How Do I Improve My Image Search Results?

How Do I Improve My Image Search Results?

This Article Is For:

  • Users with the 'Manage Pages' permission
  • Users with the 'Manage Media Library' permission
  • This is applicable to: All Themes

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Below are the instructions for improving your image search results.

Suggestions to Improve Image Search-Ability in Search Engines;

  1. Go to: Website>Media Library
  2. click on the image you want to update
  3. Title : Title Images with keywords that are accurate, relevant to the image, and that are easy to search
  4. Alternative Text : This text will appear when the image is hovered over, and is saved with the image. (i.e
  5. Caption : When using images from the SoCast Stock Image library (Flickr) You must leave the Caption Field for copyright credit. If using a non stock image, include a caption that is relevant to the image. (i.e
  6. Description : This text will appear as a description in image search engines and should be kept to a length of 135-160 characters.
  8. File URL : This field will auto fill based on the location where the image is uploaded.
  9. Media Categories : These categories will allow you to organize and filter your images within the SoCast Media Library.

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