Would pictures help SEO?

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RustyRuckus

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Said I had a blog about skateboard videos or something. Would making posts on it with sort of photo albums help improve the SEO of the site over all.

 

blackheader

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RustyRuckus

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kendra

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If you make text posts of around 350 to 500 words and then add 3 or 5 pictures in along with relevant ALT text, then yes - the pictures will help.

 

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bizseo

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They definitely help seo.
Just name the pics like this:
relevant-keyword-long-phrase.jpg
And alt tag:
alt="Relevant keyword long phrase"
At least if the user will click the pic will reduce bounce rate.

 

BassTrackerBoats

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bizseo said:

They definitely help seo.
Just name the pics like this:
relevant-keyword-long-phrase.jpg
And alt tag:
alt="Relevant keyword long phrase"
At least if the user will click the pic will reduce bounce rate.

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Exactly what he said.

I always name my pics a long tailed keyword and you would be surprised how much action you get from google images as well as a benefit in the text searches.

 

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z3zim4

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My theory is that google ranks sites better if they have images. Dunno if it works...