How to Optimize Images for Better Search Engine Rankings

No matter what types website you have, when you write an article you should use 2,3 images. Using images not only helps to boost the seo but also helps to make articles more visually appealing and be easier to understand a tutorials. Many new bloggers don't focus to image optimization and completely skip this step. But you should also focus on image optimization for better seo result and its also helps to get organic traffic. In this tutorial I am going to write " How to Optimize Images for Better Search Engine Rankings ".

What is image optimization?

Seo image optimization for the web means saving or compiling your images in a web friendly format depending on what the image contains. 

seo image optimization tips

1. Use original images

Don't download image from google and reuse it again. If you still want to use it then edit it with text or collage. You may use online image editor like Canva for quick edit.

2. Use stock images

If you are serious blogger then try to use stock image. You may download it from shutterstock or pixabay.

3. Image file size

Website loading speed play a vital role for seo. Large images can cause your website more slowly to load. So before upload your image make sure that you have compressed it rightly. Keep image size as small as you can. You may use .png format to maintain the image quality when compressing.

4. seo image title

If you upload a image with name 123.jpg and if it does not match with your article then it looks too bad. So give a proper name of every image. Keep it descriptive and simple.
To write image title in blogger click on image -> properties -> write text on title text -> ok .

5. Use alternate text (alt tags)

This is the  most important part of image optimization. Search engines use alt text along with image file titles to get a better idea of what an image is. This field is an attribute that can be added to an image tag in HTML. 
To give image alt tags in blogger click on image -> properties -> write text on ALT text -> ok .

That's all. Hope now you have successfully optimized you images for seo. If you like this tutorial then share it with your friends. Happy blogging .