Proper way to do image SEO?

[Frap]

Hey,

Just curious as to everyones strategy with image SEO?

What do you type for Alt Text, Caption, etc..?

Thanks guys!

 

[gregz06]

Just describe the image in alt including some keywords. It's not rocket science.

 

[sobolanu]

In the name of the image you put a variation of the keyword your page targets.
In the ALT tag you describe the image with a normal sentence that doesn't sound weird when read out loud.
Make sure its size isn't too big (no more than 100-150kB)

Follow this and you should be fine

 

[TheMarquis]

If the image is downloaded from Google:
1. Try to make the image unique ( resize the image, flip/mirror it, edit elements from inside of it ).
2. Modify the image extension ( from png to jpg, for example )
3. Edit the name of the image with your kw. Also, edit the image property details ( title, subject, tags - here you should insert some related long keywords, in a proper number - , comments. Also, fill the authors and copyright with your article url ).
4. When you upload it to your website ( let's say, your website is developed through WordPress CMS ), also insert the kw in the image alt, desc.

 

[ScribScribScrib]

Yoast has an in-depth article on it https://yoast.com/image-seo/

 

[sobolanu]

4. When you upload it to your website ( let's say, your website is developed through WordPress CMS ), also insert the kw in the image alt, desc.

You're not supposed to put your keywords in the alt-tag. You can if it makes sense, but its primary function is for you to describe the picture so users with screen-readers will know what the image is about.

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

Too many people put up images on their website and do not take advantage of Image SEO. It is pretty typical when I look at a site that I see that the image is named image 123456 or some such thing and that does nothing at all to aid you in the process of getting your site ranked or of getting your images ranked.

Both the image and the nomenclature attached to the image are important.

There are several places where you can take advantage of some pretty easy on-site SEO with a little bit of work and, odds are, the competition in your niche is not taking advantage of this so you'll get an immediate leg up on them in Google's eyes when the bots crawl the site and see your site in their little bot eyes.

The easy one to hit on in this process is the caption. Your caption can be your main keyword or a very small variation of the keyword to identify what you are sharing with the reader. I almost always just use the main keyword as the caption as I am stressing that point to the visitor that actually reads it.

There is a place to give your image an alternative name called "alternative text". This is where I will either use a synonym or even go and use a longer tailed keyword. Do not give it the same name as your caption as that is wasting the opportunity to get more keywords in front of the bots face and thus missing out on some free easy SEO.

Next place to consider when using images on your site for SEO is the description. Here you can really ride the wild stallion and add in 150 - 200 words about the image. I come real close to keyword stuffing here and, although what I put makes sense, I am not worried about it being Pulitzer prize material. I want to give the bots something to consider and take back to Google central so they say, "Hey, the guy from yPick.me has a pretty strong site, let's rank it!" so there is some meat in that part of the image backend.

Not much to it, Folks, but I do believe and have seen, this be an aspect of SEO that many people need to address and fail to do so. Image SEO could be a game changer if you are in a close race with the other guy that is trying to rank for the same things as you so take five minutes of your life and use it to your advantage.

 

[sobolanu]

Too many people put up images on their website and do not take advantage of Image SEO. It is pretty typical when I look at a site that I see that the image is named image 123456 or some such thing and that does nothing at all to aid you in the process of getting your site ranked or of getting your images ranked.

Both the image and the nomenclature attached to the image are important.

There are several places where you can take advantage of some pretty easy on-site SEO with a little bit of work and, odds are, the competition in your niche is not taking advantage of this so you'll get an immediate leg up on them in Google's eyes when the bots crawl the site and see your site in their little bot eyes.

The easy one to hit on in this process is the caption. Your caption can be your main keyword or a very small variation of the keyword to identify what you are sharing with the reader. I almost always just use the main keyword as the caption as I am stressing that point to the visitor that actually reads it.

There is a place to give your image an alternative name called "alternative text". This is where I will either use a synonym or even go and use a longer tailed keyword. Do not give it the same name as your caption as that is wasting the opportunity to get more keywords in front of the bots face and thus missing out on some free easy SEO.

