One Hundred Photographs

What is OneHundredPhotographs.com?

One Hundred Photographs

One Hundred Photographs is a community driven new media art advertising project. It’s a collaborative effort between professional photographers around the country to build exposure to their photography and businesses through search engine optimization and social sharing.

The concept is simple and powerful. The exposure generated by 100 photographers and a professional search engine optimist is exponentially greater than a single website in the competitive field of photography. As you might have found, SEO is difficult, takes time, and it is often expensive to have top placement for local searches.

If you are a professional photographer who is in control of your website and are active in networking and promoting your business–One Hundred Photographs is for you.

Exposure on One Hundred Photographs will bring lots of traffic to your photography website. Thousands of visitors from around the world will view your website which boosts your search engine placement for local keyword results. National exposure equals local search domination.

The first 100 photographers to join get a lifetime membership. You are the founding mothers and fathers of this community and your photography will forever appear on the homepage of One Hundred Photographs.

Can anyone join?

No. Spots on One Hundred Photographs are reserved for professional photographers who upkeep and maintain a website with a portfolio. The target demographic for this community are photographers who are active in networking and promoting their websites using SEO, CPC advertising, or social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

How much is it and why do you charge?

It costs $59 once.The enrollment fee to join One Hundred Photographs reserves you a spot on the homepage for life. This fee pays for the website development, start-up costs, maintenance, hosting, registration, and unlimited future traffic to your website.

Over the course of a few years, you will have driven more traffic to your website at a fraction of the cost of Google Adwords. The small enrollment fee is worth every penny and more. This one page site will blossom and grow into a visual community, website, and mobile device application–of which you will forever be a part of.

Will the One Hundred Photographs always look like this?

No, after all spots are sold, the entire site will be redesigned. Still keeping it’s simplicity, but a heck of a lot prettier! Let’s face it, I’m a search engine wizard, not a graphic designer. I’m pouring the enrollment fees right back into the site. One Hundred Photographs will be redesigned to be optimized for mobile devices like Android Phones, the iPad and iPhone (which means NO FLASH). Since 20% (and rising) of Internet traffic in USA comes from mobile devices–it makes sense to build a new community website that is fresh looking, fast-loading, touch-oriented, and adheres to the latest in mobile & web standards. The goal is for One Hundred Photographs to look and feel like nothing you’ve ever seen before while being easy to operate and interactive for viewers.

After the re-development, you’ll be able to log into One Hundred Photographs to change your photo and link as well as upload additional photos to your gallery.

When will the site be finished?

The goal is to build the community and fill all 100 spots by August 2010. At first I am hand-picking photographers that I would like to join. Photographers that are also entrepreneurs, web-enthusiasts, and visionaries. Then I would like to fill the remaining spots from referrals within the community. Great minds attract other great minds.

I am a professional photographer and this community sounds perfect for me. How do I join?

Contact Paul Drecksler. Call or text 828.273.3031 (Verizon) or e-mail pauldrecksler@gmail.com

If you decide to e-mail me first, please include a link to your website and Facebook Fan Page.

Is there a form I can fill out instead?

No. I want to speak to each photographer personally before we move forward. Get used to hearing from me because getting your website to the top of search engines and keeping that position is an ongoing process. The SEO and marketing advice I’ll be giving you is important to the entire community because the better your website does–the better we all do.

If I’m accepted, how do I pay?

Paypal. I’ll send you the link when the time comes.

Thank you for your interest. If you are a professional photographer or know a professional photographer who might be interested in this project, please share this post with them using one of the options below. Or send me their info.


May 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Art, Web | Comments

New World Wide Web

My theory is that within a decade, the world wide web will be left with only porn, spam, and archives of the old way of doing things. The majority of the web will become what Angelfire and Geocities became–outdated and eventually obsolete and removed from the Internet. In the not-so-distant future we will use something different to communicate. There will be no need for .com’s or domains as search and indexing exponentially improves. Simply put, the Internet will be better and faster. Imagine visiting Best Buy or Paul Drecksler’s “online space” as opposed to our websites. What would you call this new web?

