Traffic From Image Searches

I confess, I've been holding out on one of our best traffic secrets,- image searches! What I want to do with this lens is share with everyone the power of image searches, and the traffic ranking images will bring to your lens and/or web page.

Let's start with some screen shots of image searches and how some of my lenses have ranking images in the search queries. I will also share a few lensmaster dashboard traffic stats to reinforce the concept of image searches.

First, a disclaimer. I've found ranking images to be a fickle kind of thing. I'm providing screen shots of images I have ranking today, however, the same images may not be ranking tomorrow. And of course, other images not ranking today might be ranking tomorrow! In fact, our Polly Klaas® Shelby Mustang lens was #1 in Cars & Trucks, and #27 overall. 65 days on the top 100 lensrank list for searches for Ford Mustangs:

For the most part, we are no longer getting traffic from image searches for our Mustang lens (sad face here!), however, we have several other lenses now doing well as a result of image searches.

Without further ado, let's start with some examples!

Ok, ok, ok, already! Point's been made, now for the technical stuff. Ranking images is simple, actually. Just consider these points:

• You need to add an alt tag to you image. The alt tag was intended for folks with disabilities, or low bandwidth, however, most use the alt tag to render an image's title. The alt tag helps a search engine index the image. I've provided an example of the coding in my cool smiley face pic at the end of this module. Hmm, maybe one day it will rank for 'semperfidelis smiley face!' Go ahead, hover over the image!
• It helps for the image to be surrounded by content relevant to the image. Not always the case, as the Save The Children examples above are examples to the contrary.
• When using Wikipedia content, including the images, avoid using Squidoo's Wiki module. If using the Wiki module, you will be unable to add the alt tag and/or title tag to your images. Instead, copy the material and rewrite the code to include the alt tag. Unsure of how to do write the html code, try Glen's (N376) Basic HTML and Advanced HTML lenses. If you are going to be lensmaster savvy, a basic knowledge of html is a must!
• Oh, one last thing. When using a text module, never use the "Upload an optional image to accompany your text" feature. Instead, use html and include the image in your text so that the image is properly attributed (the alt tag).

Take note of the alt attribute info in the above code for our SemperFidelis Smiley Face image. Again, key to ranking an image. Unsure of what all the image coding is about, consider visiting this Images How-To lens.

The above image is an image in the Polaroid module. The image below is a screenshot of the image in a Polaroid module, coded, and pasted in a text module. My recommendation for the Polaroid module is to not use it as is! Create your Polaroid pic, then take a screen shot of it using your prt scr key on your keyboard, paste in an image editor and save. Post the hosted image in some text and you are good to go. I've provided and example of my Cassie and Carly pic coding below.

... you'll automatically be making a donation to Save The Children, working to solve global poverty. As a matter of fact, all of our lenses donate to Save The Children or The Acumen Fund.

Doesn't that feel good?

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