Image SEO? I never thought of this...

[LazySEO]

I wouldn't bother with stuffing unrelated keywords in image tags, but I've had some success with image SEO using related keywords. It seems like more people are starting to use Google and Yahoo image searches, so this should bring even more traffic in the future.

I think it also depends on your niche, though. There's probably a lot less searches for SEO-related images than there would be for something like roses (not a great example, but I can't think of anything else right now.)

[searchbliss]

Originally Posted by Webfu

It could be for the same reason s- - - - blss.com is stuck on the second page of Google for " web tools " - you say the images have been up for a year, perhaps the content around the images is newer as well? Its a brilliant website and looks like its destined to be in the top 5 for web tools eventually.

Probably won't make or break your serp positioning but my answer to your questions above would be these ideas...

1. Your header/logo should link back to your homepage on a site wide scale.

2. Use a simple alt tag for the header link- "Updated web tools are always to be found here at Yourwebsite.com"

3. Name your header - webtools.gif or web-tools.gif {instead of header.gif}

Well, I have added a "clickable" logo named searchbliss-web-tools.jpg. I have added it to "almost" every page (about 95%). I'm still working on this, but I am almost finished. The alt is the index title of SearchBliss, "Web Tools and Free Webnaster Services". I'll see if this is enough to get me off page 2 of Google for web tools, and NOT loose my #1 position for "webmaster services".

[tsf]

interesting, but how do you 'optimize' an image so called to rank in the first page when searching the ALT tag of that image?

[jumpenjuhosaphat]

I'm not real sure if I understand you question, but I think I do.
There are only a few ways that a search engine can rank an image off of information that it gets from you page. The alt and title attributes are one way. The image name too. Perhaps links to the image are counted like IBL's? Context. Plus, it's possible, but I'm not sure, that the search engines view the file header and use that information to rank images. Really, the se's don't have much to go off of, considering they can't view the real content at hand. I think that's why Google implemented Enhanced Image Search, to try to put a human element into the ranking of content unviewable by the bots.

[speedyturtle]

Thanks alot guys really helpful


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