Well it turns out, I wasn’t too far off with this theory. Google’s new SPDY protocol is enough for me to say “I told you so!” Whether or not SPDY becomes the new HTTP is questionable; but Google’s “Let’s make the web faster” campaign is on the right track. Let me explain in the easiest way I can.

When the HTTP web protocol was developed, no-one could predict how fast the Internet would grow. The types of applications or webpages built in 1996 are incredibly different than now.

The web runs on TCP/IP and HTTP protocols. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) allows applications, like websites, to communicate with each other. It was developed in the 1970’s as an improvement to Network Control Protocol (NCP) that was used with DARPAnet, the original Intranet created for the government. Internet Protocol (IP) deals with the routing and delivery of applications. Lost yet? Keep reading it gets simpler.

HTTP’s primary job is to send requests and responses via TCP. This process allows us to visit websites, upload, download, etc. If TCP are train tracks, IP is the train, then HTTP is the ticket booth. It is where we request to visit a place and receive a response on whether or not we can get there.

The downfalls of HTTP are that only one request at a time can be processed. Browsers have adapted to that problem by allowing up to 6 connections per domain at a time but the fundamental obstacle still exists. Also, the client (web surfer) can only request information from the server. The server cannot send the client information even if it knows they need it. The server must wait for a response or request from the user. Both these obstacles lead to a delay in processing and sending data. This delay is called latency.

Wikipedia explains web latency more technically:

Latency is the delay between the initiation of a network transmission by a sender and the receipt of that transmission by a receiver. In a two-way communication, it may be measured as the time from the transmission of a request for a message, to the time when the message is successfully received by the requester.

One of the goals of Google SPDY is to decrease latency by 50%, which means faster page loading. In their controlled testing, Google has been able to reach that goal.

To minimize problems with deploying SPDY, they’ve built the protocol to run on existing TCP. In other words, we’ll still be using the same train and tracks, but the customer service at the ticket booth will increase which makes the whole travel process quicker. The only difference will be that we will need a browser, like Chrome, and a server that runs on SPDY.

Understand that this is just the beginning–the tip of the iceberg. Why stop at improving HTTP? Why not rebuild the entire TCP/IP structure. It will happen in time. Google is smart to work in stages and it makes sense for new technology to work with existing in order for the general masses to affordably adapt.

Google’s SPDY is not the first attempt to revolutionize HTTP. A few examples of previously started projects are SCTP, SST, MUX, and SMUX.

SPDY is open-source and the code will be released by Google in 2010 for developer improvement.

Think about any spy or government movie where the characters are accessing classified government data at lightning speeds using a streamlined interface you’ve never seen before. My first thought was always “Yeah right!” but in another decade, the technology in movies today will seem as outdated as say.. the world wide web.

November 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Technology, Web | Comments

Google, Bing - The Social Search War

It is finally possibly to search for Twitter & Facebook updates from your favorite search engine, assuming your favorite is either Google or Bing. No offense to Yahoo users, but how many broken deals have to happen with Google before you lose confidence in the future of Yahoo search services. After this shift into the world of social search happens—Yahoo has a long steep road ahead just to catch up.

The news: Bing signs deals with Twitter & Facebook to insta-index status updates. Google signs similar deal with Twitter, and unconfirmed sources say a similar Google/Facebook deal is in the works.  Here is a link to Google’s announcement straight from the mouth of Google VP of Search Products, Marissa Mayer.

The scandal: This is the first time search data will be available on Microsoft and not Google first. Granted, not for long, but given Facebook’s 300+ million users versus Twitter’s 54 million, will people be switching to Bing search in the interim? The answer to that question largely depends on just how well the service works. Think about your own searching habits—how often are you searching for things that are happening… now!

How does this affect my business?

Well if you’ve never jumped on the Twitter train—now’s the time to do it. The truth is, even for companies like Google and Microsoft, it will still be some time before they learn how to manage the 60+million status updates per day. Search as we know it has evolved over years. Google Social Graph API and Bing are now taking the idea of search relevancy a few steps further.

