Pixels Website New Look?

I'm not seeing much of a difference. I'd like to see Licensing get its own separate URL. It makes sense to separate consumer from commercial just like Designer Prints vs FAA/Pixels. For the average consumer, licensing is a confusing item that they don't need.

Across the main headings (fine art prints, phone cases....) when you click on "more" you expect to find tote bags etc but it brings up featured images instead. Maybe that will change in the future.

New look? I never look there. it is like some of my relatives I don't want to visit.

I haven't switched yet. FAA seems like "home" to me.

I switched in anticipation of all the new products. It still feels a bit odd logging into Pixels instead of FAA! Yes I noticed the changed look.

Yes, I'm now fully on Pixels ... hardly ever on FAA anymore. The new bright design is very clean looking and now ( with no black banner ) separates itself from the Crated and Flickr look.

I've made the full transition to Pixels as, for me, it's better branding for photographers I think ... I have removed the word 'Fine' from my Art Photography personally and it seems to work.

Pixels seems alien to me, Faa feels like home to me too, I did download the pixels app on my iPhone though. Its pretty neat!

I much prefer the new look. I stopped using pixels because of the oppressive dark heading until recently when I need to see what all my other products looked like on the site.

Yes, the iPad app has a new look as well. The Twitter account has been cranking again too https://twitter.com/pixelswebsite

Don't see a new InstaGram account yet, the link at the bottom of the website still goes to the FAA account.

Frank,

Much improved. I am going to switch over now.

It is not really the customers who switch over necessarily. It is what we choose to see
as our interface. But Pixels needs some weight or volume to promote merchandise.

Dave

You convinced me, Frank. I've switched over. It is much more convenient knowing which products I've enabled on my images at a glance.

What is this Pixels you speak of?

:)

When pixels replaces faa in a google search, then maybe I'll switch over...but I don't see it, so why switch?

Marlene, I am with you. if someone looking for art they will search sites with the word "art" not pixels even if they looking for bags, pillows, pixels is not the word they think of.

This is now the first time I have seen one of my images as a duvet cover.

At the fingertips with Pixels.

i have no plans on switching to pixels. because faa is known to google far better than the other one. and it doesn't say what they have there.

i don't like the all white look. it makes my eyes vibrate to have it like that. and it still has those expanding tabs that fill the whole screen (wish that was removed on both sites).

wow spam every thread why don't cha?


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Mike,

Respectfully, my switching to Pixels is independent of all of our clients finding any of us on FAA.

It is only a matter of interface.

As people work with Pixels, both us and the clients, the site will rise in the rankings on Google and sell
more merchandise.

But no one is going to lose FAA clients because they are use Pixels.

Dave

i disagree though.

if i'm advertising the new site, the old links are pointless. they have links going to this site, and may be confused that its another site. i push my artist site over the two however. i simply find it confusing.

if coke had two versions of its soda:

CocaCola and GeneriCola

they are both the same soda - which would you choose? the one people know of.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

relax

the two are two very different domains separated in the hierarchy. But they are synchronized completely.

The two sites mirror each other. You can have links from the AW, Pixels and FAA. The advantage of the AW and Pixels
is merchandise.

Because FAA and Pixels are two independent domains they each can rank independently in Google search.

I want to sell prints foremost. But in my case with fine art I am leaning towards galleries and museums. I may face
years of rejections. In the meantime I am here on these sites and will make use of them. So here merchandise matters to me.

Dave....of course you are seeing this through FAA, but it is being written on Pixels. I might shorthand that as px.

if coke had two versions of its soda:

CocaCola and GeneriCola

they are both the same soda - which would you choose? the one people know of.


Push is where you fill the channels with your product
Pull is where people ask for your product by name.

FAA is not asked for by name very often.

Pixels so far not at all.

for now we fill the channels to push our arts.

Dave

FWIW, the way Pixel and fineartamerica is set up now, Google will never find Pixels - and extrapolating from that, Google will never find your additional products on Pixels for the reasons I just stated on Sean's thread http://pixels.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2530357

-W

Mike,

From the Google Adwords Keyword Planner

David Bridburg average monthly searches 20

Mike Savad ams 260

fineartamerica ams 9,900

Pixels, the exact word not easy to find in the stats at all, but
the words pixels and pixel in many different derivations is in the hundreds
of thousands. Perhaps more so than fine art, fine, fine america, etc.......

Dave

Wings,

The two domains are completely separate. They each rank in Google separately.

What we are seeing are the domains being synched.

Dave

Amen, Wings...those of us who understand that won't have to discuss it < wink >

There seems to be pages and pages of established "pixels" already in google. The movie, games, apps, etc. Wonder if this pixels dot com will ever move up in the results.

David, the CANONICAL statement in all the pages in all domains only point back to fineartamerica as stated in my post on Sean's thread which I linked below. Regardless of the separation of sites, Google sees that Canonical statement and will only index to the fineartamerica site which of course does not have the added products. Read my post on Sean's thread carefully. Or search for yourself on Google (assuming you have both Pixels and fineartamerica domains activated), Pixels is non existent, or if it does exist, it's only existing on past fumes.


