How to get Images indexed by Google Images

Oct-13th-2008

By admin in Google, Web Pages

This is only going to be a short post, but there are some people who want to get their images indexed for the Google Image Search. Although the Image Search doesn’t get near the amount of searches the Web Search does, it should still bring some traffic if you rank in the top positions. It won’t help if your images are on Page 3 or Page 4 whereas rankings on Page 3 or Page 4 would probably be good on Web Search for some keywords.

Obviously, to get Google to index and rank your images you’ll need Google to find your images first. This means using them on your web pages or on other websites. This should allow them to find the image, pretty much the same as it does for a backlink.

One thing that Google needs to see if you want images to rank is Alt and possibly Title tags. This is because Google itself cannot read images or detect what its about, so it relies on these tags to find out. If you use your images on your website, you should try to use Alt and Title tags all the time. It’s pretty easy to do, just use the following code:

The alt tag is what is shown when the image can’t be displayed or can’t be found and its also used by Google to find out what the image is about. The title tag is what is shown when you hover over the image, a small box appears and shows the text. This is helpful for users.

In conclusion, it isn’t that difficult to get your images indexed, you just need to use correct HTML and use the images around as much as possible.

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