I'm fairly familiar with the SEO requirements for rankings in the normal listings but wondered if there is anything you can do for google image search?

thanks

Seo can be done with the help of the ALT attribute .It should describe the image so that a non visual user can interpret them.

As seoforu said, also post them from your gallery onto forums and stuff, it's another inlink and more chance of google etc picking it up.

Only way to optimize images on your pages is to use of ALT attribute on them.

In addition to the image alt tag, name the images with a keyword or two as well.
For example I have 4 images that point to different sections of my site, and I name them accordingly. seo-tools.gif, free-website-content.gif, etc.

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Personally I have had a made up word in the alt attribute of an image for well over three years, the page shows up in a search but NOTHING for an image search.

Same with the image filename.

According to Tareeinternet.com

Because Google can't actually "see" images like we can (yet), it relies on a number of factors to help determine what an image is all about.

These are:

• Alt Text
• File Name
• Surrounding Text
• Page Title
• Page Theme
• Links

From my testing on past websites, the Alt Text followed by the File Name appear to be the biggest factors in determining what an image is about.

Alt Text

This is the text that displays when you "hover" or "mouseover" an image. To include Alt Text in your image code, you simply use:

Quote:
<img src="filename.gif" alt="Alternative description goes here">
Try to be descriptive with your Alt Text, however don't over do it. The best thing to put here is what you personally would search for if you were looking for that image. Also try not to include too many "junk" words like, the, and, or, we, are, for, etc. For example use "Apple iPhone Covers" instead of "All the Apple iPhone Covers i have got".

The first example is short, descriptive and is what somebody would actually type in if they were looking for pictures of Covers for the Apple iPhone.

File Name

Always do the same thing with your image File Names. Instead of calling them pic1234.jpg rename it to something more descriptive such as apple-iphone-covers.jpg

Try to keep the File Name either the same, or very similar to the Alt Text. Don't try and rank the same image for multiple terms by jamming different keywords in to the Alt and File Names as this will only serve to confuse Googlebot in determining what your image is about.

Also try and keep the path to your image themed, for instance:

domain.com/images/phones/apple-iphone-covers.jpg

Is much better then just throwing it in:

domain.com/mystuff/miscpics/apple-iphone-covers.jpg

Surrounding Text

Always try and place a paragraph of descriptive text directly above and below your image, with the keyphrase from your Alt Text and Image Name included in this text.

Page Title

If possible try and include your keywords in your Page Title, and Page Meta Description. This helps Google define a theme for the page which will not only help ranking in Image Searches, but also in the Regular Index as well as display more relevant Adsense Ads if you run them.

Page Theme

Same with this one, it's always a good idea to keep each page within it's own set theme. For instance, try not to mix images and text on Cell Service Providers with content about your Apple Iphone Covers.

Create a dedicated page for each topic, then optimize each page seperately. Once you have done this, place Adsense on the page and monitor the Ads with each page load.

Even if you don't want to run ads on the page, this is an excellent tip for being able to visually see what Google believes your page as all about.

If you are seeing Ads for the Apple iPhone, and accessories such as Covers... Success. If not, take not of what Ads are displaying then ammend the piece of content casuing the non-themed Ads and reword it until you have Ads relevant to your content and what you want to rank for.

Links

Ok just like getting your pages to rank higher using backlinks, you can do the same for images. If you use a text link with anchor text on your site, use the keyphrase you want to rank for as the anchor.

So instead of having, "Click here to view picture" or "Full Size" use "Picture of Apple iPhone Covers". As you can see, this tells Googlebot it's a link to a Picture of Apple iPhone Covers.

Also the actual page URL should be descriptive and contain your keywords. So again just like the images File Name, our Page Name should be structured instead of

domain.com/page76.html

Change it to:

domain.com/apple-iphone-covers.html

This can be done using .htaccess and Mod Rewrite. If you are unsure, see our Guide on .htaccess for rewriting your URL's.

Sometimes I wonder if images distract from the content. According to crazy egg the most often clicked on items on the blog are often images

Here are some of image optimization tips that I can share:

Your images should be in either .gif or .jpg formats (.gif works best for logos and navigation buttons, while .jpg works best for photographs.) The idea is to reduce the size of your graphics so that they take as few bytes as possible while retaining acceptable quality.

Use thumbnails. Thumbnails are miniature versions of a picture that are hyperlinked to its actual size version. The thumbnail will load fast, and by clicking on it your visitors will be able to see the actual size version.

You can also try putting your image around texts. I noticed that it also works to get your images searchable.

Using techniques like renaming the images according to your main keywords, using Alt+Title attributes or tags could also be nice but the traffic gained from images may not be that great in most cases.

I think it can be done by putting alt attribute in targeting your keywords or key phrases. Make a one sentence with the target keyword you want to rank.

for google image search, you need to pay attention to the SEO. such as you'd better write a alt for very image

Any SEO Company can do this for you because an image is referred through a link. So by optimizing related URL SEO can optimize images in the Google.

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Alt Text

This is the text that displays when you "hover" or "mouseover" an image.

Actualy that is the Title attribute, ALT is for the visually impaired, it is what the computer will "speak" to people with the accessibility option on. If I remember correctly Target was actually sued for not using the ALT tab on its website a couple years ago.

Here is a tip, hyperlink the photo to the image in the directory.

alt tag and Surrounding Text are the most important things for image optimization.

Why do anyone want to optimize images for ranking at image searches? The only industry that something like this would actually make any sense is 'porn.' I can't think of any other industry that you would generate goal fulfilling search traffic through image searches.

Image optimization is a good way to make a website (esp. product related) visible in search engine image results through targeted keywords.