Use Photos To Get Traffic

Here is a great traffic-building tip: you can get tons ofinstead of the photo. And for people who have
visitors from Google by using photos on your site.images turned off, this alternate text is what that they
Google has an "Image Search", and when people lookwill see instead of the image.
for pictures there, they will see your photos. Let's say2) How to keep your pages loading fast while using
your website is about roses. If a person searches forimages.
a picture of a rose on Google image search will get a- Be sure to specify the height and width of the photo.
whole page of pictures of roses.This way the page load is not slowed down while you
If the person clicks on a photo that they like, they willare waiting for the picture to load.
be sent to a page with a small version of your imageIf the browser knows the size of your photo, it can
along with a snapshot of your web page. A lot ofleave room for it and continue loading the rest of your
people will click through to your web page.page. Otherwise, it has to wait until the photo loads
If you use a really cute or unusual picture, you canbefore it knows how much room to leave, which
really get a lot of traffic from it. I discovered this byslows down the loading of the rest of your page.
accident, but I have been using it deliberately ever- Check the size of your photo file. It should be under
since.20-30k. This is especially important if you use a lot of
Some ideas for using image search:images on one page. If your file sizes are too large, it
1) Make sure Google knows what the photo is about.can really slow down your page load.
- Use your keywords in the file name. Don't use someIf your image files are too large, use and image editor
random letters or numbers. Use some words that areto save them at a lesser quality. A lower quality image
related to your post.will still look good on a web page.
- Use keywords in the alt tag of the photo. Just use a3) Choose your photos wisely.
few words. Don't make it excessively long.- Use photos that people will be attracted to and will
- Words found near the photo influence the meaningclick on. - Use keywords that are apt to be searched.
also. Google uses this to figure out what the photo isIf you follow these tips, your pictures will have a much
of. So watch what text you have near your images.better chance of being found first in Google's image
- Adding a caption to the image will give Googlesearch. If you add an image to every post you make,
additional text to figure out the photo's subject.this greatly improves your chances of getting lots of
- For a blind person, the alt tag text is what they gettraffic to your website or blog.