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sickkittens · 11-05-2003, 05:25 PM

How important is naming an image for SEO?

i.e. using the keyword you want as the image names.

11-05-2003, 05:26 PM

dont ask me

WiredGuy · 11-05-2003, 05:29 PM

Text is better, but if your site is mostly graphical, then you definitely should use these in conjunction with meta tags to allow spiders to get some kind of idea what your site is about.

WG

kad · 11-05-2003, 05:30 PM

sick_kittens_nude.jpg is always better than sk01.jpg

sickkittens · 11-05-2003, 05:31 PM

Does teh same hold true for naming pages?

i.e. http://www.yoursite.com/keyword_1.html
http://www.yoursite.com/keyword_2.html

Matt 26z · 11-05-2003, 05:31 PM

Most of the page code is parsed out.

Go search for something and see how many results you get where the term isn't actually on the page anywhere, but is instead an image's name. It just doesn't happen.

kad · 11-05-2003, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sickkittens
Does teh same hold true for naming pages?

i.e. http://www.yoursite.com/keyword_1.html
http://www.yoursite.com/keyword_2.html

You're catching on ;)

eatapeach · 11-05-2003, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kad
sick_kittens_nude.jpg is always better than sk01.jpg

sick-kittens-nude.jpg is even better, at least it was until about 6 weeks ago

sickkittens · 11-05-2003, 05:36 PM

thanks, I knew it helped alittle but wasn't sure if it mattered much - especially to big sites.

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11-05-2003, 05:36 PM	#9
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11-05-2003, 05:26 PM	#2
buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	dont ask me

11-05-2003, 05:31 PM	#6
Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	Most of the page code is parsed out. Go search for something and see how many results you get where the term isn't actually on the page anywhere, but is instead an image's name. It just doesn't happen.