Optimizing your site for google images is as important as optimising your site for google search. Google images can bring as much traffic as google search can, Its often a step forgotten or left by webmasters but is very important and will prove to be a very beneficial to your site.

For the purpose of this tutorial I will be using the search term 'Motorbike as by example'











Below are 7 steps which you should follow to google image domination!

1. Always save the pictures with a relevant title. I.e 'Motorbike.png' not 'asjbk213.png'

2. Always use an alt tag for your images. I.e "alt='Motorbike'

3. Place images in and around relevant text. Don't place pictures of a motorbike on a celebrity blog.

4. Use anchor text like you would for a link to link to your picture.

5. Make sure your robot.txt file isn't blocking access to the photos, if your using a few host such as blogger then you don't need to worry about this.

6. Enable the 'Enhanced image search' option on google webmasters tools. To do this go on google webmasters tools click on 'Settings' tab the box Include my site in Google Image Labeler and select 'Save'

7. Always upload a picture so it has its own page, Then link to it from the original blog post with a thumbnail pictures an anchor text.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post and to check if any pictures from your blog have been indexed in google type this into your address bar; http://images.google.com/images?q=site:google.com replacing google.com with your site. It can take up to 6 months to get your images indexed on google images so don't be impatient if there not done in 24 hours like your website!

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