Comments on: Online art resources http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/ Musings on the Nature of Art from An Artist in Nature Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sandra Strother http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-918 Sandra Strother Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:48:14 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-918 I love the blog. I have it in my fav's. The websites are great. Thanks for all you do to inspire the rest of us artists. Sandy I love the blog. I have it in my fav’s. The websites are great. Thanks for all you do to inspire the rest of us artists. Sandy

]]> By: Rosemary Conroy http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-818 Rosemary Conroy Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:59:43 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-818 I really appreciate Robert Genn's biweekly e-mails. He has some great insights into the practice of painting, being an artist, art history, etc. He generates a lot of thoughtful responses too. (www.robertgenn.com is his website but painterskeys.com is the place to go to sign up.) I really appreciate Robert Genn’s biweekly e-mails. He has some great insights into the practice of painting, being an artist, art history, etc. He generates a lot of thoughtful responses too.

(www.robertgenn.com is his website but painterskeys.com is the place to go to sign up.)

]]> By: Suzanne Ellis http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-758 Suzanne Ellis Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:15:05 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-758 Julie, this is great. Thank you. Julie, this is great. Thank you.

]]> By: larry jewett http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-752 larry jewett Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:25:30 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/08/27/great-resources/#comment-752 Here's one that has links to lots of artists. <a href="http://painterskeys.com/" rel="nofollow">The painter's keys</a> They will post a little info about an artist and a link to their site for free. This especially helps if you just set up a website and are not coming up on the first page of a search (google or any other) The other thing that helps is registering with the <a href="http://www.dmoz.org/" rel="nofollow">Open Directory project</a>, a human-built (as opposed to computer-built: not talking about monkeys here) database used by google and others for (search) ranking purposes. The only problem with Open Directory is that it can take months to get listed after you submit your information to them. (You can't really fault them, though. The review of each site is performed by volunteers.) Listing with a site like the one above has a more immediate effect on ranking. Google bases their ranking largely on the number of links to your sites and the "value" of those links. A site that has lots of links to artists will likely have "high value" to google and, therefore, if that site links to yours, it will boost the rank of your site significantly (more than a link from a nobody site would do, at any rate). In many regards, it's like a popularity contest (even though google would undoubtedly deny it) Of course, if you are already coming up number one on the google rank, you may disregard everything above. Here’s one that has links to lots of artists.

The painter’s keys

They will post a little info about an artist and a link to their site for free.

This especially helps if you just set up a website and are not coming up on the first page of a search (google or any other)

The other thing that helps is registering with the Open Directory project, a human-built (as opposed to computer-built: not talking about monkeys here) database used by google and others for (search) ranking purposes. The only problem with Open Directory is that it can take months to get listed after you submit your information to them. (You can’t really fault them, though. The review of each site is performed by volunteers.)

Listing with a site like the one above has a more immediate effect on ranking.

Google bases their ranking largely on the number of links to your sites and the “value” of those links. A site that has lots of links to artists will likely have “high value” to google and, therefore, if that site links to yours, it will boost the rank of your site significantly (more than a link from a nobody site would do, at any rate). In many regards, it’s like a popularity contest (even though google would undoubtedly deny it)

Of course, if you are already coming up number one on the google rank, you may disregard everything above.

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