Archive for 'Ask Bj.' Category
Canvas Prints
2 July 2006CanvasonDemand - Canvas On Demand transforms your pictures, digital photo enlargements, traditional photo enlargements, family portraits, senior portraits and pet portraits into beautiful giclee style canvas prints. A photo on canvas makes for a unique gift for any occasion
What is ‘Spidered’ - put simply.
29 June 2006‘Spidered’ is what it is called when the Search Engines decide your site is worthy of listing in their databases and your files are spread across the Internet. (sites do not show up in searches, until they are listed.)
Use your mouse to test emails for Scams!
28 June 2006Just a reminder and/or a tip…simply place your mouse over the link in your email without clicking. Then look at the bottom of your application window in the left hand corner….
What is a link farm? Should I submit?
22 May 2006“Bj…would you take a look at this link request and tell me if it is a good thing?”
Good morning!
If you click on the link and go to the page, you will see that what they are
offering you is an EIGHT page-deep link farm. *Remember what I told you
about SE spiders only going 4 deep? There [...]
Art Fakes
15 May 2006It is unfortunate and absolutely NOT a compliment that Bj. de Castro’s Fine Art Paintings and Prints are being forged. In order to protect unsuspecting buyers and decastroart’s International Copyright Law Rights, we are going to start listing the offenders below.
Working with Online Galleries
23 February 2006Showing your art online with an Internet Art Gallery
“Bj., do you find it positive to show online with the Internet Art Galleries, what are my options, how do I choose and what about sales?”
The very first time I did a seach-right after I finished my first website, I found only a handful of sites that [...]
How to tell if it is an Original, Reproduction or Print?
14 August 2005There are a lot of ways to tell if a piece is a reproduction or an original, especially to a trained artist. If you are not an artist, but rather a collector, let me tell you about a few things that anyone could look for. As far as authenticity, if you determine that it is [...]
Help with promotion & selling
19 December 2004Good day.
This is Sergey from RUSSIA. My Dad, Vasilij Belikov, was the artist. He has created a lot of beautiful oil paintings. In 1994 he died. Unfortunately the artist is almost unknown among the connoisseurs, collectors and lovers of art. So I am trying now to acquaint the world with his art through Internet. . [...]