Bring Readers to Steemit from Google Image Search! #12
How do we get discovered by users searching images in Google? What simple steps do we take to make sure our pictures have a chance to rank high in Google image search? When users find our pictures while searching for images, how easy is it to get a reader on our blog?
Title Every Picture Completely!
This is a REALLY EASY step that a lot of us are tempted to skip in a rush to get our posts up and because we do not realize how much difference it makes. I hope showing this helps motivate us to always take the extra 5 seconds to name our pictures. For example, last night I did a post about Sluggo's North Vegetarian Cafe in Chattanooga, Tennessee with the following pictures.
Yes it would have saved me about 10 minutes in just using 003832.jpg or whatever the file names were before I edited them. I took the time to edit them into the exact terms I want to rank on because Google image search is often a very easy way to get organic traffic with almost no competition!
For example, I did a post about my family's stay at the Residence Inn Marriott in Nashville SE/Murfreesboro, Tennessee!
Dominating Google Image Search!
Today when I searched in an incognito window to remove bias of my own searches, almost every picture at the top was from my post on Steemit! A picture of me even appears in the results :)
When clicking on a picture, it becomes very easy to get a click to steemit.com because a double click on the picture or a click to visit site will bring the user to the source.
With nearly everyone uploading pictures not taking the time to title the pictures completely, ranking in Google image search is often our best opportunity to dominate organic search results almost immediately!
Will this work every time for every place? Of course not. Some image searches have heavy competition making it unlikely to rank at the top right away.
Always Name Images Before Upload!
The idea is to pick the low hanging fruit by always taking the extra couple minutes to name images completely with the understanding that doing this repeatedly will lay a foundation of Google image search traffic to our blogs on Steemit indefinitely!
For the easiest high quality naming, just copy and paste the main text into the name every time with one to three extra words for each unique picture like this!
Name Our Pictures = More Readers for All!
As we each are better about naming our pictures, the total readers we all get will continue to grow as Steemit.com continues to rank higher as a website!
Thank you for reading this quick steem secret here with me which I hope was helpful!
Love,
Jerry Banfield
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Nice idea...I will try this next time 😃 Infact, I am excited now to try it. Thanks for the worthy advices...🙏
Hi most respected sir. i need your little help. I want to learn earning method on steemit from you. I belong to a poor family. I shall be thankful to you for this kindness.
Solid idea... Thanks.... now all we need is for someone to make an app for that :)
Hi @jerrybandifield , I really hope you see this comment as I am a bit lost.. Thank you so much for this helpful tips, I have tested out and unfortunately it's not working , is it because I am using postimage.org to upload my photos..?
always the best seo man thank you @jerrybanfield
It is a great advice @jerrybanfield. It is one of the great ways to popularize Steem and I believe steem is creating one of the top content creators in the world too.
That is an interesting way of bringing people on steem. I will do that from now on.
Sound advice indeed.
Agreed, awesome advice @jerrybanfield I am going to give this a bash for sure. Thanks mate have a super weekend ;)
I was unaware that Google cared about our file upload name. I assumed only keywords in a post was what mattered. We must all name our video files now. No more 0024339.jpg
@redbikk I agree with you, its important to name images so our posts ranks higher and also help STEEMIT to be discovered. Upvoted. @gold84
Another good idea. Jerry will ruin google soon))
I think I speak for everyone here on steemit when I say thank you Jerry Banfield for all you do for this community
Ditto and ditto, and what an amazing community it is. Cheers ;)
yes, thanks @jerrybanfield! I'm a new here and I learned everything steem from you before and after I signed up :-)
Hi , Great tip. I had heard about this tip for a normal blog but it will be great to super charge steemit. It is also great that so many of us are pulling in the same direction. Fantastic times ahead.
Many thanks
Never even thought about using SEO techniques to get more followers, this is so smart- yet very simple and almost obvious - Thanks for sharing! Do you upload to Google Drive or a third party image holder? :)
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Simple. I like simple. Do you have any videos on how you go from camera to post. Like how you save and store your files. Would love to see how you do that.
Yes here! https://steemit.com/tutorial/@jerrybanfield/my-youtube-video-to-steem-post-creation-process
I appreciate you! Its a great kinda opportunity. Always something fruitful post you shared
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