How to maximize SEO for an image gallery?

Abct · 01-13-2011, 05:36 PM

Hi all,
I'm building a image gallery using software called Plogger (an example demo gallery can be found here: Plogger Demo Gallery). I was planning on making a celebrity image gallery and monetizing it using Image Space Media, which displays small ads at the bottom of each picture.

Let's say I'm making a Lady Gaga image gallery. Now, I was reading about SEO and image galleries, and it stressed the importance of properly naming each image file to something like "ladygaga1.jpg" instead of "1.jpg" because search engine spiders can't read whats displayed on the images themselves.

However, what should I write for the title and description of each photo? Each picture has space for you to write a short title and description. If I have a gallery with hundreds of pictures, I can't name all of them "Lady Gaga at concert" on each one, can I? None of the photos are particularly unique, just pictures of her doing poses and stuff. Couldn't that possibly lead the SEO spiders to think I have duplicate content?

So to summarize: If I have a celebrity photo gallery with hundreds of similar-looking pictures, whats the best way to write (or not write) titles and descriptions on them to maximize SEO?

PBJ22 · 01-15-2011, 07:19 PM

Have you thought about In-Image advertising at all? Sounds like it would be a nice fit for your site.

yukon · 01-15-2011, 09:25 PM

The first thing you need to do is look at the incorrect way to seo an image gallery, have a look at one of the default Plogger Image Galleries.

Everything is wrong, except for the <h1> tag: Plogger Demo Gallery

<div class="tag"><a href="/demo/?level=picture&id=2"><img id="thumb-2" onmouseout="document.getElementById('overlay').sty le.visibility = 'hidden';"
onmouseover="display_overlay('thumb-2', '0')" class="photos"
src="http://www.plogger.org/demo/thumbs/2-img_0035.JPG" title=" " alt=" " /></a><br /></div>

Notice the corrections below in red.

01-13-2011, 05:36 PM	#1
Abct Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How to maximize SEO for an image gallery? Hi all, I'm building a image gallery using software called Plogger (an example demo gallery can be found here: Plogger Demo Gallery). I was planning on making a celebrity image gallery and monetizing it using Image Space Media, which displays small ads at the bottom of each picture. Let's say I'm making a Lady Gaga image gallery. Now, I was reading about SEO and image galleries, and it stressed the importance of properly naming each image file to something like "ladygaga1.jpg" instead of "1.jpg" because search engine spiders can't read whats displayed on the images themselves. However, what should I write for the title and description of each photo? Each picture has space for you to write a short title and description. If I have a gallery with hundreds of pictures, I can't name all of them "Lady Gaga at concert" on each one, can I? None of the photos are particularly unique, just pictures of her doing poses and stuff. Couldn't that possibly lead the SEO spiders to think I have duplicate content? So to summarize: If I have a celebrity photo gallery with hundreds of similar-looking pictures, whats the best way to write (or not write) titles and descriptions on them to maximize SEO?

01-15-2011, 07:19 PM	#2
PBJ22 Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How to maximize SEO for an image gallery? Have you thought about In-Image advertising at all? Sounds like it would be a nice fit for your site.

01-15-2011, 09:25 PM	#3
yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Re: How to maximize SEO for an image gallery? The first thing you need to do is look at the incorrect way to seo an image gallery, have a look at one of the default Plogger Image Galleries. Everything is wrong, except for the <h1> tag: Plogger Demo Gallery <div class="tag"><a href="/demo/?level=picture&id=2"><img id="thumb-2" onmouseout="document.getElementById('overlay').sty le.visibility = 'hidden';" onmouseover="display_overlay('thumb-2', '0')" class="photos" src="http://www.plogger.org/demo/thumbs/2-img_0035.JPG" title=" " alt=" " /></a><br /></div> Notice the corrections below in red. <div class="tag"><h2><a href="/demo/?level=picture&id=2"><img id="thumb-2" onmouseout="document.getElementById('overlay').sty le.visibility = 'hidden';" onmouseover="display_overlay('thumb-2', '0')" class="photos" src="http://www.plogger.org/demo/thumbs/historic-castle-wall-1.JPG" title="historic castle wall" alt="historic castle wall" /></a></h2><br /></div>
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