Next place to consider when using images on your site for SEO is the description. Here you can really ride the wild stallion and add in 150 - 200 words about the image. I come real close to keyword stuffing here and, although what I put makes sense, I am not worried about it being Pulitzer prize material. I want to give the bots something to consider and take back to Google central so they say, "Hey, the guy from yPick.me has a pretty strong site, let's rank it!" so there is some meat in that part of the image backend.

Not much to it, Folks, but I do believe and have seen, this be an aspect of SEO that many people need to address and fail to do so. Image SEO could be a game changer if you are in a close race with the other guy that is trying to rank for the same things as you so take five minutes of your life and use it to your advantage.

ALT text needs to describe the picture, it's good if you can do it while using long-tail keywords but the way you phrased it can make people think you can use it to stuff a long-tail keyword when it's not always right to do so.

 

[Frap]

Too many people put up images on their website and do not take advantage of Image SEO. It is pretty typical when I look at a site that I see that the image is named image 123456 or some such thing and that does nothing at all to aid you in the process of getting your site ranked or of getting your images ranked.

Both the image and the nomenclature attached to the image are important.

There are several places where you can take advantage of some pretty easy on-site SEO with a little bit of work and, odds are, the competition in your niche is not taking advantage of this so you'll get an immediate leg up on them in Google's eyes when the bots crawl the site and see your site in their little bot eyes.

The easy one to hit on in this process is the caption. Your caption can be your main keyword or a very small variation of the keyword to identify what you are sharing with the reader. I almost always just use the main keyword as the caption as I am stressing that point to the visitor that actually reads it.

There is a place to give your image an alternative name called "alternative text". This is where I will either use a synonym or even go and use a longer tailed keyword. Do not give it the same name as your caption as that is wasting the opportunity to get more keywords in front of the bots face and thus missing out on some free easy SEO.

Next place to consider when using images on your site for SEO is the description. Here you can really ride the wild stallion and add in 150 - 200 words about the image. I come real close to keyword stuffing here and, although what I put makes sense, I am not worried about it being Pulitzer prize material. I want to give the bots something to consider and take back to Google central so they say, "Hey, the guy from yPick.me has a pretty strong site, let's rank it!" so there is some meat in that part of the image backend.

Not much to it, Folks, but I do believe and have seen, this be an aspect of SEO that many people need to address and fail to do so. Image SEO could be a game changer if you are in a close race with the other guy that is trying to rank for the same things as you so take five minutes of your life and use it to your advantage.

Thanks for this mate! Highly appreciated!

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

Thanks for this mate! Highly appreciated!

It is a copy and paste from one of my blogs from something I wrote in 2014 so there was no real effort today but I sure hope it helps you out.

 

[Akash Mondal]

Too many people put up images on their website and do not take advantage of Image SEO. It is pretty typical when I look at a site that I see that the image is named image 123456 or some such thing and that does nothing at all to aid you in the process of getting your site ranked or of getting your images ranked.

Both the image and the nomenclature attached to the image are important.

There are several places where you can take advantage of some pretty easy on-site SEO with a little bit of work and, odds are, the competition in your niche is not taking advantage of this so you'll get an immediate leg up on them in Google's eyes when the bots crawl the site and see your site in their little bot eyes.

The easy one to hit on in this process is the caption. Your caption can be your main keyword or a very small variation of the keyword to identify what you are sharing with the reader. I almost always just use the main keyword as the caption as I am stressing that point to the visitor that actually reads it.

There is a place to give your image an alternative name called "alternative text". This is where I will either use a synonym or even go and use a longer tailed keyword. Do not give it the same name as your caption as that is wasting the opportunity to get more keywords in front of the bots face and thus missing out on some free easy SEO.

