Using "Title Tags" With Your Web Links & Images
Martin Lemieux
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Using "Title Tags" With Your Web Links & Images
By: Martin Lemieux
Using "Title Tags" for your web links & images is an arsenal many
companies fail to utilize when planning out their web site optimization.
These tags will help search engines to navigate through your
information.In the last topic we talked about Meta Tags within your web
site source code. We also discussed how important it is to use the same
words in your content that you included within your meta tags.
Another tip for your to complete your web page optimization is to
include title tags for your relavant images & web links.
Title Tags For Your Links:
Performing this task will help search engines to determine what your
links are about and what to expect. Title tags with your links also
gives a user a description of what to expect!
Here's an example of this: Put your mouse over the > X
How to create a title for you link...
If you already know how to create a link, all you or your web designer
have to do is add a small amount of code before the link, like so...
Ex: ( Example Link )
Example Link
The
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Title Tags For Your Images:
It's well known that more and more people are now searching "Google's
Image Search Engine" People love to find images, why not help them find
the images related to your business?
Let's say you sell cars, wouldn't it be nice to have all your cars
listed online found within that "Google's Image Search Engine"? This
feature will allow more people to find your web site.
Tip #1 When Utilizing Title's On Your Images:
Creating title's or utilizing the "Alt" command as we say will let a
search engine know what the image is about.
Like mentioned before, search engines are nothing more than robots going
through your web site. They don't stop to look at your images, they only
see the code.
Providing a title or Alt command for your image will allow the search
engine to know what the image is all about which will increase your web
site's content relavantcy.
Here's an example of this....
Here's what the code for that image looks like:
Tip #2 When Considering Image Links:
When using an image for a web link to another page, give your image a
name that is meaningfull to your service or product.
Ex.
1. I've linked the image button to this page called "Using Title Tags"
2. I've named the image button "using_title_tags.gif"
3. The title of the image is: "Using Title Tags"
All of these steps will let the search engines know exactly what the
image is about! Yes, I agree all these steps seem like a lot of work but
in the end, when your sales are up, you won't be thinking about how much
work it took but how successful you have become.
Here's the code for that image...
 alt="Using Title Tags" height="24" width="135" border="0">
Notice how all these steps have given 3 "Key Phrases" for search engines
to look at to determine the meaning of the image.
1. ( a href= ) - The web link command to another page
2. ( img src= ) - Where to find the image and what it's called
3. ( alt= ) - The title of the image
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One Last Web Site Optimization Tip:
One last tip I want to include is about your "Headings". It is said that
the size of your heading will also help the search engine determine your
rankings by looking at your headings for the page content. Try to use
the - command for your headings.
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