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Originally Posted by Rikluz
When searching for images on Google Image Search you will get the correct results even if the filenames look like garbage. Better naming on images would only increase the image ranking but not the visibility itself I think.
Also, it's better to name the image "smiling-man.jpg" and not "smiling_man.jpg". With just - between the words the seach engine will read that as "smiling man" but when you use _ instead it will only be found when searching for "smiling_man".
Yeah I know, should be more patient really. Some posts have been online for 2 month but I tried solving the Image Search issue maybe only 2 weeks ago. Difficult to know if the changes I have made had any effect though when I have to wait a few weeks to see any results.
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I think what you're saying about the dash vs. underscore is incorrect. If you do a search for rosebud on google images, in the first page of results you'll see this image:
http://www.invisiblegreen.com/images...ga_rosebud.jpg. If what you say is true, then the underscore in my image names would mean only people typing in the exact file name would find that image and clearly that's not the case. Every image on my site is titled with underscores instead of spaces, and I have a few images that show up in the first two pages of results for certain search terms.
Google's image search algorithm is using the same technologies as the web search, but it's looking specifically for images. Anything that will help you get higher rankings in google's web search will help you get listed and ranked higher with the image search. If you haven't already, sign up for a google analytics account and google webmaster tools, and follow the steps to activate the web stats and submit a site map to them. Make sure your image tags are completely populated with title and alt attributes. Also, include a something in the body of the page that discusses the photo. If you have an image named smiling-man and it's just there on the page, it's not going to be ranked as highly as if you mention a "smiling man photo" in the text on the page.
Lastly, I don't think the google image search will associate images with your blog if they're actually stored on picasa. Basically, what it will do is see the image tag on your site, see that it's linked from the picasa album, then index the image based on the location where it's actually stored. I could be wrong about this though, since blogger and picasa are both google products, and it may work differently than other blogging services.