Why use images on your web site or blog post? Simply because a picture can say more than a thousand words!
“Photography has become one of the biggest trends to create an aesthetic design no matter what the context.“[1] But there are two big issues involved with pictures on your web site: first finding and choosing the right image[2] and then preparing the image for use in the article so that it really supports your content, increases click through rates and ranking with search engines. In two interesting blog posts Michiel Heijmans describes the steps for optimizing images[3] and pictures[4] for SEO. Check them out!
[1] Appy, “Free Online Photography Resources,” AddThis Blog. [Online]. Available: http://www.addthis.com/blog/2015/02/13/free-online-photography-resources/. [Accessed: 20-Feb-2015]. [2] ibid. [3] M. Heijmans, “Optimizing images for SEO,” Yoast. [Online]. Available: https://yoast.com/image-seo/. [Accessed: 20-Feb-2015]. [4] M. Heijmans, “Photography SEO,” Yoast. [Online]. Available: https://yoast.com/photography-seo/. [Accessed: 20-Feb-2015].
