Linked Images and Google

BMA · 07-31-2008, 10:03 PM

A recent review of Google's Webmaster Guidelines has given me pause. Now I have two questions.

I was under the impression that Google will recognize and use the Alt text of an image for indexing if the image is linked. Is that correct?

Will Google's crawlers follow linked images?

klper · 08-04-2008, 03:06 PM

If the image is linked, I think it will take some positive effect to increase page rank of a website. Web pages that used the keywords in image file names often had higher rankings. The same seems to be true for keywords in image alt attributes.

smashwebs · 08-04-2008, 06:29 PM

Agreed, I've always heard proper alt tags help rank as well as indexing of pics.

Roger · 08-09-2008, 09:48 AM

I agree with klper.
Also Google seems to give weight to the title of your page. By title, I mean the text that is sandwiched between the HTML <TITLE> tags in the <HEAD> section of your web page. If you use a Web editor that automatically inserts a title like "New Page", remember to change it to some meaningful text with your keywords inside to reap the benefit of this feature.
According to a paper published by one of Google's founders, if the links pointing to your page has the relevant keyword text in them, it will cause your page to be ranked higher in search engine results

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08-04-2008, 03:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
klper New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 18	If the image is linked, I think it will take some positive effect to increase page rank of a website. Web pages that used the keywords in image file names often had higher rankings. The same seems to be true for keywords in image alt attributes.

08-09-2008, 09:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
Roger New Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 10	I agree with klper. Also Google seems to give weight to the title of your page. By title, I mean the text that is sandwiched between the HTML <TITLE> tags in the <HEAD> section of your web page. If you use a Web editor that automatically inserts a title like "New Page", remember to change it to some meaningful text with your keywords inside to reap the benefit of this feature. According to a paper published by one of Google's founders, if the links pointing to your page has the relevant keyword text in them, it will cause your page to be ranked higher in search engine results