Next place to consider when using images on your site for SEO is the description. Here you can really ride the wild stallion and add in 150 - 200 words about the image. I come real close to keyword stuffing here and, although what I put makes sense, I am not worried about it being Pulitzer prize material. I want to give the bots something to consider and take back to Google central so they say, "Hey, the guy from yPick.me has a pretty strong site, let's rank it!" so there is some meat in that part of the image backend.

Not much to it, Folks, but I do believe and have seen, this be an aspect of SEO that many people need to address and fail to do so. Image SEO could be a game changer if you are in a close race with the other guy that is trying to rank for the same things as you so take five minutes of your life and use it to your advantage.

Thank you for detailed writing. Very insightful..
Thank you BTB..

 

[mhtro]

https://mega.nz/#F!q3Y3iIpC!F-h_wmY8K_0U0vovYFy2JA
Everything you need to know about Image SEO

 

[Akash Mondal]

https://mega.nz/#F!q3Y3iIpC!F-h_wmY8K_0U0vovYFy2JA
Everything you need to know about Image SEO

Did you created these all..??
Just checked at a glance. Will check in detail tomorrow..
Thanks for sharing..

 

[TheVigilante]

Too many people put up images on their website and do not take advantage of Image SEO. It is pretty typical when I look at a site that I see that the image is named image 123456 or some such thing and that does nothing at all to aid you in the process of getting your site ranked or of getting your images ranked.

Both the image and the nomenclature attached to the image are important.

There are several places where you can take advantage of some pretty easy on-site SEO with a little bit of work and, odds are, the competition in your niche is not taking advantage of this so you'll get an immediate leg up on them in Google's eyes when the bots crawl the site and see your site in their little bot eyes.

The easy one to hit on in this process is the caption. Your caption can be your main keyword or a very small variation of the keyword to identify what you are sharing with the reader. I almost always just use the main keyword as the caption as I am stressing that point to the visitor that actually reads it.

There is a place to give your image an alternative name called "alternative text". This is where I will either use a synonym or even go and use a longer tailed keyword. Do not give it the same name as your caption as that is wasting the opportunity to get more keywords in front of the bots face and thus missing out on some free easy SEO.

Next place to consider when using images on your site for SEO is the description. Here you can really ride the wild stallion and add in 150 - 200 words about the image. I come real close to keyword stuffing here and, although what I put makes sense, I am not worried about it being Pulitzer prize material. I want to give the bots something to consider and take back to Google central so they say, "Hey, the guy from yPick.me has a pretty strong site, let's rank it!" so there is some meat in that part of the image backend.

Not much to it, Folks, but I do believe and have seen, this be an aspect of SEO that many people need to address and fail to do so. Image SEO could be a game changer if you are in a close race with the other guy that is trying to rank for the same things as you so take five minutes of your life and use it to your advantage.

Golden golden golden

 

[Frap]

https://mega.nz/#F!q3Y3iIpC!F-h_wmY8K_0U0vovYFy2JA
Everything you need to know about Image SEO

Thanks!

 

[alishashaha480]

1. Use the right image.
2. Choose the right file format.
3. Optimize your images for the web.
4. Use informative file names.
5. Pay attention to alt text.
6. Separate your thumbnails from main pictures.
7. Create image sitemaps.
8. Don’t rely on third-party image hosting.
9. Integrate social media.
10. When in doubt, consult Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.

 

[mihirthakur]

There is a place to give your image an alternative name called "alternative text". This is where I will either use a synonym or even go and use a longer tailed keyword. Do not give it the same name as your caption as that is wasting the opportunity to get more keywords in front of the bots face and thus missing out on some free easy SEO.

What if we just stuffed keywords in alt text ? will google penalized us?

 

[sobolanu]

What if we just stuffed keywords in alt text ? will google penalized us?

Yes, alt text is not a place to stuff keywords (nor is any other place, that said)

 

[tanwirs7833]

What if we just stuffed keywords in alt text ? will google penalized us?

yes yes yes if you did anything which looks spammy to google there are chances you're getting banned early

 

[White Label SEO]

Interesting thread, thanks.