The library

SEO guides for photographers, written by Studio Visibility

No jargon, no agency-speak — just plain-English explanations of what actually helps a photography website get found, on Google and now on AI search too.

SEO Basics

How Often You Actually Need to Update Your Site for SEO

Not daily, not never. A realistic maintenance rhythm for a photography website, broken down by what actually needs attention and how often.

7 min read
Local SEO

Multi-Location SEO for Photographers

If you regularly shoot in more than one city or region, one page trying to rank everywhere usually means ranking nowhere. Here's the right way to structure it.

8 min read
SEO Basics

10 Photography Website Mistakes That Quietly Hurt Your SEO

The recurring issues we see on photography sites over and over — none of them hard to fix once you know to look for them.

8 min read
Local SEO

Wedding Vendor Directories: The Knot, WeddingWire, and Venue Lists

How to actually get value from vendor directories and preferred-vendor pages — not just create a listing and forget about it.

8 min read
Local SEO

Client Reviews and Testimonials: Why They Matter for SEO

Reviews aren't just social proof for visitors — they're a real ranking and trust signal for search engines and AI assistants alike. Here's how to actually collect them.

8 min read
AI Search

Schema Markup for Photographers, Explained

What structured data actually is, which types matter for a photography site, and how it feeds both Google's rich results and AI search answers.

8 min read
Video SEO

YouTube SEO for Wedding Videographers

YouTube is a search engine in its own right, with its own ranking factors. Here's how to set up your channel and videos so couples actually find your films.

9 min read
Video SEO

Video SEO for Photographers and Videographers

Search engines can't watch your reel any more than they can 'see' a photo. Here's how to make your wedding films and highlight videos actually findable.

10 min read
Keywords

Writing for SEO: What to Actually Put on the Page

How to mention your city without sounding like a robot, where keywords actually belong in your text, and the truth about how much content a page needs.

9 min read
Backlinks

Backlinks for Photographers: How to Get Them and Why They Matter

What a backlink actually is, why 'authority' isn't the mysterious score some tools make it sound like, and realistic ways a photographer can earn real links.

9 min read
Google Business Profile

Google Business Profile Tips for Photographers

Why it matters, what it actually gets you, and a real walkthrough of setting one up correctly as a photographer — including the service-area setting most photographers get wrong.

10 min read
Local SEO

Local SEO Tips for Photographers

Photography is a local business almost everywhere except stock and commercial work. Here's how to actually win the local search game.

9 min read
Keywords

Photography Keywords: How to Find Them and Use Them

A practical way to figure out what your future clients actually type into Google, without a paid keyword tool or a marketing degree.

9 min read
Website Platforms

SEO for Photographers on WordPress

WordPress gives you the most SEO control of any site builder — and the most ways to get it wrong. Here's what to actually install and configure.

9 min read
Website Platforms

SEO for Photographers on Showit

Showit is built for design freedom first, which means a few SEO basics need manual attention. Here's exactly what to check.

8 min read
Website Platforms

SEO for Photographers on Squarespace

Squarespace has more built-in SEO tools than most photographers ever open. Here's what's actually worth setting up, in order.

8 min read
Website Platforms

SEO for Photographers on Pixieset

Pixieset is built for client delivery first and marketing second — here's how to get the most SEO out of a Pixieset website and studio setup anyway.

8 min read
Image SEO

Image SEO for Photographers: The Full Guide

Filenames, alt text, compression, and the handful of image details that actually affect whether Google can find and rank a photography website.

10 min read
AI Search

How Photographers Get Found on AI Search

ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google's AI Overviews are starting to answer 'who's a good photographer near me' directly. Here's what actually influences whether you get named.

9 min read
SEO Basics

SEO for Photographers in 2026: The No-Jargon Guide

What SEO actually means for a photography website, what to do about it in 2026, and what you can safely ignore — written for photographers, not marketers.

11 min read