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<seo title="How to optimize images for search engines" metakeywords="seo,site optimization,images optimization,optimize images" metadescription="Practical tips about how to optimize images for search engines" />
<div align=justify>People consider optimizing the website content for search engines and often forget that images can also be optimized. Images also attract traffic and links. 
Below you'll find the list of tips, by following which you'll be able to optimize the images on your website. 

* '''''Use the alt attribute'''''

The alt text of an image contains a brief description of the image. Be specific here, as alt text is really important in getting an image ranked in search engines. It is not recommended to fill your alt text with keywords. Try to make it readable and descriptive enough.

* '''''Add images to authoritative hosting websites'''''

Websites like Flickr, Wikipedia, etc are great places to add your images to. Add a link back to your website anytime you put your images on these sites.

* '''''Name images using the target keywords'''''

Make the target keywords your image file name. For example, if you are selling Christmas toys, name your image something like '' 'Christmas-toys.jpg.' ''

* '''''Optimize the surrounding text'''''

The text that surrounds an image is highly valued by search engines. So make sure that your text contains relevant keywords. You can also add tags or captions to your images.

* '''''Link images to articles on your site'''''

This will help you to get more traffic to your site. Also linking images to relevant articles on your site is of great value for your internal-linking efforts.

* '''''Refresh it'''''

It is recommended to re-upload your images from time to time since image freshness is a factor used by search engines to determine relevancy.

* '''''Use proper image formats'''''

''.jpg'' is considered to be the best image format. For graphics, it is preferable to use ''.gif''.

* '''''Set the limit of images on page'''''

Your images will be better indexed by the search engines if there are fewer images per website page.

* '''''Create a separate folder for images'''''

It is recommended to create a separate, search engines accessible folder for images you are adding to your site.

To sum it all up, these are the most common ways to optimize images on your website for the search engines. Nowadays, the traffic via image search keeps growing, and this may lead to discovery and development of new image optimization strategies. Note that optimizing images for the search engines is not your main task. Do your best to use images that are of high quality, detailed, clear, and relevant.</div>
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