Forest floor with anemones in 3 colors - blue, yellow and white

Anemones in 3 colors are covering the forest floor.

The forest just north of the Munkholm Bridge near Arnakke on Sealand in Denmark is probably the only place in Denmark where Liverwort (Hepatica nobilis), Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Yellow anemones (Anemone ranunculoides) grow right next to each other.

From gallery of Arnakke pictures

Forest floor with blue, yellow and white anemones.

expo-MAX Real Analytics vs. Google Analytics and Statcounter

Free website statistics. expo-MAX Real Analytics vs. Google Analytics and Statcounter - an alternative or supplement? Here is my review.

Combine the best from Google Analytics and Statcounter and then add some more

expo-MAX Real Analytics (go to Analytics tab) is a new service that combine the best from Google Analytics and Statcounter and then add some extra features.

Update 2010-10-12: Google Webmaster Tools now provide much more detailed information about image search and keywords. Expo-MAX Real Analytics also give you a lot of no-value back links from their search engine. I can no longer recommend Expo-MAX Real Analytics.

Black-browed albatross. Photos from Falkland Islands

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) is a large seabird - the most common of all albatrosses. It is the classified as Endangered on the IUCN list due to a drastic reduction in the population.

Most af the Black-browed albatrosses breed on Steeple Jason Island in the Falkland Islands:
From gallery of Albatross pictures

Black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island

More than half of all Black-browed albatrosses breed here. The colony counts more than 200.000 birds. It is an impressive sight and an awesome experience to be there.

Panoramio photos on Google Earth - Pictures from LichtenHansen

In the last 4 month I have added another 20 photos to Googles Earth from my Panoramio profile: Nature photos on Google Earth by LichtenHansen

The pictures are mainly from Denmark and Antarctica.

New year firework - Funchal, Madeira - Just fantastic

New year in Funchal, Madeira.


The edge of Madeira New Year's celebrations is the fantastic fireworks show in Funchal amphitheatre.

New year fireworks. Funchal, Madeira

Funchal’s amphitheatre is transformed into a magnificent crib illuminated by more than 250.000 coloured lights .... while the hillsides are dotted with white lights, setting the scene for an unforgettable display.

Smugmug and Search engine optimization (SEO) - I give up

Google do have a lot of help pages for webmasters. Here is the one for images: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=114016

Give your images detailed, informative filenames

The filename can give Google clues about the subject matter of the image. Try to make your filename a good description of the subject matter of the image. For example, my-new-black-kitten.jpg is a lot more informative than IMG00023.JPG. Descriptive filenames can also be useful to users: If we're unable to find suitable text in the page on which we found the image, we'll use the filename as the image's snippet in our search results.

Before Smugmug made the changes with filenames the filenames looked like this: 24815903-1qRs4-L-1.jpg.

After the "We have made it so filenames get seen and indexed by Google" the filenames looks like this: 24815903-1qRs4-L-1.jpg.

No change at all to filenames.

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