How to Increase Your Traffic With SEO in 30 Days
Day 22 Optimize your pictures for image search
In addition to alt tags, there are a number of different tactics you can employ to boost your content’s visibility in Google Images, from lean-and-mean image file formats to specific sitemaps and compression tools.
The payoff is huge: Done right, website image SEO not only boosts Google image search ranking but also increases your site’s entire web traffic. With the advent of Google’s CoreWeb Vitals, ensuring quick load times of key visuals directly impacts overall search ranking.
Also, remember that large images are the biggest culprits behind long (mobile) load times, and every extra millisecond means losing customers!
• Add alt text in sentence context, avoid ‘keyword stuffing
• Upload images in mobile-friendly formats like JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, and WebP
• Create a separate sitemap for all visual content with Yoast or Google’s Webmaster Tools
• Add Schema Markup to display images on SERPs
• Use compression tools or resize images no bigger than 800px wide
Day 22 Optimize your pictures for image search
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