It is important, in my opinion, to have and image that ties in with what you’re writing. Or, if not (as in my ‘start here’ guide) to have a photo that gets the attention in another way, for instance, with a startling injection of humour. I posted a photo of a bread roll with the caption ‘my sad bread roll’ right in the middle of something to which it had absolutely no relevance because I knew it would startle people – and I like to keep my readers awake even on info pages!
.-= Val´s last blog ..Life goes on =-.

Hey Mitch you make it sound like PR is everything….it’s not. Anyway like I said I got Google page 1 #4 for a brand new niche site from the use of alt text about one month old. That niche site my friend is PR0…get it?
.-= Peter @ Passive Income Ideas´s last blog ..How To Handle Negative Content In The Search Engines =-.

I knew that Google could read alt tags, but from everything I’ve read, alt tags aren’t supposed to have much effect on SEO; I’m kind of surprised by that, I must admit. Still, I wonder why images work, if they do; freaky.

Sooo, I would say that more traffic would = more readers!

sooo, i guess depending on what you are trying to rank for then yes it can definitely increase traffic!
.-= Jake´s last blog ..My Birthday and Jake is Making His First Batch of Home Made Beer! =-.

Yes, my slow Internet connection is a major part of why I don’t like huge images that take a long time to load.

For example, I’ve looked at sites that I was highly motivated to see and had to let the page load in the background while I worked on other things. One notable example took over 20 minutes for the page to load.

I could have spent 10 minutes in Photoshop and modified that photo so that the page would have loaded in under a minute with no noticeable loss in quality for the average visitor.

I offered to do it for free, but was turned down flat.

Still, even when I go to the library and look at the Internet, I don’t like slow-loading pages, and they have a very fast connection.

I’m a very left-brained person, for the most part, and I like to read text. I’m not much interested in audio and video.

When I see a web page with an image that doesn’t immediately connect to the topic being discussed, it causes a mental disconnect and really detracts from the page.

People have told me that I need to add more images to my sites, and I’ve tested it here and there.

For example, I have a page started on Western North Carolina at:

http://www.ayearfromnow.com/western-north-carolina.html

Since I’m an Art.com affiliate, I looked for appropriate images that illustrated what I was talking about and from which I could earn a commission if it resulted in any purchases.

I don’t know if it helped that page get more visitors or improved their experience when reading it, or not. I haven’t seen any sales, yet, however.

I think that those of us who are predominately left brained just perceive the world differently than those who are predominately right brained.

Perhaps we tend to attract those who are similar to us.

People who prefer images go to sites with more images. People who prefer text go to those sites.

It’s okay. It’s a big world and there are lots of choices.

I’m sure most of my sites and blogs will be primarily text and that there will be lots of people who won’t like it, but that’s okay.

Even with a very fast Internet connection, I’m sure I’d be this way.

Act on your dream!

JD
.-= John Dilbeck´s last blog ..New Comments Policy =-.