When the robots of Google crawl your blog post, they do not only crawl the written content of your post but they also crawl images. So, you need to SEO optimize images to get some extra traffic because many people use images search option in Google. It's a nice opportunity to get those visitors to your blog. Images optimization will also increase your overall ranking.
Pictures also give beautiful look to your post, if you use beautiful and unique ones. I advise you to use at least one related image in every post. So, let me tell you some ways to SEO Optimize images in Blogger.
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Name Your Image Files, Properly
Before uploading image, rename the image with proper name. Suppose I want to add an image of a mobile, I need to name the image, which has to be uploaded, i.e Samsung Galaxy SIII. I mean, I'll rename the image file with the model of the Phone or any other perfect name.
Add Alt Text To Images
Alt Text is the way, through which you can tell search engines that what your image is about. Search Engines robots must concentrate on it. So, it is necessary to use alternative text with the keyword of the images. You can add Alt text by editing the HTML source code of your post but Blogger provides an easy way which is given as below.
- Left click on the image.
- You will see a blue horizontal bar as you are watching the following screen shot.
- Click on Properties option.
- Now, add the alt text in the box.
- That's it.
Image Title Tag Should be Added For SEO
Title is the piece of text which appears when we place our mouse on the image for 1 or 2 seconds. See the screen shot below to understand what I mean
Adding the title of the image is also very important for image SEO. You should use keywords of the image in the title. But the question is that how to add image title text in blogger.
- Left click on the image and click on the properties option and enter the title of your image in the Title box
- Click on OK
Add Image Caption
Caption is the text which is added below the image. It tells the visitors that what your image is showing and what is the purpose of adding this image. Look at the following screen shot to understand exactly that what is caption.
In the above image, you are seeing that a text is available just below the image. Actually, this text is called caption.
The caption of the image plays the important role in the SEO of your images. So use keywords of the image in the Caption. You can easily add caption text in the images in blogger.
- Right click on the image and select Add caption from the blue list.
- Enter your text.
- You've done!
Use Images of Small Sizes
Images of huge sizes can cause to increase your blog's loading time, visitor and search engines don't like slow blogs. So, you need to use images of short sizes. By the way, this is an extra tip to SEO optimize images.
If you'll follow all the above mentioned tips, I hope, you will be able to see a lot of improvements in your blog's pictures SEO optimization. If you find this post useful, then share it with your friends on all social sharing websites and if you have any question, don't hesitate to ask me in comments section.