak in the world and the second-highest in Nepal.
The route to the north base camp usually starts in flying in to Suketar and then trekking onwards to Phurumbu, Chirwa, Taplechok, Sakathum, Amjillassa ,Ghunsa, Khambachen, Lonak and Pangpema.
An alternative route from Sakathum to Ghunsa is via Magawa , Olanchungola , Nango Khola valley and the Nango La high pass at 4820 meter (15.813 ft).
Here are the first pictures uploaded to Google Earth from this alternative route.

Olanchungola (Walungchung Gola).

Player flags decorate the view from Olanchungola (Walungchung Gola) village in Nepal
Photo by Allan Hansen.

Hannah Point at South Shetland Islands in Antarctica

Hannah Point on Livingston Island in South Shetland Islands is a small but very interesting landing site in visitors going to Antarctica.

Hannah Point landscape with Gentoo penguins.

Gentoo penguins in a beautiful landscape.
Photo by Allan Hansen.

Hannah Point is home to an interesting mix of Penguins. There are lots of Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins and a few Macaroni and Adelie penguins.

Antarctica travel route on Google Maps

I have published the first Google Map from my trips to Antarctica. Both tours started in Ushuaia in Argentina, then to Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic peninsula and back to Ushuaia.
This first Google Map shows the whole route and a photo from each place.

Arnakke Photo galleries on Smugmug

Smugmug has changed the URL structure and introduced plain-english URL's (They call it NiceNames). Here is the new plain-english links to most galleries on Photo Arnakke: Photo Arnakke Home.
The links are changed in my horizontal navigation bar which is based on the idea found on Free CSS Drop-Down Menu Framework. I can highly recommend this solution for a horizontal drop-down menu in Smugmug.

Photo Arnakke – Lichtenhansen Photography change website title.

Photo Arnakke - Landscape and wildlife from unusual places is the new title for my nature website. The name LichtenHansen was too hard to remember and hard to spell too. The website address remains the same: http://lichtenhansen.smugmug.com/