Comments on: How to Optimize Your Images on WordPress

By: Eileen Lonergan

Eileen Lonergan — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:55:18 +0000

In reply to Nicky Helmkamp.

Wow! I am honored, thank you so much, I am certainly sharing this with my world!

By: Nicky Helmkamp

Nicky Helmkamp — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 21:15:28 +0000

Hey Eileen,

I just wanted to let you know that we loved the article and we included it in our Monthly Resource Roundup

http://blog.nexcess.net/2013/12/05/monthly-round-up-novembers-best-expressionengine-wordpress-magento-content/

Cheers!

By: eileen lonergan

eileen lonergan — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:45:58 +0000

In reply to Kenneth Nielsen.

Wow, I didn’t know this, thank you so much for taking the time to correct me and to let the other readers know what the best practice should be!

By: Eileen Lonergan

Eileen Lonergan — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:44:33 +0000

In reply to Kenneth Nielsen.

WOW! Thank you for the feedback, I didn’t know this and really appreciate you taking the time to correct the post and give others better direction. Thank you Kenneth!

By: Eileen Lonergan

Eileen Lonergan — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:41:35 +0000

In reply to Philbeaux.

Hi Phil. I actually am learning a lot from the comments on the thread, so I would also ask others to chime in with whatever they know.

First, I am not sure how Google & WordPress process title tags. I do know that I optimize all photos that I post for clients with Meta Titles and Alt Tags, and often those images show in Google search results, sometimes even ranking higher than the actual pages.

Second, the part of the uploading process that says where should the image link to (the url) I always click NONE unless I am really taking the visitor to a new page or a new site. To have a visitor click the image and then land on an attachment page is pretty much low value, so that makes sense. If you are new to WordPress and don’t see that link url button please shoot me an email or respond here and I will provide more direction.

I hope you like WordPress!

By: Eileen Lonergan

Eileen Lonergan — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:34:01 +0000

In reply to Kyle Cullen.

Kyle, take a look at Dave Ellison’s comment, “… people tend to view images first and their behavior makes their line of sight drop to the bottom of the image. I’ve found that people will scan photos and read captions before they will read content. So for some folks, they may get a better idea of what is contained in your content more quickly with captions.

I have also read in several articles that images get indexed in ‘Google images’ more readily with captions. Not sure that’s true or how it might affect SEO but it’s interesting.”

So maybe my next post should be how to make captions look better, because it seems like they are a good idea!

By: Eileen Lonergan

Eileen Lonergan — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:32:20 +0000

In reply to Kenneth Nielsen.

Wow Kenneth! That is terrific information, thank you so much for sharing – it makes total sense, but I didn’t have a clue. Much appreciated.

By: Philbeaux

Philbeaux — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:53:23 +0000

Thanks Eileen.
I’m switching a current site over to WordPress and The whole image thing has become very evident to me.
But there’s a couple of things that I’m still worried about.
The first is title tags. Now I’m not an SEO expert, but everything I’ve read about SEO says that a title tag is preferable. WordPress apparently omits the title tag from images. Can something be done about this?
And some things I’ve come across state that images can actually hurt your SEO efforts, well, actually the attachment pages you refer to in your article. The thought is that these attachment pages are being indexed by Google and are classified as “low content/low value” because there are only a page with a picture.
What are your thoughts on this?

By: annie b

annie b — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:33:56 +0000

thanks for your post! this sure is helpful, especially for such a newbie at wordpress like me!

By: Dreamdezigns

Dreamdezigns — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:32:37 +0000

Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge.This image optimization seems to be simple but many forgets about it. Thanks for Eileen for reminding it.In addition to the point you have listed above include the following. Optimize the image name while creating it.