Optimizing images on your web page

Here are some tips on optimizing your images for the search engines:

1. Keep the size of your images small. Large image files will increase your page load time -- does not go very well with some search engines.
2. Give appropriate filename for your images. Just by reading the filename, you should be able to tell what the image is all about. For example: red_travel_bag.gif
3. Use standard <img src=""> path, instead of JavaScript.
4. Use an appropriate ALT attribute with the keyword in the img tag. Use keywords here if possible.
5. Use an appropriate TITLE attribute with the img tag. Use keywords here is possible.
6. The content surrounding the image should be related to what the image is all about. By reading the alt tag, the image filename, search engines may be capable of rating such page better if your content next to the image is relevant to the image.
7. Use hyphens while naming your images. This separates keywords, thus making them easier to identify. For example: red-travel-bag.gif.
8. Do not stuff the ALT and TITLE tag. You may to get penalized by a search engine for spamming with too many keywords crammed into a tag. Be "honest" while naming images and creating ALT tags.

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