Pics that take your readers away from your site.

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The first thing I look at when I visit someone's site is the pics.

I'll hover my mouse over the pic and the cursor turns into a hand. This means I can click on it and it WILL take me somewhere!! Well, where's this going to take me? HHmmm!! I'll just click the pic and looky here I'm not in that person's site no more.

Now, what would you do??

As a reader, visiting someone's site, if this happens to you, do you leave?? Try to find that website you were in??

I'd leave!! Why waste my time trying to find your site again??

You just lost a reader!!

Please, try this!!

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/set-wordp...

Just found another one.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/adding-im...

I also learned something here trying to find this video for you.

So, NO MORE pics that take your reader from your site!!

Hope this helps!!

Larry

Update 8/30/2015!!

I'm keeping the post as is!!

Please!! Read the comment section!!

There are points of views I didn't know at the time and feel I should point that out to the newbie IM or newbie WA member.

Look forward to your replies.

Larry

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Thanks Larry! Yes, this helps.

yw!!

But for me I disagree here, Why? It depends on the niche of the member, for example if the niche is for sex materials, do you love watching this i.e live cams/live sex, then expect that site to post more pics concerning sex.
SO IT DEPENDS ON ONE'S SITE.
AND ALSO THE LIKES AND THE DISLIKES OF SOMEONE.
THANKS.

Thank you, Divican.
I appreciate your point of view, but this is really for the beginners.
You maybe ahead of the game but must newbies that come on with WA don't know this.
Have you left comments and found pics that take the reader away from the site for no propose?? These aren't sex site's!!
Google can look at this as a bad thing and could hurt the person's rankings!!
Please, stop by again and share your thoughts and opinions.
This is for everyone as well as me to learn something here.
Larry

Alright. Ok

Just saw your bio. Happy B-Day, ya don't look a day over 26, LOL!!

I need to ask you and would like your help on this.
What or how should I handle letting the newbies of WA know about their pics?? How should I explain it or make them aware of how Google see this, what are their intentions are with the pic, etc.
Or to keep it simple just refer them to this post and tell them to read comments as well??
Robert, (boomergp08), leaves a comment explaining detail stuff on this.

Thank you so much, Divican. Hope to see more of you again.

Larry

I will do it in my next blog since I have many newbies in my network

Thank you, Divican.
I look forward to seeing your blog.
Might take this one down or rewrite it.

Larry

ok

Thank you for this excellent heads up!

Your Welcome and thanks for stopping by.
Larry

Pictures should only be clickable when they need to enlarge to show greater detail. This leads to a better UX (User Experience) and this is another SEO ranking factor.

If a picture or a link is taking the website reader away from your website it should always open in a new browser window. If the picture or link is taking the reader to another place on your website then it can open within the same browser window because you are not leaving the website.

Thank you, Robert.
Now I feel I open a can of worms here.

This is for the newbies really, but for the ones who are a little ahead of the game in lessons.
Shouldn't they be aware of this??
Is/was there another way of writing this??
Doesn't this hurt the person's Google ranking if there is no purpose for the pic to take reader away from their site??
Hope to hear from ya soon on this.
Larry

Yes they should be aware of it but if you/they do as I said, then it doesn't hurt Google rankings at all.

There will be instances where a picture/link is going to take the website reader away from the website. When that happens you open that link in a new browser window so the original website is still open.

But if the picture/link is taking the website reader to another place on the same website, there is no need to open a new browser window because you never left the website.

OK, I'm a little confused here.
To help a newbie understand what a pic does when it takes the reader away from their site,(in the same browser).
I should ask them what their intention is with their pic?
I see this a lot and don't what to give miss leading info.
I see and understand the SEO part, thank you for that.
Should I include within, my comment, asking what their intentions are with their pic or explain it like you have here? Which is a lot to write for a comment, LOL!!

Robert, thank you so much with your response and sharing the knowledge. I hope other WA members see this and it helps them out.

Larry

Very useful, thank you Larry:)

Thank you Jazmin
Hope all is well with you and good seeing you again, always.

Larry

Thank you Larry:)

YW:)

Very usable. Thanks. Joze.

Thank you for stopping by and good seeing you again.
Larry

Excellent info

Thank you, BarriB.
Hope to see more of you.
Larry

GREAT INFO...I thought I would post a comment before I click the link and it takes me away from your blog. .Great idea

Thank you, Jay!!
Really appreciate the comment.
Larry

I have a client who is a medical manicurist and she have a ton of pictures... In this case I want the pictures to enlarge so they can show her detail work... But in every other case I don't want to do anything ... This goes in the 'for immediate implementation' category.

Keep an eye on me Jay.
I like your engagement with this subject and would like to hear more of your points of views on other topics pertaining to IM.
Larry

Thanks Larry. Copied this into my manual to look at later today.

YW!! Good seeing you Helen.
Hope all is well.
Larry

Thanks for this, you help me and I will try it as the video shows me.

YW!!

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