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.
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:

Plain-English URL’s now in Smugmug – a SEO improvement?

The first part of a major SEO (Search Engine Optimization) improvement was released the other day.

Gallery URL-paths are now in plain English. Instead of “/Gallery/1234567-xxxx” you can now control the URL path so it looks like this: “/sports/fishing/Alaska/1234567-xxxx”.

Good news - Smugmug SEO improvements releasing soon

Search engine optimization (SEO) improvements soon to be implemented in Smugmug.

In Smugmug’s feature request forum some of the feature requests regarding SEO have changed status to “Started” and a few posts by Smugmug representatives on the Dgrin support forum have mentioned that some of the improvements are ready to be released and other improvements will be released not long after.

So, what changes can we expect? There is not lot information about this, but there are a few posts on Dgrin that may give an idea about what SEO changes we can expect:

Frog paradise. Garden pond with no fish.

No fish is the key to turn your pond into a frog paradise. Frog and other amphibians like newt prefer to breed in water holes without any fish. Using chemicals to keep your water clear is another major no-no. Plant instead a lot of plants. Plants also give small animals and insects a place to hide and breed.

Water Snake next to flowering Water Lily in our garden pond

The Water snakes in our garden are usually very shy and seldom show themselves more that a few seconds, but the other day one of them swam around between the water lilies for a few minutes and I had time to get my Canon camera and a 300mm lens, and take a few photos before it disappeared again.
At the same time one the big egg laying dragonfly - background and reflections almost perfect. It was hard to choose the target for the photos - I knew that it would only last for a few second more, but I got a few photos. Here they are:

Page titles - Smugmug versus Google SEO-recommendations

Frustrated of the - in my opinion - very poor SEO (Search Engine Optimization) performance in Smugmug, I have posted this on Dgrin - Support forum for Smugmug: