Article Writing Tips | Avoidable InfoBarrel Blunders – Part 1
Argh.. Now I made him mad!
Wow, I’m a fool…
There was a great SEO tool available to me and I didn’t even use it. It was staring me in the face and I missed it.
As Mr. T would say.. “I Pity the Fool!”
One of my recurring article writing tips is to use every tool the particular website allows you to use, no matter what. If it can help your article get better ranking, and thus better income then you better use it.
While doing my ‘How to post pictures on InfoBarrel articles‘ post there was a field that I didn’t even notice. To be honest it’s so unusual to see it my mind just didn’t register this jewel of an option.
I am of course talking about the Alt tag that you can apply to the pictures in your article.
And by the way, this is just one more reason that I love InfoBarrel. The multitude of options that you, as the writer, are given to make your articles shine, and earn.
Check out this screenshot..
Add an ALT tag for maximum results!
See that alternate text spot there under the image URL. Make sure you put a keyword in there that is descriptive (no need to get a keyword stuffing penalty) If it’s a motorcycle helmet, then put motorcycle helmet or some other descriptive keyword.
Now some people may say that the alt tag on pictures doesn’t really do anything, and that may well be true. But, since we’re going to this screen anyway to modify the image properties I say if it doesn’t hurt, then do it.
Take advantage of everything that InfoBarrel offers you to make money, don’t be a fool like me!!
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Reader Comments
The alt tag also helps for getting indexed in Google Images. It might not bring the highest quality traffic, but you never know who might make you some money.
Hello
It seems the interface has changed and is different from the one you posted. Can you make an update? I assume its the “Image Description” or “Title”?
Thanks!
Hi There,
I just took a look at the new interface. The alt description is now the title. So, in order to get more hits make sure you put something here. Oh, and by the way, this does indeed have an effect on your hits as when people search for images this is a very important field to get image search hits. Just like ThisPiggy commented, google images will give you traffic, whether you make money on it is another story. It can’t hurt though…