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Hello WA friends,
I am wondering if renaming an image is worth my time? Do making changes (deletes etc...) on posts create more new pages, thus creating 404 errors etc..
If an image has not been indexed, changing the name could help. Perhaps the image wasn't named, or the alt tag didn't match the image title. Changing the title of an image should not result in a 404 page because you are not changing the URL, only the image title.
This would be the same for any images that you change, they would not result in a 404 page because you did not change the URL.
Name the image so that it relates to the content - images must relate or they are useless, just another pretty image that serves little purpose. The goal is to attract readers visually, to the content you want them to read/view.
Hope that clarifies question!
Rudy
You say it hasn't, so it is safe. What is alt text? You may want to change the URL naming.
Is renaming an image that hasn't been indexed worth it?
Hello WA friends,
I am wondering if renaming an image is worth my time? Do making changes (deletes etc...) on posts create more new pages, thus creating 404 errors etc..
Last question first - updating the image in Media Library doesn't update the version in a post.
When you ask about "renaming an image" do you mean the URL or the filename or the description in the image?
No need to update the URL so no need for redirection.
If you want to update the Alt Text, the best way is to select the image in the post, click REPLACE, you can then go to media library, re-select the same image and update the Alt text before replacing the image.
Is it worth your time? Well, I think only if you're correcting the Alt text or adding your focus keyword to the Alt text.
:-)
Richard
If an image has not been indexed, changing the name could help. Perhaps the image wasn't named, or the alt tag didn't match the image title. Changing the title of an image should not result in a 404 page because you are not changing the URL, only the image title.
This would be the same for any images that you change, they would not result in a 404 page because you did not change the URL.
Name the image so that it relates to the content - images must relate or they are useless, just another pretty image that serves little purpose. The goal is to attract readers visually, to the content you want them to read/view.
Hope that clarifies question!
Rudy
You say it hasn't, so it is safe. What is alt text? You may want to change the URL naming.
Hello WA friends,
I don't know how to formulate my question. I recently watched a training that advised that each time we had an internal link to a new post, we should a
Hey Anne-Caroline,
NO!!!!!
Do NOT specifically just link to an article from your new article and then link back from the SAME "older" article to the SAME "new" article, EVERY SINGLE TIME
That simply ISN'T natural internal link building.
The point being made is that Google discovers new content through LINKS.
It really has nothing to do with "requesting indexing" in GSC, sure this may help, but Google still finds content through links.
Therefore, it makes sense to "edit" an older article to link to a "new" article EVERY SINGLE TIME.
However, it should always be a relevant article.
The example you've given, sure, that IS relevant.
BUT
If you always link "new" article to "old" article and then link from EXACTLY THE SAME "old" article to the "new" article EVERY SINGLE TIME, this DOES NOT look natural.
In fact, this could be seen as "link manipulation", which is something that will get picked up and potentially punished during Google SPAM Updates (there is one currently running until approximately 19th March, the CORE update will run for another 2 weeks on top of that).
So, YES, Always link from an old article to a newly published article, but do it with RELEVANCE in mind, and NOT simply like-for-like "link looping".
Furthermore, sticking with "Google finds new content via links", this can be ANY link, especially on high authority websites and platforms that get indexed immediately.
Therefore, links from social media, YouTube, Medium, Quora, Reddit, will also count as "links pointing back to a newly published article".
The point being, LINK NATURALLY & RELEVANTLY, do not link "using a specific system"
Partha
ok will look at it. :) but should I go edit and add my new related link also to the older post? I am confused whether it's good or not. I didn't use to do that.
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Is this considered internal backlink looping and is it good or bad ?
Hello WA friends,
I don't know how to formulate my question. I recently watched a training that advised that each time we had an internal link to a new post, we should a
Hey Anne-Caroline,
NO!!!!!
Do NOT specifically just link to an article from your new article and then link back from the SAME "older" article to the SAME "new" article, EVERY SINGLE TIME
That simply ISN'T natural internal link building.
The point being made is that Google discovers new content through LINKS.
It really has nothing to do with "requesting indexing" in GSC, sure this may help, but Google still finds content through links.
Therefore, it makes sense to "edit" an older article to link to a "new" article EVERY SINGLE TIME.
However, it should always be a relevant article.
The example you've given, sure, that IS relevant.
BUT
If you always link "new" article to "old" article and then link from EXACTLY THE SAME "old" article to the "new" article EVERY SINGLE TIME, this DOES NOT look natural.
In fact, this could be seen as "link manipulation", which is something that will get picked up and potentially punished during Google SPAM Updates (there is one currently running until approximately 19th March, the CORE update will run for another 2 weeks on top of that).
So, YES, Always link from an old article to a newly published article, but do it with RELEVANCE in mind, and NOT simply like-for-like "link looping".
Furthermore, sticking with "Google finds new content via links", this can be ANY link, especially on high authority websites and platforms that get indexed immediately.
Therefore, links from social media, YouTube, Medium, Quora, Reddit, will also count as "links pointing back to a newly published article".
The point being, LINK NATURALLY & RELEVANTLY, do not link "using a specific system"
Partha
ok will look at it. :) but should I go edit and add my new related link also to the older post? I am confused whether it's good or not. I didn't use to do that.
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Hello! Since Jan 2024, Google has been displaying its cookie notice on my website and I am wondering if I could now delete my cookie notice plugin that takes so much space. Is
Hey Anne-Caroline,
NO.
