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Image SEO should be in every online marketeer's and copywriter's toolbox. Here's how you should optimize your images!

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Image SEO Optimizing images for search engines bull Yoast Cookies help us provide protect and improve our products services By using website you agree to use of cookies Privacy policy Login Cart Change currencyUSD EUR GBP Search Navigation menu Home Other plugins training blog Help Shop Content August Comments Tags Michiel Heijmans is a partner at COO Internet veteran His main goal with most his articles kick-start your site optimization So much do Whether re blogger or write an online magazine newspaper chances are ll find yourself asking whether article needs image not The answer always Yes Images bring life also contribute s This post explains how fully optimize nbsp provides some pointers on the best user experience Table contentsAlways imagesFinding right imageAlternativesPreparing in articleChoose file nameChoose formatScale SEOUse responsive imagesReduce sizeAdding articleCaptionsalt text title textAdd structured dataOpenGraph Twitter CardsAlignmentXML sitemapsImage summary 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