Every Link Helps

One of the best things you can do to help this community grow is to link to it. Besides the obvious benefit of helping new artists and visitors find this site, links from relevant websites help boost the overall ranking the site receives in search engine results. The result is that when someone searches for an artist or topic they are more likely to pull up a page from this site near the top of the list. The better the site ranks, the more benefit it provides to everyone who uses it. Even if you don't have a website, you can place links in other places such as your forum signature or on your profile page on any other community website.

Exchanging Links

If your site is at least somehow related to the topic of Online Photo Sharing, you can add it to our directory of Online Photo Sharing Links by going to the Suggest a Link page. If you don't see an appropriate link category but still want to add your site, you can Suggest a Link Category.

Sample Linking Info

The preferred way to link is through text links. The more pages you link from, the more it helps. Having appropriate keywords like Online Photo Sharing in the link tells search engines what the site is about.

Link Title: Online Photo Sharing Photo Gallery - ShowMyPix.com URL: http://www.ShowMyPix.com Description: A free online photo gallery and community site for sharing photos online.

Sample Linking HTML Code

Below are some HTML snippets to use when linking to ShowMyPix.com. Copy the HTML Code and paste it wherever you want to display a link to this site. To copy, click the box of HTML code above and press Ctrl-C. To paste your code into another page press Ctrl-V.

Title + Description Link
Link HTML Code	What it looks like
<A HREF="http://www.ShowMyPix.com">Online Photo Sharing Photo Gallery - ShowMyPix.com<BR><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:none">A free online photo gallery and community site for sharing photos online.</SPAN></A>	Online Photo Sharing Photo Gallery - ShowMyPix.com A free online photo gallery and community site for sharing photos online.
Title Link
Link HTML Code	What it looks like
<A HREF="http://www.ShowMyPix.com">Online Photo Sharing Photo Gallery - ShowMyPix.com</A>	Online Photo Sharing Photo Gallery - ShowMyPix.com
Simple Link
Link HTML Code	What it looks like
<A HREF="http://www.ShowMyPix.com">ShowMyPix.com</A>	ShowMyPix.com

Linking with Mini Galleries

The Mini Gallery feature of this site allows you to create an HTML table of photos that you can display on other websites. Since the table contains a link to ShowMyPix.com at the bottom, using Mini Galleries is a great way to not only link back, but also to show off its usefulness. To create a Mini Gallery from one of your Gallery Pages, click the Mini Gallery button placed next to the Edit Page and Delete Page buttons in your gallery.