Image SEO.

How is it that you get good results from images on google?

I am told that if i name the image a keyword then that will get great results.. but i am not sure.

Could someone share there views on this.

Not really different than doing seo on an html page.

Some key factors are :

1) Incoming links from pages that are related to the keywords
2) alt attribute with the right keywords when the image is displayed
3) The filename of the image should also have some keywords

So this is not as "super" important as everyone claims?

I believe it depends on the site, but in general I don't think you can maximize your sales from image search traffic :)

Keep in mind too that a huge percentage of the people using image search are actually looking for pictures to use for their own websites and projects.

If however, you have a topic that has somewhat poor results in the regular search area, image searches do sometimes bring in a nice bit of traffic. I see that with my own sites.

using images and placing an Alt tags in it can help a lot...

Absolutely Correct !!!! Google or other search engines cant read images but if we add keyword rich alt tag to that image it comes top for that keywords....!!!!!!!!!



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for me, there really is a great possibility to rank your image in a certain keyword if you use this keyword in file name and alt tag inside the image tag. here's the example: <img src="image-url-with-keyword-as-a-file-name" alt="keyword">.

traffic from google image search is a waste of bandwidth if you ask me

its true alt and image names are concerned with image SEO

It's a pretty minor element, but if it helps, it helps. Probably much more helpful for onsite optimization of longer tail phrases that are less competitive.

Don't forget to give the image an alt tag, otherwise google won't index it!

Hi,

Thanks for let me know about the SEO images. This information is really worthy for newbies.

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Nope, and as far as I know, the text is still the mian player!

We do some pretty extensive photo album uploading for our small buisness SEO clients. It is working out well for us.

My boss teaches that if you want something from Google, use Google's picasaweb.

The alt attribute works best for Images.
:-)

Stuffing the alt and image names with your keywords can contribute to traffic, but not apocalyptic traffic. Most people who search for images are looking to use them for their own sites. A portion of that may want to look into articles with good visuals. 

Search engines crawl the picture is mainly to extract keywords from the tag, it is important to note

The best way to get as much optimization on image as you can....

If we use any images or picture  we will have to use Alt attributes.Eventhough it is better to reduce the use of pictures. It is specified using the HTML alt tag. Search engine s save the value of image ALT attributes when they index pages.ALT attributes are very important in SEO.

see images always attract the visitors...and MR. James had also said very correctly..

Rename ur image as your keyword name by alt attribute

i think image SEO is going to be the next big thing....

Well but it can't be until and unless unless google bots start crawling the images! :)

Images work the same way as pages do.. the more backlinks you have the better.

its corect al and images are useful

hi, its true.

alt tags are the main for the images

Images could be backlinks

Normal Human  loves  to see image instead of content  because , imagae are so attractive

It defines image descriptions within a website. You can attach text to an image to describe it so that Search Engines can also find it. ALT descriptions help you rank higher in search engines.

Keywords in alt text, text around the image, image name, page title;
Preferred image formatting ??? jpg;
Separate SE accessible image folder;
Image freshness. (SEW suggests re-uploading your images to keep them fresh);
Enabled image search option at Google webmaster tool.
Reasonable image file size (see the discussion at WW)
Limited number of images per page;
Popular and reliable photo sharing hosting (e.g. Flickr is reported to help in Yahoo! image optimization).

Yes, but the image should be related to that keyword and keyword should be related to the content of the page where image is to be placed.