SEO Image Title Strategy

Blue Ford Pick-up SEO Image Title Strategy Billings

One of the most commonly overlooked pieces to a successful search engine optimization campaign is having the proper SEO image title strategy. Often times images are uploaded to a website without a second thought given to what the title of the image is. Before images are even uploaded to a website, they should be properly named.

This requires clicking on the image (find it in the file it resides in) and then typing out the new title when the text highlights in blue. SEO image title strategy comes into play when putting this title in. Think about what it is you are describing in the image and add that in. Next, you want to add keywords for your particular industry. If you are a insurance agency, for example, you might want to say “Blue Ford Pick-up Car/Truck Insurance Dallas, TX.” Notice how the first part of the title describes the image, where the last part puts keywords in for industry and location.

This will help with search results in popular search engines like Google, Bing & Yahoo. Learn more about image titles on Google’s Webmaster Tools Image Publishing Guidelines.

Try not to over use too many of the same keywords in multiple photos. A good rule of thumb is 5-10 keywords per page where the images will appear. Proper names like the name of your business or name of your product are OK to repeat over and over as they are your assets. The recommendation to not overuse keywords refers to industry and location.

Experiment with image titles to see what pulls up in Google search. Note that it can take 2-3 weeks for the images to get indexed in Google image search.

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Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone

Jophiel Silvestrone has written 326 posts in the Tech Blog.

Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.