alt tags for media

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I have been using alt tags for my media and found that If you use your keyword as a alt tag on one of the pics on your post google and bing rate you a little higher. I have experimented with this concept and found it to be true. But if you use the same alt tag more then once they will move you down in rank. all your media alt tags should be different but should relate to the article.

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I learned about this before and I´m using always different keywords but according to the post.

Uh oh, I have been using the same keyword in all of my media/images-alt tags for one post or review.(The one I use in my title and first paragraph) So it's better to use a slightly different keyword for each alt tag on each image I am using in my post? Hope that makes sense.

Just a little confused. :P

Thanks!

Yes, using different keywords for each of the ALT tag images on each image you use on your posts can help rank for different search terms.

Thanks Eddie. The more I learn, the sometimes it feels the less I know, lol, but I know that will lessen as I gain experience.

I felt like that about a year ago and yes the more you get involved and engaged with the community the more you will learn. At the end, you will get the hang of things if you are persistent and willing to never give up.

Eddie is good and has a good answer for u

No problem, happy to be of assistance - Sometimes, it's the little attentions to detail that can make all the difference in a page ranking or not ranking - Afterall, we all want to be found by BIG 'G' (Google) :)

Hi CM, sure am glad I found this post. When I commented a couple of months back, I don't think I fully grasped the importance of what you wrote. Maybe you should consider another blog, redirecting back to this thread, or posting in the discussion section and linking back here. This is important info for all of us! Thanks heaps!

I have started a blog on my site about this and adding pictures It will be pubsished probably fri I started keyword research yesterday

Adding a keyword or search term as your ALT tag, helps to get your page found, when people are searching for Images through Google and is a great additional way to get your page found. Adding an in-bound link (to somewhere else in your website) or outbound link (to another website) with your keyword, is also another added bonus that Google use to help rank your page. Use different keywords for each of the ALT tag images on a single page to help rank for different search terms ... Great, easy way to get extra visitors, which is what we all want !

Yes well put thanks for the input.

Hey Ricky. Thanks for this. I started working on this yesterday after reading CM's blog.changed a couple of alt tags where I'd got 2 the same - most of my posts. I'm also checking for inbound/outbound links again. Taking forever, but better now than another 20 or so posts later. I really appreciate your input and advice. Cheers!

Ok, so if I use the same alt tag on 2 pictures within the same post, I get the thumbs down from google?

Yes like Ricky said you only use one keyword per pic. top pic should by rights have your tittle or H1 keyword and your other pics should correspond with your other h tags

Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to bring this to us
Hudson

Are you meaning images that you place on your website too?

Im talking about the images that we add to our to are posts and pages

Yes that is what I was confirming - pictures as well as vids etc. Thx.

Thanks for the tip :)

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