Compare Facebook’s New and Old Page Styles, March 2011 Page Changes

Posted on March 3, 2011

Facebook is making some changes to the Facebook Page in March 2011.   Here is a sneak preview of the changes on my Stroup Images Page.  First, here’s the old Facebook Page style:

Old Stroup Images Facebook Page

Old Stroup Images Facebook Page

Here’s the new Facebook Page Style:

New Stroup Images Facebook Page

New Stroup Images Facebook Page

Changes include:

  1. The new Facebook Page now shows latest photos from your Page across the top of the Page.
  2. Navigation has been moved to the left side of the Page to match the personal Facebook pages.
  3. Your page may now show Top Posts or most Recent Posts on your wall.   You may filter what appears on your wall.
  4. Now you can get notifications when fans post or comment on your Page.
  5. A Facebook Page can now like other pages and feature them on your Facebook Page.   This will be wonderful for cross marketing if you have more than one Facebook Page.
  6. You can now make comments as your Facebook Page on other pages.
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What is Pay Per Click (PPC)?

Posted on February 21, 2011

Pay per click (PPC) is internet marketing where the advertiser pays only when users click on the advertisement on a web page.  Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing (YSM), and Microsoft adCenter use PPC advertising.    Relative placement of the ad on the page can be affected by bid price, relevance of selected keywords, and past success of the advertiser’s  internet marketing campaign.

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What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Posted on February 17, 2011

Search Engine Optimization is the process of making your website more visible in search engine results.   When a user types a phrase in the Google search box, Google will order the search results based on how well the content of each web page matches the requested phrase, and Google’s perceived importance of the website page.  Search Engine Optimization focuses on improving the content of your website to better match users’ searches, making your website content easy for search engines to find, and improving your website’s perceived importance.  Moving your website up in the search engine results through search engine optimization will increase the number of visitors to your website.

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Tips for Photographing in Bright Snow – Exposure problems

Posted on February 4, 2011

A snowy landscape can be one of the most challenging to photograph.  Because the subject of snow scene is very bright, the camera’s exposure meter will assume that the image is too bright.  The camera’s exposure meter will try to render the average tones of the image as a middle gray.  For a snow scene, the average tones are far brighter than middle gray.  An automatic exposure of a snow scene will be too dark (underexposed), producing an image of gray snow.   If your camera allows exposure compensation adjustments or manual settings, increase the exposure by 1 stop to get a photo of beautiful white snow instead.

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Photography of Snow

Posted on February 2, 2011

At 17 degrees this morning in East Texas,  a few tiny snowflakes are falling.   To take pictures of snowflakes which capture their exquisite detail,  take a close up shot with a high f-stop.  A higher f-stop allows for a greater depth of field to be in focus in your image, thus recording more of the detail in the snow.

Detail of snow and berries

Snow and Berries by Stroup Images

This image of North Carolina snow and berries was taken with an f-stop of f/13.0 using an EF 50mm f/1.8II lens.

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How to Photograph Children, Tip 1

Posted on February 1, 2011

Photographing children can be a challenge.   Need a great tip for improving your photography of children?  First get down on the child’s eye level before snapping your picture.

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Welcome to Stroup Images Blog

Posted on February 1, 2011

Welcome to the new Stroup Images Blog.  Look forward to tips, thoughts and tutorials on photography, website design, and search engine optimization.

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