SEO for image
- Thread starter kaivo147
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Yup, I agree with you. Before, I've never used that but I've read that it can also help and contribute in making your site visible to search engines. Especially in Google where there is a Google Image search, right?
image optimization is included in on page seo and it is necessary to optimize it else if you dont optimize it and your competitor does then it has more points than you in the eye of Google ..
Share your image in pintrest, tumblr
You need to add title and ALT tags for your images and try to use your targeted keywords in these tags. These will help for Image SEO.
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surya kumar
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It needs title, Alt tags and descriptions and depends on some more factors like PA, DA.
Very nice information,it was very beneficial for me thanks all 
Image SEO should be in every online marketeer's and copywriter's toolbox. Here's what you should take in account to optimize your images!
You must be do fill up alt , description,and write same image content .
Put non-copied image and put alt tags to each images.
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Vivienne Cazarez
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I want to mention something that no one has mentioned. In order to do so, you have to optimize the whole page. Now a days, google see the whole content with tags (and other important things). 10 days back, I read an article on semrush, they carry out case study mentioning the content factor.
All giving answer without understating question Firstly you have to know what they are talking.
Hello kaivo,
Make proper optimization of all the images,
add properties to it
select some of the photo sharing sites like flicker, fourspace, we heart it and many other
upload images to this sites
and add the description to it,
then share the uploaded link over social networking sites.
This is the effective way as SEO for pictures
Image Optimization Best-Practice #1: Alt Text
When you see a picture of a baby crying, you instantly recognize what’s going on in the picture.
The problem is, this instant recognition isn’t possible for search engine spiders at this time. Instead, you must help the spiders understand each of your images with alt text.
What is image alt text?
The short answer is, it’s the text that the search engine uses to understand images.
To include it, you simply add alt="this is your alt text" to your image tag. Here’s an example:
<img src="baby-crying.jpg" alt="Baby Crying" />
It’s that simple.
Image Optimization Best-Practice #2: File Size
You know page load times matter for SEO, right now, right?
Right.
So, to ensure that your images don’t torpedo your fast load times, make the image file size as small as possible (without sacrificing quality, of course).
With free tools like Picnik and Image Optimizer at your disposal, there’s no excuse
Oh, and one more thing…
DO NOT let your browser resize a large image to look smaller.
When you have a large image, and input height and width tags on that image to make the image smaller, people load the large image first, and then the browser resizes it.
To solve it, always use an image editing program to make your image a desired size, and upload that.
Image Optimization Best-Practice #3: File Name
Before you upload your image, pick a descriptive filename—preferably a file name you want that image to rank for—because it will help with your search engine rankings.
For example, if you want to see this in action, just do a sample search and view the images that rank. They almost always have the keyword you searched for in their file name.
Or, see the image below… here with WordPress SEO.
Image Optimization Best-Practice #4: Captions
As of right now, there’s no direct relation between image captions and search engine rankings (that I know of).
However, bounce rates are taken into account.
What do I mean by bounce rate?
If someone searches for a term, clicks on your page, and bounces back to the search page quickly, search engines use that as a factor for rankings.
It makes sense too… Why would someone go back to the search results?
Because the content they clicked on didn’t satisfy what they were looking for.
And that’s where image captions come in.
Next to your headline, image captions are important because they are one of the most well-read pieces of content on your entire site.
So, if you fail to use them, you’re losing out on one more chance to lower your bounce rate.
When you see a picture of a baby crying, you instantly recognize what’s going on in the picture.
The problem is, this instant recognition isn’t possible for search engine spiders at this time. Instead, you must help the spiders understand each of your images with alt text.
What is image alt text?
The short answer is, it’s the text that the search engine uses to understand images.
To include it, you simply add alt="this is your alt text" to your image tag. Here’s an example:
<img src="baby-crying.jpg" alt="Baby Crying" />
It’s that simple.
Image Optimization Best-Practice #2: File Size
You know page load times matter for SEO, right now, right?
Right.
So, to ensure that your images don’t torpedo your fast load times, make the image file size as small as possible (without sacrificing quality, of course).
With free tools like Picnik and Image Optimizer at your disposal, there’s no excuse
Oh, and one more thing…
DO NOT let your browser resize a large image to look smaller.
When you have a large image, and input height and width tags on that image to make the image smaller, people load the large image first, and then the browser resizes it.
To solve it, always use an image editing program to make your image a desired size, and upload that.
Image Optimization Best-Practice #3: File Name
Before you upload your image, pick a descriptive filename—preferably a file name you want that image to rank for—because it will help with your search engine rankings.
For example, if you want to see this in action, just do a sample search and view the images that rank. They almost always have the keyword you searched for in their file name.
Or, see the image below… here with WordPress SEO.
Image Optimization Best-Practice #4: Captions
As of right now, there’s no direct relation between image captions and search engine rankings (that I know of).
However, bounce rates are taken into account.
What do I mean by bounce rate?
If someone searches for a term, clicks on your page, and bounces back to the search page quickly, search engines use that as a factor for rankings.
It makes sense too… Why would someone go back to the search results?
Because the content they clicked on didn’t satisfy what they were looking for.
And that’s where image captions come in.
Next to your headline, image captions are important because they are one of the most well-read pieces of content on your entire site.
So, if you fail to use them, you’re losing out on one more chance to lower your bounce rate.
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