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goal should be to link to that page consistently with keywords that describe the content closely; at the
same time, it is important to make sure that not every link pointing to the 'widget services' page has the
same anchor text
Let's say that you have five links from across your site pointing to your 'widget services'
page
Below are examples of what a varied link profile would look like (as compared to five links with
'widget services' as the anchor text)
? widget services
? widget repair
? widget repair services
? widget service
? affordable widget services
As you'll note, these are very similar terms, but they introduce variety into the internal link profile which
doesn't make your internal link effort look forced and spammy
Images
Though they are sometimes neglected, images can be an important part of search engine optimization
efforts
Images can be anything from a submission form button to a panoramic picture of a vacation
destination
Each image on a website has several ways in which it can be optimized to help contribute to
the search engine optimization process
Image File Name
The filename of the image can be used to identify what the image is about
For example, if the image is of
a blue widget, then the image file could be named 'blue-widget
jpg'
Of course, you have to keep in mind
that though this practice can be useful, it can also be detrimental to SEO if it is overdone--having a file
named 'blue-widget
jpg' if perfectly fine, but naming it 'blue-widget-is-great-for-doing-what-widgets-are-
made-for
jpg' is not
As a rule of thumb, use the minimum number of words in a filename necessary to
describe what the image contains
Image Alt Attribute
The image Alt Attribute was designed to allow web developers to including a description of the image
within the code in case an image is not available to load, or if the browser being used to view the page is
not capable of displaying images (i
e
, text-based browsers, and screen readers)
Here we can see that the alt attribute added to the blue widget image describes the image in a succinct
yet useful way
Some variations the alt attribute that are better left unused:
? alt="Best prices on blue widgets" (this does not describe the image)
? alt="This is the picture of a blue widget" (it has extraneous and redundant information)
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