Learn How To Tag Images in Blogger To Drive Traffic..!
A Tag is simple HTML code that tells search robots what the image is all about. It is the description of image. This Tag is different from the tags that you add to photos in Facebook. Because here you must be selective with your choice of rich keywords. For example, lets look at this HTML Code for an Image below:
<img src="IMAGE LINK" />By adding this code any where in your templates will display an image. When robots scan your content they look for every detail and when they come across you image HTML code they do not recognize what the image is all about. It can't judge if it is an image on Tech News or Bloging Tips/Tricks. But to let robots index each of your images you must add an "alt" Tag, This alt Tag was introduced by Google so that images could be well described, categorized and indexed. This Tag tells the robot about the purpose of the image. For Example:
<img src="IMAGE LINK" alt="SEO Tips" />As you can see in the above code that the yellow highlighted part tells Search engine spiders that the image being displayed is about "SEO Tips" You just need to add two-three short words to describe your image. Thus alt tag is basically a short HTML code i.e. alt=" " and you add the description of image between the inverted commas.
Optimized Image Tags:
You have to keep the following tips in mind while writing description for your pictures, photos or any image, because by just adding a alt tag to your image code wont turn your image into an optimized one.. So:
Keep Description limited to 4 words. Even if less than that is better.
Don't write full sentences to describe images. Instead of writing "Best SEO Tips to Optimize Images in Blogspot" Simply Tag it as "Image SEO Tips" or "Optimized Images" or "How To Optimize Images".
Just like not every keyword should be added to Post titles, similarly not every keyword should be added to Image Tags. Brief, Precise and relevant tagged images always score high. Keep it simple as much as possible. Google is smart enough to attach related keywords to your image from your post content.
Always Add an intro image to your posts. I always add an intro image at the start of every post and I tag it sensibly so that the image Tag may clearly synchronize with the post title. Use your best keywords in your intro images.
Do not tag images with senseless words. If the image is a screenshot of an installation process step for instance Photoshop. Then instead of writing as "Click settings" or "Click Next" give it a rich tag like "Photoshop Settings" or "Best Photoshop settings"
Tag the image with normal English words and avoid use of special characters like %, $, #, @,&, -, _ etc. (Mybloggerticks)
How to add alt Tags To Blogger Images?
Whenever you add a photo to your post editor, always switch to "Edit HTML" mode and find the HTML code for the image which will look like this:
By doing this, you've turned your images into a traffic driving source, and you can expect fair amount of increase in daily visitors just by adopting the habit of Image Tagging.
Don't write full sentences to describe images. Instead of writing "Best SEO Tips to Optimize Images in Blogspot" Simply Tag it as "Image SEO Tips" or "Optimized Images" or "How To Optimize Images".
Just like not every keyword should be added to Post titles, similarly not every keyword should be added to Image Tags. Brief, Precise and relevant tagged images always score high. Keep it simple as much as possible. Google is smart enough to attach related keywords to your image from your post content.
Always Add an intro image to your posts. I always add an intro image at the start of every post and I tag it sensibly so that the image Tag may clearly synchronize with the post title. Use your best keywords in your intro images.
Do not tag images with senseless words. If the image is a screenshot of an installation process step for instance Photoshop. Then instead of writing as "Click settings" or "Click Next" give it a rich tag like "Photoshop Settings" or "Best Photoshop settings"
Tag the image with normal English words and avoid use of special characters like %, $, #, @,&, -, _ etc. (Mybloggerticks)
How to add alt Tags To Blogger Images?
Whenever you add a photo to your post editor, always switch to "Edit HTML" mode and find the HTML code for the image which will look like this:
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s4duV3rFdNU/TraScxE5PoI/AAAAAAAAFVo/ZkfRcPAVpkI/image%25255B30%25255D.png?imgmax=800" ><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s4duV3rFdNU/TraScxE5PoI/AAAAAAAAFVo/ZkfRcPAVpkI/image%25255B30%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></a>Although it's somehow nasty but you just need to identify the HTML code of the image which is the highlighted portion. Add the alt tag just after <img as shown below,
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s4duV3rFdNU/TraScxE5PoI/AAAAAAAAFVo/ZkfRcPAVpkI/image%25255B30%25255D.png?imgmax=800" ><img alt="IMAGE DESCRIPTION" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s4duV3rFdNU/TraScxE5PoI/AAAAAAAAFVo/ZkfRcPAVpkI/image%25255B30%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></a>
By doing this, you've turned your images into a traffic driving source, and you can expect fair amount of increase in daily visitors just by adopting the habit of Image Tagging.
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