Thursday, February 11, 2010

KEY-words

There are words and then there are KEY-words. As you know the basis of all image searches is keywords. The importance of keywords cannot be understated when it comes to having customers find your images.

When keywording your images ask yourself: What exactly does this image represent? Look at each image carefully and think of all the words that relate directly to it. Then use those words to keyword your images. Creative keywording is appropriate for some images but not others. Take an image of a heart for example. You can use the keywords Cupid, Valentine's Day, romance, and of course, love. In this case creative key wording works well. Now take an image of a puppy. The keywords dog and puppy fit but 'puppy love' does not. Image searchers in need of love images do not want to come across an image of a puppy in their quest for the perfect image of love.

Thus, you can see how choosing the appropriate keywords is extremely important in landing your images a home. Think about it: Keywords are what lead image seekers to your images. And, once they find an image targeted to their specific keywords, they are more apt to download it.

People will search for your images using specific, targeted keywords. Make sure they find them.

All said and done, it all comes down to the right words for the right images.