Google Images in Normal Search
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If you search for the term, "Crappie". Listed 4th is a row of images. These kinds of images always seem to grab my attention above the actual search results-- or at least they do for a moment.
These images seem to be in order of google images rankings. I may try to take a swing at ranking for these images. Is there anything else I should know before I start? I can't seem to find any guidance on the topic.
Thanks
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I agree with Egol's comment. That's the way to go. Optimized Filename, Anchor Text and any surrounding text...think of trying to describe the image in 3-4 words. It works wonders. And if people share your image or the page the image sits on, it helps. Also, I have not seen a clear evidence of Images XML Sitemap helping or not helping, but it can't hurt to do an XML Sitemap of Images/URLs along with their captions/titles if you can.
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" <="" span="">xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1">
<loc>http://example.com/sample.html</loc>
image:image</image:image>
image:lochttp://example.com/image.jpg</image:loc></urlset>http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/adding-images-to-your-sitemaps.html
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I get lots of image search traffic. Lots.
I code my image something like this....
(file name and alt describe the image in simple terms)
The most important factor, IMO, is a kickass image that lots of people like enough to click.
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