Everything about Mastering Image Search SEO, Title Generation, Motivation, and Insights
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Today I’ll talk about 4 things
How to Get Traffic from Image Search SEO to a Blog?
How to Generate a Blog Title?
Why Write a Blog; Only When Motivation Strikes?
3 years of professional blogging - What I've learned
How to Get Traffic from Image Search SEO to a Blog? (yes, it's a big thing)
My blog is receiving over 500 clicks per month, just from the Images.
Here's everything you need to know about optimizing your blog photos for accessibility, search, and web performance.
the main question is, are you getting traffic from Image Search?
You can find this out by visiting Google Search Console, and changing the filter to "Search Type: Image".
It'll look something like this:
- Add descriptive file names e.g. "react-props.jpg", "react-state.jpg" not "image1.jpg", "image2.jpg" etc.)
- Add proper alt text e.g. "SPA(Single Page App)", or "React-Router") Note: If you're blogging for a specific keyword, including that keyword in the image file name and alt text can help you rank higher.
A picture is worth 1000 words, and images play an integral part of every page.
If you are writing for a specific keyword, and it makes sense, including that keyword in the image file name and alt text can help you rank.
Not every post needs images.
And not everyone searches for images for every topic.
But you can find a good hint that people care especially about images when you search for something and Google features images prominently.
How to Generate a Blog Title
If you're starting a new blog then the lowest hanging fruit in "Blogging" is to make your titles more clickable.
Here are some more examples by Sadra
More information can be found in this guide.
Why Write a Blog; Only When Motivation Strikes?
Your blog post success will take far longer than you think, and you will get much less from it than you hope (at least in terms of external validation and rewards).
- You may feel horrible pressure to finish it, but you are a free person and can simply choose not to post.
- You can free yourself from this pain without lifting a finger.
Go take a walk or make a good coffee/tea instead.
If you have the intrinsic motivation to continue with your blog post, then your interest will return at some point and you'll get back to it with the wind at your back.
If you don't have that intrinsic motivation any more then you will only make yourself miserable by trying to whip yourself forward.
3 years of professional blogging - What I've learned
1- Blog titles are 80% of the work, but you write them as the very last thing.
2- Learn the "Art of Storytelling in Writing" A blog should be written in such a way that your reader can use the content and feel as if they have learned something new after reading it.
3- Don't worry about duplicate ideas: There’s always room for high-quality thoughts/opinions/feedback as we all have something unique to offer because we learned things differently and can project ideas with a unique angle.
4- Not every developer can afford or is interested in "Networking events" so just write on the Internet. "Blogging is a scalable professional activity – write a blog, stay remote, no need to attend events/conferences, just put your ideas on the internet."
5- Start by writing about what you know - "No software developer began as a great writer." Start writing about what you already know, working in your career and share it with the community. You'll be surprised at how many lives you'll touch.
6- “Don’t look for a strategy; look for your unique voice and style.”
7- The initial years of blogging are boring. "Despite very good writing, a blog would grow slowly. Big views would seem to be a distant dream. The effect of writing kicks off only after a certain amount of time and then it picks up the momentum. Patience and persistence are the key."
8- Success in blogging is not linear, Embrace some randomness and keep writing
Having lots of drafts is nice. Having lots of drafts you must publish is not nice. Some drafts will never go in public "Option vs obligation."
9- If you want to write for a living treat “blogging” like any other business and be creative! - It’s an asset. Instead of paying attention, people give it to you. "Just write poorly, and continue to write poorly, in public, until you can write better! It's boring, but it works."
10- A blog or a personal website is a much better way to stand out as a developer than your resume or CV.
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