Creative Traffic Builders

er, Words? Nope! You read right! One of the biggest untapped resources of clicks to your blog is the Google Image Search Engine!

With the whole internet trying to rank for keywords through SEO or PPC marketing campaigns, I’m sure optimizing your site’s image tags hasn’t been one of your highest priorities on your list, since it’s one of the most overlooked “must do” items all webmasters should have on their list.

So, how do we get started? Well, I’m going to use an image that’s easy on the eyes - A Healthier Tyra Banks. Some of you might remember my little rant about Tyra Banks a while back ago. If you don’t, go check it out. Here’s the image I’ll be using:

Here are the 5 Steps to Optimizing this Image Correctly:

1) Make sure your SRC is correct - i.e. http://www.mrgarylee.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/tyrasi10years.jpg

2) Make sure your dimensions are clearly defined. i.e. Width=”475″ Height=”323″

3) The most important part is your Alt Tag where you will Describe and use Keywords for your Image - i.e. Alt=”Healthier Tyra Banks After Sports Illustrated”

4) Title your Image properly - i.e. Title=”A Healthier Tyra Banks After Sports Illustrated”

5) Write content that is related to the description you have written for the Alt Tag. This helps support the quality of the image description you gave.

Just so that it’s easier for you to copy and paste, here is the code in it’s entirety:

<img src=”http://www.mrgarylee.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/tyrasi10years.jpg” width=”475″ height=”323″ alt=”Healthier Tyra Banks After Sports Illustrated” title=”A Healthier Tyra Banks After Sports Illustrated”/>

Now that you know what to do, you can join me by going over your whole site to make sure all your images are properly optimized for Google Image Search. I hope you have as much fun as I do and that you receive many clicks from this tip! Feel free to come back and let us know how this form of search engine optimization has worked out for you!