We all experienced that the search engines can’t “see” or “read” the graphics on our pages. We also recognize that we need to provide text on a page, so the spiders will have something to crawl and index.
After all, we/you have to prove to the search engines without a shadow of a doubt that our pages are about/always what we say or claim what they’re about if we want to achieve top rankings google shadow review. That’s why I/we believe so strongly in concentrating each page on one single keyword phrase only. As soon as a spider hits a page, I/you want the spider to know exactly what that page is about.
But/however, many sites out there are graphic intense, often by virtue of their very nature. The places may sell prints, wallpaper, pictures, graphics, or posters. Or, the sites may sell hats, for instance, so that each page is full of pictures of a particular type of hat.
Many Web site owners don’t want to add text to those pages, because they want to highlight just what they’re selling. They’ve created the site with their audience in mind, which is as it should be. After all, when visitors stop by a wallpaper site, they require to see loads of pictures of the different wallpaper samples. They don’t want to read about them!
So, being careful to stick by to Google’s Guidelines that prohibit obscuring text, what options do we have with our graphic-intense site?
Let’s look at some potential solutions:
1. Can you put visible text above or below the graphics on the page? If so, this is your best solution, because you’re giving the engines some content to crawl.
Simply add a paragraph of content above the graphics, and then a paragraph or two of content below the graphics. Make/ensure the content centers on your keyword phrase and that it describes the page accurately.
If you don’t want to add a full paragraph of content above the graphics, try adding a heading tag containing your keyword phrase. Then, add content beneath the graphics.
The bottom line is: you want to start the page with text if at all achievable, not graphics.
2. Be constructive! Can you add descriptive text about each graphic under or beside the graphic? Can you add little “Tips” or “More Info” boxes on the page that contain valuable data for your users and keyword-containing text for the engines? Can you include recommendations from happy customers that will add valuable keyword-containing content to your page?
3. Leave your existing graphic-intense pages the way they are, and produce some new text-based interior pages that are full of valuable content related to your graphics. Pull in traffic through those pages, and provide text links to your pages full of graphicso these new interior pages. After all, you can compete with the big boys applying almost any scheme that is detrimental to search engine rankings if your link popularity and link repute is strong enough, and if the sites linking to you describe your site using your important keyword phrase.