Put into Google the question “what is the most popular photograph of Dorset?”
I did. And it’s not that simple. I didn’t get the definitive answer to my question. Which is a shame. I thought I might be able to find the fast track to working out which were the most popular pictures of Dorset, and then put it/ them on my Dorset Photographer page.
But there are no such silver bullets. Unfortunately.
No. No replacement for good old fashioned hard work.
I tried something else.
“What is the most popular location in Dorset?”
Top answer on Google was the Trip Adviser page, “Things to do in Dorset”
From which I got this Top 10 Things to Do in Dorset;
- The Tank Museum (Bovington)
- Weymouth Beach
- Bournemouth Beach
- Monkey World
- Hengistbury Head
- Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door
- Swanage Railway
- Dorset Heavy Horse Farm
- Brownsea Island
- Sculpture by Lakes (Dorchester)
I kept on going with the next 10
- Sherborne Abbey
- Weymouth Harbour
- Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum (Bournemouth)
- Lower Gardens (Bournemouth)
- Old Harry Rocks (Swanage)
- Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park (Poole)
- Nothe Fort (Weymouth)
- Poole Harbour
- Corfe Castle
- Sandbanks
Ok that is the top 20 things to do in Dorset as per Trip Adviser, and not looking good for the images I have.
So, what do I have pictures of on this page of my website?
- Bournemouth Beach
- Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door
- Swanage Railway
- Brownsea Island
- Poole Harbour
- Corfe Castle
- Sandbanks
7 out of 20. Could do better…..
Well if I add these 7 locations to the images I wrote about yesterday that I am happy to have on my Dorset Photographer page then a picture (no pun intended honest) is emerging.
- Kimmeridge Bay at sunrise
- West bay beach at sunset
- Dorset Red Post sign
- Durdle Door
- Cove Fish
- Bats Head
I think I might have found the answer to my dilemma of which images to show on my Dorset Photographer web page.
And the answer was research.
And thinking a bit more about this I could go and photograph all these locations, and create a new web page called
Top 20 locations in Dorset, or something like that.
Trip Adviser is not a bad place to research what is and is not popular in a place. I have never thought of doing this before, and now that I have it makes perfect sense.
OK this is beginning to work out nicely, and is also giving me a plan for other location specific website pages.
Rick McEvoy Photography
Friday 7th April 2017