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By: Maxi-Pedia

Maxi-Pedia — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:35:51 +0000

This is web design 101. Man, I am surprised someone actually can write the whole page about this.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:16:09 +0000

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By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:13:01 +0000

@ Christian, yup, I grew up just across the river. Looks like I’m gonna have to break out my black Cards hat though, the birds are playing like the Cubs.

Also, you might want to check out that article on Dosh Dosh about how to get more from image searches as well. Thinkings like linking to your pictures, and using related text near the image definitely help as well.

By: ChristianPF

ChristianPF — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:03:43 +0000

First off, I have been using alt tags for a while and I haven’t noticed any traffic from them, but I probably need to dig down deeper in Analytics – I will take a look – but I think you are right, even if it only brings 30 visitors, it is better than 0 – yea most of them are only there for a few seconds, but maybe they might click some good links!!

Second, I noticed the Cards hat in your pic – are you from the Lou?

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:38:42 +0000

@ John, it's true that many image searchers are just looking for the image, however, they can still be targeted traffic. I mean they are obviously interested in your topic right? Also, if you use the trick I outlined in the follow up post, Make the Most of Each Image Search, you'll find a way to extract even more value from your images.

By: John

John — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:22:04 +0000

I agree with Adam Snider. Most of the image searchers are looking for images and not the information on the site. These people will copy or hotlink the image and nothing more!

This kind of traffic actually a waste of bandwidth. But if you want the numbers in your traffic graphs to spike up, then any traffic is good traffic!

By: Website Design

Website Design — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:40:42 +0000

Great advice. As a web designer / seo I certainly see the value of using Alt Tags. Also, in order to be xhtml compliant, you need to have one anyway. Great post.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:09:12 +0000

@ Maki, thanks for stopping in. That’s a GREAT post and incredibly useful tips. Come to think of it, I’d better make sure my image folder is accessible as you mentioned. Also, I’ve found linking to images (which you mention), just like sites, is the quickest way to get them indexed and “ranking” so to speak.

Also, I completely agree, image search traffic should not be underestimated, especially with Google introducing more and more different types of results in their main search engine result pages.

By: Maki

Maki — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:14 +0000

Ben,

A problem is getting the images actually indexed on Google Images. From what I see with my own sites, they do take some time to index the images.

Great post overall and image search traffic is definitely not to be underestimated.

I have a similar post which you might find useful:
19 Ways to Get More Traffic to Your Site Using Google Images