-W

Here, try this link (as of 6/6/2015), it's the results from Google image search for "wingsdomain phone case". Hover over any of the resultant phone cases to see the link and tell me if you see Pixels showing up. -W

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1180&bih=578&q=wingsdomain+phone+case&oq=wingsdomain+phone+case&gs_l=img.12...1216.4199.0.5847.22.6.0.15.15.0.166.686.3j3.6.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..11.11.694.2ERhfqyyCIU

Everything canonicals over to FAA right now because all of the products are on both sites. Once Pixels.com has products that are exclusively on Pixels.com, the canonicals for those products will point over to Pixels.com.

If we launch puzzles, for example, and put them exclusively on Pixels.com, then we canonical all of the puzzle pages to Pixels.com.

This is all basic stuff, and it was all thought out a long, long time ago.

Sean

I don't worry what outside search does with FAA or Pixels, that's Sean's dept. I lead my customers to Pixels and sell from there because, as I said, it's working as better branding for me as a photographer ... plus it is NOW the main site. I know many of you sell from your AW but I only use that with my email list as with them I am a household name, which is way smaller than FAA or Pixels.

As soon as we all start to use Pixels every day everything will fall into place in due time, unless you sell only fine art prints.

ok, got ya, Sean, they will eventually show up in google as pixels links once you get the canonical statement sorted out for those added products. Just testin' ya! lol ...since the phone cases HAVE been out for such a "long long time ago." ;-) -W

Sean, how are you going to resolve this issue with the CANONICAL statement in all pixels, etc. pages that is forcing google to look only to fineartamerica which again presents the above challenges.


-W

Wings, In Sean's post I did not see where the word Canonical was used.

So either of us could be wrong. But please cut and paste where Sean uses the word, I may have missed it.

You asked a major question though if it is canonical.

Wings, it is possible to set up two different domains and synch them through out the day. Might even be common.

History was all the fine art sites Sean set up, but Pixels was bought.

Dave

David, see Sean's post just moments ago. -W

Thanks Sean for jumping in here ... by the way, what is the correct hashtag to use on Twitter and IG? I've seen #Pixels #Pixelswebsite and #Pixelsdotcom from your posts??

So two different canonical structures......or two separate domains...products and prints v prints......

And both can rank higher and higher in Google search.

I learned a good bit more about canonical structures in this discussion, thanks.

Dave

@ David
"Everything canonicals over to FAA right now because all of the products are on both sites." Sean McDunn

yep.....Nikolyn, I see that. The full statement is soon two canonical structures.

Thanks,

Dave

Frank, yes...I sign on at Pixels and I do love the new, sleek look, especially the new font they're using.

have you guys used 'canonical' enough for one day yet? lol

I never sign in to pixels, at least not yet.

I have a very hard time switching over to pixels. I've been on FAA since Jan 2009, old habits. Besides, when I advertise my works I do it through daricemachel.com (my artistwebsites). That is where I want to send my customers. I upload my images on my aw site, I tweet my aw site, I blog from my aw site and I share my work on fb from my aw site.

Hallo, Frank. I have not spent anytime will pixels yet but based on your information I will find some time next week and see how it fits me. Let me use the one breath and thank you for your information re About.me, some time ago. I stumbled over it for a good while and even fled the site when I got confused a bit as to how to manage it :)) But after a while I saw your info again and so I tried again, and I'm simply going to say, thank you, for the intro and for persevering with the info. It has helped me expand my reach and even make new contacts, and seems that it affords other people an opportunity to gain from my work in one of the most important ways which is a major reason I do art. Thanks again. As someone new on the scene, I really appreciate every pointer that is helpful. I have benefited a lot also from being an FAA member, and would like to just throw out an overall THANKS!

If pixels scares me, I'll just continue with my Fb and other connections which lead visitors back to FAA for purchasing. I have given myself the entire year to set up my foundations, create, refine my images and promote. Still a work in progress.:))

"have you made the switch to Pixels?"

Everyone has, Frank. It's mandatory. I don't believe there's a way to just be on FAA and skip Pixels, is there?


Dan Turner
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online

Since Pixels will eventually be the place with all products...and that is an interest of mine...I started signing in on Pixels beginning a few months ago. When I pin my products on their respective boards on Pinterest, the products are pinned from Pixels and link back to Pixels. In the description I always say "available on Pixels.com" now. Glad I don't use watermarks because that would really confuse the issue :)

Dan, in "Behind the Scenes" there's a place where you can elect which FAA websites to be on, you can elect to not have your products show on Pixels just by unclicking the check box. I'm not sure what the benefit is to switching, aren't FAA and Pixels pretty much a mirror of each other except for the range of products available?

David THANK YOU! I had no idea we could opt out of Pixels. I'm out. What a relief!


