Tip for writers on ArtFairInsiders.com -- readers too
"Why can't I find something I know is on this site?" "What happened to my show review?" "Where is that information about the best tent, show, lodging deal, funny story, jury tip, safety idea, etc.?
This site thrives on your participation and your stories, questions and reviews. Thousands of people thank you for your generosity. In the last month the site had 132,795 page views. As you can see the readers are here.
How you can help them and get the most mileage out of your time spent sharing information:
- When you write a post in the blog or start a discussion before you click on "Publish" add "tags" in the box underneath the post. Why? This insures that someone looking for that information can find it.
Examples for this post: "how to make AFI work", "tagging", "helpful tips" - Put each phrase in " " to separate the phrases and put a , between each phrase.
- Also helpful are the "search" links up above, the tags will help you on your quest.
I don't read everything on the site but saw a recent comment from Mike Heilman that he had done a show review and wanted to know where it went. Mike, you'll find that on ArtShowReviews.com, right here. It did not go into the vast wasteland, we got it, we posted it.
I just found this comment also:
I find it a little difficult to navigate around this site looking for just the right thread that I want to read. It's probably simple enough but it doesn't seem simple to me. This has become such an important repository of first-hand information for art fair artists that it is vital the data contained herein can be accessed swiftly and smoothly. I think it's a little cluttered and I have to hunt and peck each time I am looking to find information I am seeking on a specific subject.
If we all add "tags" to our posts it will help a lot. Try it --
then when you go to look for something click on the "search" -- it works, and the more accurately you "tag" your post the more likely someone will find it.
Comments
Freudian slip. Lol!! Connie is temporarily mad at me for something I said that came out wrong. I learned that Connie can be sarcastic. Makes me love her even more.
Glad to see the "ie" is sticking with you, Connie. But the other BB might not like it.
I know, Colin. It is amazing. So whenever I hear that "no one goes to AFI any more", don't you believe it. If you want to get a message out, whatever it is, and you post it here it is going to find its audience.
Google does a very good job, for sure, Barrie. I'm always amazed to see all those google links. 1111 pages!! who knew? That is one of the reasons that I finally took the classifieds out of the discussions and put it in the groups. I was ready to see some discussions instead.
So maybe "tent for sale", "best tent for pottery", "bad tent for art fairs", "tents that suck", "what the weather did to my tent", or "what is that car doing in my tent?" A descriptor does help.
I wish there was a more advanced "search" engine. I decided to test the function with the word "tents." I got 1111 pages. Great, huh? Except that there was some guy who posted a gazillion pictures and used the word "tent" in the heading. This rendered the word tent kind of useless as it would take hours just to weed through the posts to get the info. Plus, each comment on a post about tents, each had it's own instance. It would be great to eliminate the pics and to search just the headings with the word tents in it. That would get to all the post subjects that referred to tents.
As it turns out, it is better to go to Google and type artfairinsiders:tent to get better results.
Connie! 137,000 page views in one month! That is huge. Especially for a very targeted web site like yours. Congrats.
Hi Mary and Tina -- thanks for asking. You, as author of a post or discussion can go in and tag it after it has been "published." If you look up at the top of the page where you posted it you'll see a box that says "options", click on that and you'll see an option to "edit your tags" .. click there and away you go. I hope.
Thanks, Connie, I was wondering the same thing about the discussion post I wrote the other day...where did it go? Is it too late to tag it now, assuming I can find it?
appreciate this information. Now I have to try it out before I forget!
Good, Greg, it really helps for finding that good nugget of information you saw "somewhere."
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