Ranking Your Mini-Site on Google
Being online isn't enough to be found. What really matters when you have just one page.
Choosing the words people search for
SEO starts with a question: what phrase would someone type to find someone like you? “Children's illustrator Lyon,” “wedding photographer Brittany,” “freelance packaging graphic designer.” These are the keywords that should appear in your title and your opening lines—not general phrases like “passionate creative.”
Optimizing the page title
The title is the strongest signal. It should be around sixty characters long and include your profession and your name. The description, which can be a bit longer, doesn't affect ranking but influences clicks.
Describing your images
A search engine cannot see your visuals: it reads their descriptions. Providing the title and alt text for each image enables access to image search, which is an important channel for visual work.
Having some text
A page made up solely of images offers nothing to index. A few paragraphs describing your work, techniques, and clients is enough to provide substance—there's no need to write an entire page.
Being cited elsewhere
Links pointing to your page matter: social profiles, professional directories, articles where you are mentioned, client websites. Put your address wherever you already exist.
Giving it time
A new page takes a few weeks to rank. This is normal and has nothing to do with the quality of what you’ve published.
