Holga Competing Sites

Using Yahoo! i searched for the terms 'Holga' and 'Holga for beginners'. Unlucky for Holga users there really is not much out there of value which shows up in the first page of Yahoo! results. This is, however, very good news for me as it means that I am able to create a site which will not have a lot of major competition to get into one of the top ranking spots.

Yahoo! search using the phrase Holga



1. www.holgamods.com - definatley not a site for beginners. This site is about making alterations to your camera.

2. Wikipedia

3. www.argonauta.com/html/holga_cameras.htm



4.www.holga.com redirects to http://www.smartspace.com/ which is a storage space company!!

5. http://shop.lomography.com/holga/ - This is the shopping part of http://www.lomography.com which is a site which has information on all sorts of lomography cameras - including Holga. The navigation is very bad and the site is cluttered. There are some good points about this site such as the 'Lomo spaces' where users can upload their photos and have them displayed for free. I will use a similar idea to this, but instead I will have people send me their photos and I will choose which ones will be displayed in the gallery.



Yahoo! search using the phrase Holga for beginners



1. Wikipedia

2. http://www.tlucretius.net/Photo/eHolga.html - part of a blog.



3. Amazon.com

4. A PDF file on holga use

5. Amazon.com

But is there a market for it? I hear you say. YES! Most definately. I am a Holga camera user myself and through online communities such as Myspace I have been able to meet many likeminded people who are very interested in the Holga camera, but have learnt how to use it only through trial and error or by asking friends who have learnt through trial and error. I want to promote the beauty of the Holga and take the trial and error part out of the equation and create a user friendly site which explains the basics in detail, but not too much detail.