You must keep your cookie consent plugin, as users still need to "consent".
You're seeing the "Google TEST" privacy feature that has only been rolled out to JUST 1% OF CHROME USERS.
TEST = This is NOT a permanent feature (currently)
CHROME = Not everyone who visits your website will see the "new" Google feature, only those using Google Chrome.
Partha
I will keep it if it fails. But if you know for sure, you may then. I have not heard of such an update.
Do you mean to say that as of January 4, 2024, Google has started to phase out third-party cookies for Chrome users by restricting them by default?
Yes, you can delete the plugin if google is doing it on their end. That's how my site delivers the cookie notice too.
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Should I remove my cookie plugin now that google automatically displays one since jan 2024?
Hello! Since Jan 2024, Google has been displaying its cookie notice on my website and I am wondering if I could now delete my cookie notice plugin that takes so much space. Is
Hey Anne-Caroline,
NO.
You must keep your cookie consent plugin, as users still need to "consent".
You're seeing the "Google TEST" privacy feature that has only been rolled out to JUST 1% OF CHROME USERS.
TEST = This is NOT a permanent feature (currently)
CHROME = Not everyone who visits your website will see the "new" Google feature, only those using Google Chrome.
Partha
I will keep it if it fails. But if you know for sure, you may then. I have not heard of such an update.
Do you mean to say that as of January 4, 2024, Google has started to phase out third-party cookies for Chrome users by restricting them by default?
Yes, you can delete the plugin if google is doing it on their end. That's how my site delivers the cookie notice too.
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So here's the situation: I am editing older posts that have lost ranking or making them better that have a list of benefits, and for example, I want to add one benefit to a lis
I agree with Frank and will try to do more internal linking to highly ranked posts to give them a chance to rank. Better Internal Links in Wordpress You can always get creative as far as Pinterest.
Hello! I would listen to the other 2 people commenting sounds pretty good. I see you have been on here since 2018. I have not put any year date on any of my articles. Hope your website is doing well for you. I just started my 2nd year and did the yearly black Friday offer they offer. Best of luck to you and your website
Hi Anne-Caroline
I would start with the posts that have lost the most impressions in the past month or two and work my way to the opposite end of the list.
Frank 🎸
Hey Anne-Caroline,
Google searching your question, I found a few very interesting posts that may interest you to read up on, to see how you can save your highly ranked image from losing rank when replacing it. See screen print below...
A tip that I would like to share with you here, I discovered some years ago when someone helped me, and I think this could easily apply to images too.
In my post title, I can use a year... such as "the best ____ in 2023" but in the URL of that post I would simply have "the-best-____", and not state the year. In this way, I can EASILY update the year IF "the best" applies in the following year, without effecting how my post ranks in SERPs (search engine result pages).
So, in the future, make sure to use similar file labeling for your images, so they are more flexible.
For THIS one though... verify what I'm saying by READING those posts... by keeping the EXACT same file name, the image rank should remain unharmed.
Hope you find this helpful.
Thank you! Yes, I had stopped putting numbers in URLs but didn't in images... Now I know better. :)
If it was me, I would likely leave them alone. Perhaps you will get some better answers soon! Keep succeeding!
Jeff
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Is it ok to edit and replace an image that is ranking page 1 ?
So here's the situation: I am editing older posts that have lost ranking or making them better that have a list of benefits, and for example, I want to add one benefit to a lis
I agree with Frank and will try to do more internal linking to highly ranked posts to give them a chance to rank. Better Internal Links in Wordpress You can always get creative as far as Pinterest.
Hello! I would listen to the other 2 people commenting sounds pretty good. I see you have been on here since 2018. I have not put any year date on any of my articles. Hope your website is doing well for you. I just started my 2nd year and did the yearly black Friday offer they offer. Best of luck to you and your website
Hi Anne-Caroline
I would start with the posts that have lost the most impressions in the past month or two and work my way to the opposite end of the list.
Frank 🎸
Hey Anne-Caroline,
Google searching your question, I found a few very interesting posts that may interest you to read up on, to see how you can save your highly ranked image from losing rank when replacing it. See screen print below...
A tip that I would like to share with you here, I discovered some years ago when someone helped me, and I think this could easily apply to images too.
In my post title, I can use a year... such as "the best ____ in 2023" but in the URL of that post I would simply have "the-best-____", and not state the year. In this way, I can EASILY update the year IF "the best" applies in the following year, without effecting how my post ranks in SERPs (search engine result pages).
So, in the future, make sure to use similar file labeling for your images, so they are more flexible.
For THIS one though... verify what I'm saying by READING those posts... by keeping the EXACT same file name, the image rank should remain unharmed.
Hope you find this helpful.
Thank you! Yes, I had stopped putting numbers in URLs but didn't in images... Now I know better. :)
If it was me, I would likely leave them alone. Perhaps you will get some better answers soon! Keep succeeding!
Jeff
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Last question first - updating the image in Media Library doesn't update the version in a post.
When you ask about "renaming an image" do you mean the URL or the filename or the description in the image?
No need to update the URL so no need for redirection.
If you want to update the Alt Text, the best way is to select the image in the post, click REPLACE, you can then go to media library, re-select the same image and update the Alt text before replacing the image.
Is it worth your time? Well, I think only if you're correcting the Alt text or adding your focus keyword to the Alt text.
:-)
Richard