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03-31-2011, 07:42 AM
optimizing for Google Images?
Some insights:
1. A src attribute specifying the URL of the image
2. A width declaration in which the width of the image is specified in pixels
3. A height declaration in which the height of the image is specified in pixels
4. An alt attribute that describes the content of the image?this is the #1 element of image-oriented SEO
5. A title attribute that contains text to be displayed when the user hovers his/her mouse over the image
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My experience from the sites are as following:
- Domain trust means a great deal
- On-page optimization has impact too (keywords in: title, h1, content etc. - placing h1 and 1-2 paragraphs with keywords right before image seems to work best for me)
- On-site optimization / good internal linking with keywords in anchor text
- Avoid clearly duplicate images (resizing and "re-compressing" jpeg's works fine)
- Keyword in alt-tag and filename is good but seems less significant than the above factors
And for the record: I don't use width/height attributes etc., I don't use the title attribute, I don't link directly to images or any other "weird techniques".
Also, I only use each image on 1 page. And I only use 1 image in the content of a page.
Btw. regarding porn etc. you need to consider which route you want to go with. The safe-search filter seems to be applied to domains, and getting filtered by safe-search really kills a lot of traffic. Hot chicks in bikinis etc. doesn't seem to be a problem but if just some pictures contain nudity there's a big risk of getting filtered at some point.
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Here is something very interesting I've noticed -- it seems that the image rankings cycle through quite often. I have sites come and go with their image traffic. I've ranked in the top place for a lot of very generic words -- war, heart, and so on.. but the rankings have come and gone. And, since my new projects involve looking at things that have the potential to make $40,000 a day, I don't care anymore to put in the time.
Here is all I ever did:
-basic on page optimization, all 100% old school basic h1, title, repeat keyphrase 5 times or so.
-image in a folder "screenshots" "images" "pictures" or so on
-image with keywords "some-keywords.jpg"
-link a smaller image, 200x200 to a bigger image, 400x400+
-put the keyword/phrase right below the image
Thats it. Nothing fancy at all. Some sites may get 10,000 image traffic visits for every 100 Google SERP visits. The traffic isn't worth a whole lot, but if you can get it, why not?
Some insights:
1. A src attribute specifying the URL of the image
2. A width declaration in which the width of the image is specified in pixels
3. A height declaration in which the height of the image is specified in pixels
4. An alt attribute that describes the content of the image?this is the #1 element of image-oriented SEO
5. A title attribute that contains text to be displayed when the user hovers his/her mouse over the image
########################
My experience from the sites are as following:
- Domain trust means a great deal
- On-page optimization has impact too (keywords in: title, h1, content etc. - placing h1 and 1-2 paragraphs with keywords right before image seems to work best for me)
- On-site optimization / good internal linking with keywords in anchor text
- Avoid clearly duplicate images (resizing and "re-compressing" jpeg's works fine)
- Keyword in alt-tag and filename is good but seems less significant than the above factors
And for the record: I don't use width/height attributes etc., I don't use the title attribute, I don't link directly to images or any other "weird techniques".
Also, I only use each image on 1 page. And I only use 1 image in the content of a page.
Btw. regarding porn etc. you need to consider which route you want to go with. The safe-search filter seems to be applied to domains, and getting filtered by safe-search really kills a lot of traffic. Hot chicks in bikinis etc. doesn't seem to be a problem but if just some pictures contain nudity there's a big risk of getting filtered at some point.
#############################
Here is something very interesting I've noticed -- it seems that the image rankings cycle through quite often. I have sites come and go with their image traffic. I've ranked in the top place for a lot of very generic words -- war, heart, and so on.. but the rankings have come and gone. And, since my new projects involve looking at things that have the potential to make $40,000 a day, I don't care anymore to put in the time.
Here is all I ever did:
-basic on page optimization, all 100% old school basic h1, title, repeat keyphrase 5 times or so.
-image in a folder "screenshots" "images" "pictures" or so on
-image with keywords "some-keywords.jpg"
-link a smaller image, 200x200 to a bigger image, 400x400+
-put the keyword/phrase right below the image
Thats it. Nothing fancy at all. Some sites may get 10,000 image traffic visits for every 100 Google SERP visits. The traffic isn't worth a whole lot, but if you can get it, why not?
