What is Organic SEO?
In today’s web, it can be challenging to gain desirable ranking in top search engines, such as Yahoo! and Google, without paying a small fortune. Fortunately, there are many “organic”, or non-paid ways to optimize and market your website to take full advantage of the search engines’ ranking methods. Organic SEO and SEM includes everything from proper meta tag use and image descriptions, to building inlinks and creating interactive content and utilizing web 2.0 social networking tools.

What our Organic SEO/SEM Service includes
There are many methods to achieve great Organic SEO, and we be live we’ve devised a formula, based on a few key principles, that will help boost any non-sponsored website in search engine rankings. Our formula is based on the following key elements:

• In order to be effective, Meta Tags must be used correctly, correlating well to the subject matter of the page

• The Quality of inlinks (links to your website) is more important than the quantity in the eyes of search engines

• Website Content must be kept fresh, unique, and updated frequently; Stale websites will drop in ranking

• Utilizing today’s Web 2.0 Market is key to creating buzz about you and your website

There are many ways to achieve each of these key elements, and we utilize every one of them to bring you more traffic. We know how to create fully optimized pages, using proper meta tag creation, accurate image descriptions, active content, and more. We analyze your competitions inlinks and meta tag relevancy, and design your pages to compete. We go a step further and provide interactive methods that will boost your sites ranking and popularity, such as blogs, guestbooks, javascripts, and more.

Please see, http://corvusart.com/seo_services.shtml for details

In my humble opinion, one of the best 3d text creation applications is XARA 3d6, http://www.xara.com/us/. 3d6 basically eliminates timely rendering, and doesn’t take up nearly as much comp resources that comprehensive 3d apps do. This is not a full 3d suite, but it does come with dozens of shapes, objects, and 3d methods. Did I mention how easy it is to work with. When used in conjunction with photoshop, illustrator, etc., the possibilities are endless. Here’s a sample of one of our promotional postcards, front and back. This was created using XARA 3d6 for the CDS text, illustrator for for the illustrations, and photoshop for the effects.

Fiona Bleu Gallery in Morro Bay, California, is a coloroful gallery of mixed mediums and styles. We just finished Fiona Bleu’s revamped Flash/XML/XHTML/CSS website. New features include interactive room featuring actual items from Fiona Bleu, and comprehensive Flash galleries with superimposed photography, and extended gallery categories.  In the very near future, keep an eye out for a new “interactive room builder”, to be featured on the home page. http://www.fionableu.com

We are happy to announce the completion of the new SLO Home Page revamp of the popular SLO Home Info sites. SLO Home Page is a new interactive portal to everything on the Central Coast, featuring local businesses, events calendar, non-profits, homes for sale, rentals, local deals, community forum, and free photography outlet, and much more. We’ve also just added virtual tours for businesses and real estate. With free non-profit ads, free rental ads, free calendar events, accurate weather station, and countless local resources, SLO Home Page is an invaluable tool for Central Coast residents. It was a lot of work, and we’re very proud of the final product. We hope you enjoy the new site, www.slohomepage.com   

A screen saver is a screen saver, right? I thought so too, until I found Deep Space by 3Planesoft. It’s 3d space oddessey, that is suprisingly life-like in motion. Some of the physical aspects are exaggerrated, like the velocity of planet rotation, but still, it’s fascinating to look at. I must have watched for 20 minutes after installing it. So, if you’re into astronomy and space and cool screen savers, you will love this one.

Some people are great photographers, with very expensive lenses and filter, etc. Such photographers rarely need to touch up their work. Others are  less adept in the field, and more able behind the computer. I think I would fall into the latter category. I love photography, and occassionally I will take a photo that needs not a drop of photoshop manipulation. But that’s is rare. I usually take a descent photo, and enhance it in Photoshop. Not only do I get a fantastic result, I always learn a thing or two new as I work. This method works fine for me and lots of others. My favorite tools to use for photo enhancement are NIC Color Efex filters. Overall I use the “Sunshine” filter the most to enhance colors and to liven up nature photos shot on dreary days. I also very much enjoy the “Black & White”, “Old Photos”, and “Colorize” photos. Have you ever wished there was a one click filter to change a color without losing shadow and depth? The “Colorize” filter is about as close as it gets. No playing around with channels, hue/saturation, color mixer, selected color, etc. You just pick the color, saturation strength, and colorize method. It’s awesome!

To create this effect, I used “Monday Morning” filter, “Midnight Green”, and “Sunshine” filters from NIC Color FX. This is a deliberate manipulation effect, but NIC filters are great for color enhancements as well.

This is the original, taken many, many years ago at Montana de Oro

This photo is part of a 360 degree virtual tour photograph. This is the final effect of a mix of “Sunshine”, “Brilliance/Warmth” filters, and Photoshop “Curves”. The effect is dramatic due to the overhead rain clouds.

This photo was taken in the middle of winter. We tried to make out before dark, but the sun had just gone down and it started to sprinkle when we finally made it. The photo came out dark, faded, and dreary.

Practice in saturation. This is a bit over saturated, but I still love the effect.

This is my Mom merged with Bruce Willis.

Just  little fun I was having…

Leopard Shark, Monterey Bay Aquarium