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Optimizing Images For SEO

Optimizing Images For SEO
Whether you’re writing a new blog post or working on your product pages, chances are you’ll find yourself asking whether your page needs an image. The answer is always “Yes”. Images bring a page to life and contribute to your website’s SEO. But don’t worry; we’ll help you figure out where to find the right image and optimize it for SEO in no time. Always use images Images, when used correctly, will help readers better understand your article. It’s a simple recommendation: add images to every article you write or page you create to make them more appealing. Visual search is still very much part of the equation — as was already apparent in Google’s vision for the future of search a few years ago. When you go to Google Images, you’ll notice it now comes with filters, metadata, and attribution. Finding the right image It’s always better to use original images – high-quality photos you have taken – than stock photos. Your article needs an image relevant to its subject. Alternatives Captions Related:  SEO Titles, Htags, Meta, Images & VideoSEO Tips

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Title Tags Guide | Good & Bad Examples What is a title tag? How do you write one? Why are title tags important? Do they actually help with search engine optimisation? Can I see some good and bad examples? Following on from our blockbusting guide 22 SEO essentials for optimising your site, I thought I’d follow up the advice on title tags and answer all of the above questions. If you just want a quick guide to optimising title tags, click here to jump to the checklist section. For the rest of you, first lets talk about meta tags in general: What are meta tags As Kristine Schachinger described in our previous guide to tags back in 2012, meta tags are HTML elements that provide information about a web page for search engines and website visitors. These elements must be placed as tags in the <head> section of a HTML document. Title tagMeta description We’ve discussed how to write meta descriptions in a separate post, so for now let’s discuss title tags, the most important meta tags on your site. What is a title tag? Title tag checklist

2015 SEO Checklist Infographic | IDF Marketing Happy New Year! 2015 has arrived and it’s going to be a big year for Digital. With this in mind, Lets get your SEO Campaign 2015 Ready with our SEO Checklist! Be Accessible Do’s It is important your website has a homepage that is easily accessible.Your website should be arranged in a clear, hierarchical or ‘tree-like’ layout.Link internally to other pages within your website, links allow Search Engines to crawl and index your other pages.Use ‘breadcrumbs’ such as ‘previous’ or ‘next’ buttons – this aids user-ability and is search-engine friendly.Ensure there is a Search Box panel on your webpage to aid in site navigation. Don’ts Create pages that cannot be reached through ordinary user navigation within your site – link pages into and out of one another.Over-cram your drop-down menus with pages, this hinders user-ability.Provide a link to every single page on your website from your homepage – this overloads the page with too many tabs, reduces white space and slows loading time. Google+

The official Twitter plugin for WordPress is here Today, we’re releasing an official Twitter plugin for WordPress that bundles Twitter features and functionality into an installable package for sites powered by WordPress. WordPress software powers millions of sites around the web from large global brands such as Katy Perry and Mercedes-Benz to your local grocery store. The official Twitter plugin for WordPress helps sites powered by WordPress embed Twitter content and grow their audience on Twitter. Twitter Cards Twitter Cards add link previews to Tweets. Twitter Cards help your content stand out on Twitter by providing additional rich context before users click. Twitter Analytics With Twitter Analytics, you can also associate your site and author Twitter accounts to track your content’s popularity on Twitter and grow your audience. Embedded Tweets and video Customize embedded Tweet colors from the WordPress admin interface. Tweet button Follow button Convert visitors into followers by placing a Follow button on every page. Twitter Advertising

Free Stock Images & Videos ~ AllTheFreeStock.com Boost Your Job Post’s SEO With These 8 Simple Steps The point of any job posting is obvious: get it in front of as many of the right people as possible. The more of those people you can reach, the better talent pool you’ll be able to pick from and the better chance you’ll have of landing a great person. So, how do you get more of those people to see it? Make Google (and countless other search engines, including job search engines) your friend by making sure your postings are as search-engine optimized (SEO) as possible. Here are eight super-easy tips on how to do that: 1. We get it - you want to be fun and exciting and have catchy job titles like digital overlord, legal ninja or digital prophet. Thats because very few people are going to search “chief chatter” instead of "call center manager" or “dream alchemist” instead of "head of creative." 2. Building off that point, you want to have the title of the job as search-friendly as possible (i.e. director of marketing) and put it high in the posting, along with the location. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

SEO Bullshit (And How to Avoid Stepping In It) I’m NOT calling SEO bullshit. I’m not saying you don’t need to understand SEO. You do. And when you do, search will become a leading ingredient in your marketing mix and possibly the largest source of traffic to your website. (Psst… I simplified it for you here.) I’m not saying you shouldn’t do SEO. I’m not saying you shouldn’t hire SEO professionals. I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re still wondering… Why the harsh title for this post? I gave this post the title “SEO Bullshit” because we’re all up to our earballs in misinformation about the topic. SEO BS is on your screen. Bullshit gets reduced to birdshit in your Twitter feed. SEO BS is on your bookshelf. SEO BS is in your inbox. My daily SEO offers come from a gmail address, so I can’t quickly research the companies. Sometimes the rules don’t apply Check this out, a little exercise in search… You see what I searched for. Both the second and third results are brief, lightweight pages. Know why? We have the BS-SEOs to thank BS detectors

Finding more mobile-friendly search results Webmaster level: all When it comes to search on mobile devices, users should get the most relevant and timely results, no matter if the information lives on mobile-friendly web pages or apps. As more people use mobile devices to access the internet, our algorithms have to adapt to these usage patterns. In the past, we’ve made updates to ensure a site is configured properly and viewable on modern devices. 1. Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. To get help with making a mobile-friendly site, check out our guide to mobile-friendly sites. If you want to test a few pages, you can use the Mobile-Friendly Test. 2. Starting today, we will begin to use information from indexed apps as a factor in ranking for signed-in users who have the app installed. If you have questions about either mobile-friendly websites or app indexing, we’re always happy to chat in our Webmaster Help Forum.

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