Ranking in Google Image Search

Dev Basu at Search Engine Journal has a great post up about leveraging rich media for SEO. He talks about video, presentations, and other things, but he also gives some good tips for images. He notes that one in five searches are image searches, and that alt tags and file name optimization are key. He says, “Other tips to double dip in image SEO include”:

• Add images to your Google Local Business profile
• Enable Google Image Labeler in your Google Webmaster Tools account.
• Add images to local business citation sources.
• Add images to blog posts or news articles for syndication in Google news.

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