How to prevent social media ignoring your images

Remember the devil is in the details.

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Size and description do matter.

If the dimensions are under 250 x 250, some social media sites won’t pick it up off of your website. So don’t make them too small.  And if you fail to add information about the image, search engines can’t determine what your image is about.

Google, Yahoo, Bing or any of the search engines can’t “read” the image itself, so ALT TEXT is important for ranking your images in the search results!

The image title can be helpful to the viewer as it could increase the understanding the image. It can also be beneficial to those who use screen-reading software such as those with vision impairments.

When a reader hovers over the image, the IMAGE TITLE pops up. This can be a great tool. You could put “Click for info” or “Click to buy.” Get the idea.

Here is a short video to help.

Now if I could just remember to do it every time I add images to my blog.

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Do you always remember to enter information on your images?

Have you thought of using the Image Title Attribute as a sales tool?

 

And as always, great articles below.

The Difference Between Image Alt Text and Title in WordPress

When To Optimize Alt and Title Text for Images by 

10 TIPS ON BEST IMAGE SIZE FOR YOUR BLOG

 

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Do you know how to help Google find you?

Want to rank higher in Google?

Then make sure your images are optimized for those all those pesky little search spiders and bots. Internet Bots

 

No, not gonna scare you with SEO talk. But, if you want to help Google and other search engines find your book or blog, add information to your images.

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After reading how a post by Mae Clair over at Story Empire Blog, I realized image information is one more tool used by search engines. Laptop tools image

 

 

Bitmoji Jean Cogdell working late
Me burning the midnight oil.

Heading over to fix a lot of my images now. Sigh… may take me awhile.

 

 

Find out the importance of adding information to your images. Read…

 The Importance of Alt Text, Image Titles, and Image Descriptions  By MAE CLAIR

So, what do you think?

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Are all your images pointing to your book or blog?

Can Google, Yahoo or Bing find you easily?

Have you already added this information to your book cover and blog images?

 

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