In the meantime, use this transition in SEO evolution to your benefit. Start (or re-start) your businesses Twitter campaign with a formulated attack. Jump to the top of search engines using Twitter in a matter of days instead of months with organic placement tactics. Now I’m not saying, ignore the other 100 fundamentals of SEO—but I am saying to ride this wave now. You’re too late to be considered a Twitter Early Adopter but right on time to use Twitter as one of the best marketing and SEO tools for your business.

For help with your Twitter campaign call me at 828.273.3031

Lastly here is a video from Google about their Social Search API.

October 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: SEO, Web | Comments

Why

After hearing about it so much I signed up for Twitter. Feel free to twit me at user name Paul Drecksler but I can’t promise anything interesting. I discovered that Twitter is simply a different version of my least favorite part of Facebook… Status Updates.

I hate telling the world what I am doing NOW. I feel like that’s the only secret I have left!

SEO genius Nancy McCord talks about Twitter in her email newsletters. You can subscribe at http://www.mccordweb.com

Maybe she has more use for Twitter than me. I should update my status that I just posted a new blog.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

http://www.pauldrecksler.com
December 3rd, 2008 | Tags: | Category: Technology, Web | Comments

Life Lock - Identity Theft Prevention

“Whatever you are doing to protect yourself against identity theft–you aren’t doing enough!”
[A commercial for ID theft protection]

Identity Theft Protection went from completely unheard of to something you can’t live without. ID theft rose drastically as technology made anonymity easier for thieves; and for years victims were left with no resources for help or prevention.

Out of necessity–a new industry was born called Idenitity Theft Prevention.

Basically it is insurance to protect yourself from a criminal stealing your identity and opening credit cards and loans in your name. Without it, cleanup can be a very expensive process.

Statistics on ID Theft are unreliable to discuss. I’ve heard “an identity is stolen every 7 seconds.” SpamLaws.com reports that $221 billion a year is lost by businesses worldwide and that victims lose an average of $1820 to $14,340 dealing with their cases.

I recommend Life Lock. You’ve all seen the commercial about how the owner of Life Lock is so confident in his services he gives out his social security number.

I recommend signing up for Life Lock versus the many copy-cat competitors. They are pioneers of the identity theft prevention industry and are able to offer a $1,000,000 protection policy because of their dominance in the market.

Last year I was robbed in Mexico and had all my cards and forms of ID taken. The $10 a month Life Lock charges is worth every penny to avoid the process I had to go through when I got back to save my credit. I wish I knew about Life Lock a year ago.

Life Lock Identity Theft Prevention – Save 10%

The link I have above saves 10% on a year’s subscription. I used the same link.
My entire family is now covered.

Overview of Life Lock’s services:

1. Set fraud alerts on your credit with all three bureaus.

This means when there is a hit on your credit, the company has to speak to you directly before approving an application for a loan, credit card, etc.

When I first got back from Mexico and had the Fraud Alerts on my account, Progress Energy took an extra day to approve my application when starting electric service at my new house. The safety of being contacted before any services are started under my name is worth the minimal inconvenience.

2. Renew those alerts for you every 90 days.

Life Lock admits you can do a lot of this yourself. The convenience of not having to remember in combination with Life Lock’s other services is again worth the marginal $10/month.

3. Remove your name from pre-approved credit card lists

Junk mail is one of the largest sources of identity theft

4. Monitor your credit and send yearly free credit reports

5. Lost Wallets – Life Lock takes care of cancelling your accounts and completing the paperwork to replace your lost items at no extra charge.

6. Finally their guarantee is that they will spend up to $1,000,000 in recovering your name if an issue goes under the radar of their advanced prevention techniques.

“If only I knew about it before.” Well now you do.

Here’s the link one more time:

Life Lock Identity Theft Prevention – Save 10%

May 23rd, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Q&A, Technology, Web | Comments