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Re: Can we get a guestbook captcha system to prevent spam?
I did disable the ability for folks to leave public comments a few months ago, but this feature is only helpful in that the spam doesn't go public. It does NOT prevent the spam--so I still have to manually delete each spam post myself or let it sit in the pending comments of my guestbook forever. It's frustrating and annoying, as these bots are relentless, and for the amount of money I pay Zenfolio for my straightforward site (which I don't use to sell anything, either), a spam filter is the least Zenfolio could provide.
Re: Can we get a guestbook captcha system to prevent spam?
I REMOVED my guestbook entirely because of the spam comments, and I'm STILL getting notifications of guestbook entries EVERY DAY. Something must be done, this is ridiculous.
Re: I am Leaving Zenfolio
Yep. TheImageFile looks like it blows away Zenfolio in just about every category and is most likely where I will be moving my site to. This price increase with nothing new to justify it is an absolute joke.
Re: I am Leaving Zenfolio
It's killing me. Just got a AUD$60 credit for the stupid image previews not working and now today there seems to be an outage and nothing uploading. Check the chat...we are on holidays! No support. No system. Spending my evening looking at Shootproof, ImageCloud and Ubookr. Over Zenfolio and I have two accounts!Look into TheImageFile.com ! I just made the switch and it's amazing! Has all of the functionality that Zenfolio has and so much more. Their support is lightning fast too
Re: Can we get a guestbook captcha system to prevent spam?
Our best suggestion is to disable the ability for visitors to add public comments.
To do this, go to the PHOTOS tab in the Dashboard of your account.
Then, in the Organizer on the left, click on the top-level "All Photographs" Group
In the Toolbox on the right, choose "Group Access"
In the Comments tab, uncheck the boxes that say
"Allow new posts from users not registered with Zenfolio"
"Allow new public posts (anyone can see them)"
SAVE
I hope that helps!
To do this, go to the PHOTOS tab in the Dashboard of your account.
Then, in the Organizer on the left, click on the top-level "All Photographs" Group
In the Toolbox on the right, choose "Group Access"
In the Comments tab, uncheck the boxes that say
"Allow new posts from users not registered with Zenfolio"
"Allow new public posts (anyone can see them)"
SAVE
I hope that helps!
Re: Any Help Please
Keep up with your scheduled blog posting and make sure to submit your blog page to Google once a week using your Webmaster account Search Console.
Also, add a single new link to a recent blog post every week to right into your Home page Welcome Message.
Google likes fresh content delivered on a schedule ;)
Re: For everyone that says the SEO for zen does not work well....
<p>Hi Sara, </p>
<p>For sure you can improve your SEO a lot on Zenfolio when you work on it. The thing that most people is reproaching to SEO zenfolio is that on other provider you do not need to work on it ! Title, comment and keywords are usually enough to make it work. </p>
<p>For instance, for the same amount of given info (keyword, title) the same picture on 500px popup first with a narrow google search never the zenfolio's ones. </p>
<p>Cheers, </p>
<p>Sylvain.</p>
<p>For sure you can improve your SEO a lot on Zenfolio when you work on it. The thing that most people is reproaching to SEO zenfolio is that on other provider you do not need to work on it ! Title, comment and keywords are usually enough to make it work. </p>
<p>For instance, for the same amount of given info (keyword, title) the same picture on 500px popup first with a narrow google search never the zenfolio's ones. </p>
<p>Cheers, </p>
<p>Sylvain.</p>
For everyone that says the SEO for zen does not work well....
Your probably just not taking the time to do it right.
Im # 2 - Hampton Roads Wedding Photography
# 3 - Grand Affairs Photographer (important because our studio is across the street from the venue - We are also on the 1st & 2nd pages for variations of this search)
#2 - hampton roads portrait photographer
#4 - Norfolk Wedding Photographers
#4 - yorktown freight shed photography
Anyway you get the idea. My images show up in the image search results, my blog posts show up in search results, and mostly its my homepage that shows up in search results.
Re: Any Help Please
Hi Adrian!
The first step to getting more traffic is to make sure that your site is using all the SEO techniques available. A good place to start is our SEO support article.
There is also a great forum post written by a long time user on their method to successful search rankings found here.
Also, a number of SEO themed posts can be found on our blog here.
Looking at your site, I recommend making sure each image in your publicly indexed portfolio is Titled and Keyworded. Also make sure your homepage Welcome Message and Website Description match each other exactly.
I see you are starting to blog regularly, and are using the scheduled post function. That is fantastic, keep it up and keep it regular!
I hope this helps point you in the right direction!
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our Support Team directly.
The first step to getting more traffic is to make sure that your site is using all the SEO techniques available. A good place to start is our SEO support article.
There is also a great forum post written by a long time user on their method to successful search rankings found here.
Also, a number of SEO themed posts can be found on our blog here.
Looking at your site, I recommend making sure each image in your publicly indexed portfolio is Titled and Keyworded. Also make sure your homepage Welcome Message and Website Description match each other exactly.
I see you are starting to blog regularly, and are using the scheduled post function. That is fantastic, keep it up and keep it regular!
I hope this helps point you in the right direction!
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our Support Team directly.
AlexZen
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Re: Entering an MPIX/Zenfolio Sale in QuickBooks
Because this was an old discussion, I started a new one at https://forums.zenfolio.com/discussion/17470/zenfolio-and-quickbooks which is detailed, step-by-step, with attached screenshots of how I do this.