Dan Turner
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online

Henry -- Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you see what I share to be of benefit to you, and it makes my day!! It's all about helping each other make it through life. I grew up with the axiom that one of the best ways to be successful is to help others to be. Another way is to surround yourself with others who are doing the same. Look at Sean, for example, he works endless hours building and tweaking this website, He has provided many artists and photographers with the brilliant business model of ( what is now ) Pixels.com and the opportunity to be successful as well. It's a no brainer to jump on-board Pixels and take his lead. It's the exact same as being on FAA just different eye candy and more products.

Joy -- glad to see you've been on Pixels for a while too! You make a great point about the watermark. Don't know if it will work on Pinterest, but one work-around I've been doing is sharing to social media my gallery pages and groups instead of single images. My thinking is when we share a single image we are selling, when we share groups of images we appeal to how people buy ... and so I get a rough idea in views count what they'r clicking on ( if you can figure out the bots ).

I'm sure Sean has it on his list but, another tweak needed is the FAA badges and the RSS feed from our blogs. I use both on my photo blog and I'm sure it's confusing after someone clicks them. Here is an example: click the link and scroll down to the bottom and you'll see what I'm talking about: https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com

have you guys used 'canonical' enough for one day yet? lol

I thought women could never get enough 'canonical' in their baked goods.

but what do I know, I am a single male.

Dave

David B. -- what can I say, you are a man of words.


David K. --- Yes both sites mirror each other, and the big difference is that Pixels is now the MAIN site. It's where everything is at as far as the product line.

The big difference outside Pixels I'm finding is mostly on Twitter, where I'm finding the need to train my Tribe to RT my Pixels content instead of my FAA content.

Frank,

On Twitter I moved to Tweeting a thumbnail with a link to my AW. The tribe are slow to move over to it.

But things are picking up.

Dave

Everyone has, Frank. It's mandatory. I don't believe there's a way to just be on FAA and skip Pixels, is there?

Dan and David K,

the AW obviously is PIxels powered.......but the coding can be done to promote Pixels over FAA in
places such as Pinterest, which would put Pixels much higher up in any rankings, google or alexa.

But first the bake goods need to be put in place.

Dave

True, Frank. Giving is actually receiving....got to empty your hands before you can hold more....got to release what someone else needs so that you can collect what moves you forward. There is no way to help others without releasing for your sake and theirs. Sometimes a person is not ready to receive as they have not yet fully prepared to let go of what they have. I believe that in such cases, it is uncharitable to give. Educate instead... another form pf giving. In such cases one has to educate and wait.

Well, it seems I am already on Pixels, just by being on FAA. Glad for that as I always get confused whenever I have to start new techno activities. Not ashamed to say I am a real dunce when it comes to such matters. But I usually figure things out after a while.

A little addition here (next day). I have not spent significant time on pixels but have added it to my links some time ago. Frank, I may have misread your post above, in haste. With the several changes happening on FAA since I joined last year, when I read your post, I thought there was something entirely new going on there.

Correct me if I'm wrong..Everything seems to be basically, as usual. If so, this is an example to show how easily I get confused in computer matters. My children say I am techno phobic, but it's not true... the computer came at a time when I wasn't ready:)) All of this seems to be only confusing things even more but I am not going to delete it. My stumbling blocks are my stepping stones. They open my eyes to much. I am not one of those people who does not feel embarrassed to appear foolish. Well, foolish is not the correct word...ignorant fits better :))..Can't know everything nor understand everything. That is my defense.

Everyone has, Frank. It's mandatory. I don't believe there's a way to just be on FAA and skip Pixels, is there?

Yes, there is a way. Go to Behind the Scenes -> Domains. Check or uncheck the domains that you wish to be associated with. At the very bottom of the list is Pixels. So if you leave that box unchecked, your artwork will disappear from Pixels domain.

Frank, I do like the "cleaner" look of Pixels like you've mentioned. Slowly I am making some of my photos available for the new products. Thanks for starting this thread!

David THANK YOU! I had no idea we could opt out of Pixels. I'm out. What a relief!


Dan,

I think you need to pay an extra $30 to opt out of Pixels, but only in your case.

LOL

Dave

There's just one tiny thing that bugs me about the new look. The labels on the top buttons (shop, products, collections, etc) should have initial capitals, especially since the last button is my name. I don't like seeing my name in all lower case!

Ha Jane! And I thought I was the only one who was missing the upper case letters on those labels. I agree and hope that Sean makes the changes so that it makes it look 100% professional!

And another thing I noticed just now is when I login to the Pixels.com domain I am automatically redirected to the FAA domain. Anyone else experiencing this?

Sai - does that happen when you have two windows open with pixels website? Otherwise clear the history on your browser.

As for the lower case name, doesn't bother me at all. Just bring your customers here and make sales. I mean, if you make thousands of dollars in sales would it matter? Sean might be on to something ... So I say just move with it.

Frank - Nope, I just have one browser window open. I've cleared the history and the cache of my browser, without any success.

if you make thousands of dollars in sales would it matter?

Big IF Frank, very big IF :)

Very, VERY big IF :)