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Don't Forget the ALT tags!!!
TonyaWells
Published on July 16, 2012
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I was really surprised today when I checked my site stats on Wordpress! My site has been averaging about 17-20 organic hits per day, and maybe 30 or 40 on a really good day (I know that sounds pathetic right?)
But today, I already have over 50 visits and its still practically early. I actually smiled when I checked out where they came from :)
A while ago, I read a post here that talked about the importance of adding alt tags to your pictures and adding keywords to your picture descriptions. I didn't know if it would work, but I tried it with a few pictures on the site. All of my organic traffic today came from Yahoo image searches... of only one of those pictures!!! I can definitely see the potential in repeating these steps throughout my blog (and I have a lot of pictures)
I just wanted to share this with anyone that hasn't made alt tags and picture descriptions part of your SEO ritual.
Now, all I have to do is get those visitors to start clicking around on the site... Ouch
Cheers!
But today, I already have over 50 visits and its still practically early. I actually smiled when I checked out where they came from :)
A while ago, I read a post here that talked about the importance of adding alt tags to your pictures and adding keywords to your picture descriptions. I didn't know if it would work, but I tried it with a few pictures on the site. All of my organic traffic today came from Yahoo image searches... of only one of those pictures!!! I can definitely see the potential in repeating these steps throughout my blog (and I have a lot of pictures)
I just wanted to share this with anyone that hasn't made alt tags and picture descriptions part of your SEO ritual.
Now, all I have to do is get those visitors to start clicking around on the site... Ouch
Cheers!
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