{"id":345,"date":"2011-10-28T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2014-08-18T17:02:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T17:02:11","slug":"how-to-optimize-a-website-based-on-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-a-website-based-on-images\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Optimize a Website Based on Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Image-SEO.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5579\" src=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10416561_s-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Website Images\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10416561_s-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10416561_s-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10416561_s.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you run an imaged based website, you probably already know that special considerations need to be taken into account in order to optimize your site for the search engines.\u00a0 After all, the search engines usually base their search results on text as it is really hard to get accurate search results based on the images themselves.\u00a0 However fear not, as there are some things that you can do to optimize a website that is primarily based around images.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optimize the Text around the Images<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s Matt Cutts advises image based site owners to optimize the text around the images wherever possible.\u00a0 This includes the page title, the caption of the photograph, the paragraph describing the image and the \u2018alt\u2019 tags of the image itself.\u00a0 Although many image based site owners prefer a minimalist look and like the image to be the star of the page, Cutts suggests that if you want your website to be found by the search engines you need to include text.\u00a0 Even just adding a small description of the photograph that includes your target keywords can help the search engines to pick up your page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blogging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still not too keen on including much text with your images, the second option you have is including a blog within your website.\u00a0 Your blog can be about anything to do with your images, it can talk about upcoming art events and festivals or it can be about how you create your images in the first place.\u00a0 The key here is to include your targeted keywords in your blog posts and then link to your images from your blog pages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another way to optimize your website based on images is to allow your website viewers to comment on your image.\u00a0 Comments are also picked up by the search engines and if the comments include your keywords your page ranking will increase.\u00a0 Of course, you can (and should) moderate the comments so that they aren\u2019t full of spam, but the content of a comments section can increase the amount of content on a page, hence help the search engines to find you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like any website, image based or not, you still need to promote your website to increase your visitors.\u00a0 Social media is great for this and websites like Twitter, Facebook and Stumble Upon can all help you to garner an internet following.\u00a0 In the art world, social media marketing is especially good, as research has shown that readers are more likely to tweet or share a photograph that they like than a page of content.\u00a0 You might however want to disable the \u2018right click and save\u2019 option on your photographs to prevent people from stealing your images.\u00a0 This will encourage people to link to 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